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A consistent research finding on professional effectiveness is that those who learn best, lead best. “Leadership and learning,” according to John F. Kennedy, “are indispensable to each other” (Kennedy, 1963). Publicly modeling engagement in learning as a daily professional imperative is a mode of leadership in and of itself (Preskill & Brookfield, 2009). For higher education administrators, this suggests developing skills as a reflective practitioner (Schön, 1983). No one can anticipate and prepare for all that might arise on a college campus, but we can all get better at learning from our experiences. Skillful academic leadership depends on reflection‐in‐action (Schön, 1987): the capacity for leaders to think deeply before taking action, to reflect on how things are going as they act, to stay flexible and open to change, and to continue learning throughout their professional careers. Over time, reflecting on what we do also teaches us about our preferences, comfort zones, routine responses, and trigger points. It's easier to break habits when we know what they are.