The need for community college leadership development is pressing due to impending retirements and leadership vacancies. To better understand how leaders develop leadership skills and aptitudes, this explanatory sequential mixed-methods study aimed to examine perceptions of community college administrators' leadership learning experiences. The study involved first collecting quantitative data through descriptive survey responses and then explaining these results with qualitative interview data from current community college administrators. In alignment with the theoretical framework focusing on social and experiential learning, this study's findings reveal that learning occurs through a variety of means and experiences within one's environment. When new concepts or skills are related to previous experiences and learning, this assists with learning those new concepts and skills. Results suggest that leadership is a learnable skill, experiences are key to learning leadership, and leadership development programs can integrate experiential learning more intentionally into their curricula. Further research is needed to determine the effectiveness of educational programs for community college leaders working in increasingly complex contexts.