Do you seek leadership roles or do they find you?

I’ve noticed that while I never look to be in charge of anything, I have often ended up there by default. I’ve had two different assistant manager jobs where I’ve ended up as the manager. I didn’t seek those jobs in any way, they were offered to me. Same thing with different activities at my current job. Somehow, I get handed the responsibilities. Organize the United Way carnival, the charity lunch, the chili cook-off? Yup, that would be me.

What about you? Do you seek leadership or management roles? Do you run from them? Or do you end up running things by default like I do?