Skillful leadership is essential to effective professional learning. Without it, professional learning will fail to achieve its intended outcomes. Every staff member has a responsibility to exercise skillful leadership. And, while it may not be part of a formal job description, all educators have opportunities to exercise leadership and impact professional learning. In fact, some of the most powerful opportunities to advance professional learning’s impact are seized by those without formal authority or responsibility. Examples of Leadership Leadership by educators surfaces in many ways. Here are examples. A teacher voices a concern in a faculty meeting about plans for a full day of team-building exercises for an upcoming professional development day. She and her fellow teachers believe there are more pressing instructional challenges that demand