The Research and Planning Group for California Community Colleges (RP Group) launched Leading from the Middle (LFM) Academy in 2013 to support the professional development of middle leaders. This is an executive summary to the full report that captures reflections from both leaders of and participants in the 2016 LFM Academy, with the goal of advancing and deepening our collective understanding of middle leadership. The report begins with an overview of the program's purpose and design, outcomes, and changes in 2016. The authors then present the reflections associated with the LFM outcomes, organized in three sections: (1) leadership development; (2) team collaboration and leadership; and (3) leadership in the context of a college initiative. This report asks the following questions: What can we learn from the experiences of LFM participants? How can those experiences contribute to an emerging description of middle leadership and an understanding of the process of developing middle leaders? [For the full report, "What Do We Mean When We Talk about Middle Leadership? Insights from an Evaluation of the 2016 Leading from the Middle Academy," see ED599474.]