I recently read a whitepaper about why people leave their jobs. Their research concluded that Managers are not the reason people leave. And, of course most of us have heard the phrase, “people don’t leave their job, they leave their manager.” Two researchers with Ph.D.s drew several conclusions to debunk that phrase and conclude that “Managers are not the reason most people leave” from the data they collected in their IBM Smarter Workforce Institute, Thought Leadership Whitep

Do you do whatever you are told? If you are told to do something does that make you want to do it and give it your best? How does it make you feel when someone encourages you to succeed at something and walks you through the process until you can do it well on your own, then they empower you to learn and improve? Of course, it makes you feel good about yourself, about your job, and about your boss or coach. A boss that tells you everything you do wrong and ridicules your mist