Considered as similar to passive smoking, work stress can have dramatic harmful health consequences. Moreover, the stress generated by the abuse of an intransigent and inconvenient boss would be the source of great suffering that could lead to severe depression in an employee.
24% of active French are affected by this phenomenon and describe themselves as hyper stressed in their work. A study conducted by the stimulus firm looked at the issue and said that work-related requirements are the main causes of stress, followed by lack of time and the need for adjustment. Note that this state of stress appears more in women than men.
In addition, 75% of Americans believe that bosses are a major cause of stress at work. Thus, a tyrannical boss who does not understand his employees and who is considered bad may be harmful to employees to the same degree as passive smoking. Worse, if this state of stress continues, it could cause significant damage to both physical and mental health. However, many people do not leave their jobs because of lack of resources, for fear of being unemployed or simply out of habit.
Consequences of stress on the body
According to a JEM Journal of Experimental Medicine study, stress signals activate natural killer cells. Moreover, according to the endocrinologist Hans Selye, when the stress lasts too long, it follows a phase of exhaustion. As a result, hormones designed to reduce stress are produced continuously and require a lot of energy for the body. In addition, the excessive production of cortisol prevents the production of new neurons in the region of the brain responsible for mood and could eventually lead to depression.
Similarly, stress can cause a failure of the immune system, skin infections, insomnia and many other ailments such as worsening cardiovascular disease, hypertension, diabetes or cancer.
How to manage work stress?
It's about knowing some simple strategies:
- Make a list of goals for the day and scratch them as they go.
- Act on your emotional intelligence by training your consciousness and self-control to control your emotions.
- Turn off your computer and mobile phone at the end of the day and at the end of the week to recharge your battery
- How to deal with stress in the face of a tyrannical manager?
First of all, it is important to know that you can not change your manager but you can, as far as possible, react differently to his behavior in order to protect himself.
Chantal Vander Vorst, coach and author of Toxic Mangement, explains that there are several types of bosses who, after all, are all unfriendly, intolerant, stressful or stalkers.
The despotic boss
It is the tyrannical par excellence that seeks to humiliate and destabilize his employee by generating in him a perpetual anxiety.
According to the coach, it is advisable to avoid the balance of power or an opinion debate. The most important thing is to maintain emotional stability in all circumstances.
Mission-like boss impossible
Often disorganized, he gives his employees several tasks at once, we often feel unfair to him.
In this case, the most sensible thing is to fill out a job description which defines the real duties of the job and to notify it in writing.
The super invested boss
Faced with this type of boss, we feel the drive and fatigue and mistrust.
To this end, it is desirable to remain focused on its objectives, to remain open to its ideas while asking concrete questions such as, for example, the means and deadlines for the completion of a project.
The hyper efficient boss
The latter likes to surpass himself, demands efficiency and in front of him one feels incompetent and diminished.
In front of this kind of boss, it is necessary to establish a human relation and to explain his discomfort. Propose to him your method of work which is based on the quality and not the quantity and show him that you control what you do.
The unsympathetic boss
It gives the impression that it does not like anyone, angry and often has prejudices.
The most important thing is not to take his first degree assault. If he is carried away by anger and inevitably, he would like to be right, avoid the balance of power and remain precise and factual without talking about your emotions. Spot things he does not like and do not provoke them anymore.
