A CEO says he never wanted to lead—just like 82% of managers
The man who built a $3 billion company admits he was an 'accidental manager.'
The story
Dustin Moskovitz, co-founder of Facebook, says he never intended to be a CEO and found the role exhausting, joining 82% of managers who 'fell into' leadership roles without training.
Source: fortune.com
Our reading
Dustin Moskovitz, who built a $3 billion company, says he never wanted to be a CEO. He claims he was an ‘accidental manager,’ which sounds like a job title but feels more like a passive-aggressive way of saying he got stuck in a role he didn’t choose.
It’s strange that a man who built a multi-billion-dollar company would call the job ‘exhausting’ and ‘not his intention,’ as if leading were some kind of side hustle he stumbled into. But if 82% of managers are ‘accidental,’ maybe the real question is: who’s actually in charge?
Maybe the next time someone says they ‘fell into’ management, we should ask: who’s really running the show, and who’s just pretending to know the way?
