People leave managers, not companies. Is it true?

I understand and I know it. I was in that situation. But at the end you will find is a matter of organizational culture. There is not explanation about a manager that have an style that do not match with the organziational culture still remains. As the as the wise said "behind the truth is always the truth". Organizations have a tendency to put the burden on people's shoulders and then dispense with them saying "we had nothing to do with this". Is pure logic. The point is: are we ready to understand and accept that a manager is there because the organization put it there and that means it is compatible with the organzational culture, style, values, etc etc? Or do we need to justify our decision to work for it and do not recognize that we make a mistake? We have to see behind the curtain..... Could the organization make a mistake when select a manger? Sure. But this will be detected before prople leave the organization because the manager. Believe me, organizations always assign the manager they need to achieve strategic goals. After a period, you will find the organization fire them in line with the change into its strategy. Keep your eyes open to accept the game rules, no more than that. Is not "bad" or "good" is just to be aware of the game rules.

Hi Sergio,

I agree with your both the comments word by word. It seems you've excellent experience into the industry and you've written the hidden fact which many people don't know because they don't know the complete hierarchy and structure of the organization and how the culture flows through it. If organizations know that people are leaving the organization because of the managers then why don't organizations fire those managers - reason is simple because organizations force its culture through the managers and people reporting to the manager think that Manager has created his/her own culture, which is not the truth.

Hi All, thanks for your inputs and opinions provided. Very interesting. Collating the replies, I see that majority agree to it that manager does have a role rather I should say major role in leaving the companies. Of course other factors such as culture, progression, responsibilities, direction in career etc could also be a reason. But is it not right to say that managers still have a role in these "other factors" as well. Is it not managers who have the responsibility to bring in right culture, create equal opportunity, show and provide career guidance and growth, provide the required visibility of his/her team members to top management, balance between the expectations of top management and his/her team members?

That´s my point @Ravi. And believe me, I faced lot of situations as described by people above. Because of that I tried to understand "why?" and "how?" to face those managers. In the journey when I started getting information mainly when I have to perform as an external consultant to help organizations to put strategy on action worked with the top management (most of them well known people), lot of different organizations including it governamental proffit and non-proffit, I understood that somebody is not there without a reason and most of the times the reason is because the top management need they managers there to achieve the strategy. "Behind the truth is always the truth". We need to open our eyes do not fall in "The Matrix". Is not a concern. My point is people have to be aware about the game to play and play it if they want. But not agree with the mascarade.

I have a question I've always been interested in and everyone here is touching on it so I thought I'd ask. I've pretty much always believed that culture is made up of, the sum of, all the people in the organization. We are collectively the culture. I've never really believed culture stood separate from those working in it. Your thoughts?