A recent study concluded that when working with unfair bosses, employees are at risk of cardiovascular disease. Luckily, doctors and stress experts say that people can completely control this risk with very simple measures...
According to a study conducted by the Archives of Internal Medicine of 16,000 British male office workers over four years and recently published, employees who feel their bosses treat them fairly are at risk of being harassed. 30% less cardiovascular disease than employees who felt the opposite.
Meanwhile, a recent study by the Journal of the American College of Cardiology concluded that high levels of stress or depression due to work pressure both cause harmful effects. for health on par with traditional risk factors such as high blood cholesterol and smoking. For cardiologists, this study has contributed to demonstrating that there is a connection between the brain and the heart. That is also the basis for them to conclude that harsh, authoritarian and autocratic bosses are considered one of the main causes of reducing the lifespan of employees.
However, according to doctors and some stress experts, employees can still live happily with "killing bosses". The problem is whether they know how to control their fears. They cannot change their boss's personality, but they can completely learn how to handle the pressure and anxiety caused by their boss.
From the above reality, some hospitals in the US have developed programs to help people with severe stress due to work live happier and healthier lives. The University of Michigan's Cardiovascular Health for Business Executives program is an example. This program specializes in consulting office employees on nutrition issues, exercise and stress reduction. More importantly, the doctors participating in the program want to focus on simple measures to reduce stress in the workplace. Dr. Melvyn Rubenfire, head of the Department of Cardiovascular Disease at the University of Michigan, said: "Sometimes you just need to close your eyes and you can relax." Rubenfire advises his subjects to use simple techniques like looking at family photos, visualizing a beautiful vacation spot or even imagining to turn a difficult situation into a funny story. funny.
Rubenfire believes that the boss's fairness is not the top factor that helps employees reduce stress in the workplace, but it is important that they themselves know how to create satisfaction and satisfaction at work. In an increasingly industrialized work environment, tension throughout the working day can easily lead to stress. Psychologist and business operations consultant Michael H. Kahn studied how employees manage stress at work and how that affects their work. Kahn's conclusion: There are too many companies where employees do not understand that if they know how to control and extinguish small stress episodes every day, they can live healthier, happier and work more effectively. than.
"People keep plugging away at work and only think about relieving stress at the end of the week or month, which is really dangerous," Kahn analyzed. It's best for employees to take multiple breaks of five minutes each day and learn how to predict and deal with stressful situations. This will make your work day longer, but you can return to work with more energy.
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