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You Don't Have to be a CEO to be a Leader

By Sharon Holland|28.10.2025

Alex Budak addresses the "leadership gap" - that nagging feeling many of us have that we aren’t "qualified" to lead because we lack a fancy title, a corner office, or a naturally loud personality.

Successful leadership in our popular imagination is most often associated with particular kinds of individuals, the ones who adopt the top-down, take-charge, transformational approach to running things.

Writer and educator Alex Budak challenges this convention with the concept of micro-leadership, proposing that leadership doesn’t mean constant exertion of control – it means performing small acts that serve others and catalyse big impact.

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