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I agree with you, although it is connected more to my other opinion than about the necessity of rank and titles. IMO, leaders... that is official leaders with rank and title, should come from those who they supervise. The editor in chief should be an editor, the sales manager should be a salesperson, the chief technology officer should be an engineer, etc. That way, we can avoid this higher ranking person with no idea how to do a job telling others who to do their job.
I have seen basic workers that have better leadership skills than managers. And yes, leadership requires skills, mostly social skills.
Which is why ranks are fundamentally flawed, because someone who has no idea how to do something but still has higher rank can tell the person who is leagues more experienced than them how to do their job. Which is the most infuriating thing in existence.
Sure, some structure is necessary, but overall the "managers" should leave the actual experts alone and let them do their job.