As educators, we are leaders, like it or not, and “The leader as a reflective practitioner sets the tone for learning. Leaders should ideally also take a significant role in the change process by engaging in personal transformation, and become coaches and facilitators serving others. Sustainability and continuity of learning initiatives seem to be much more prevalent in organizations where leaders 'lead by learning' and are fully engaged in the process, assuming a leadership role in the transformation.” *
So, I challenge you to 'lead by learning', learning how to cast aside our 'doingness' and embrace prioritizing time to reflect, and in so doing, experience a new kind of transformation.
* K. Ayas & N. Zeniuk, “Project-based learning: Building Communities of Reflective Practitioners” in Christopher John Grey & Elena Antonacopoulou, eds., Essential Readings in Management Learning (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2004) 271 at 283.