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Letter to Leaders & Swenson Insights

Bad Bosses and Your Health


Now, Swedish researchers have shown that working for a bad boss can kill you.

Employees who worked for four years with managers who were inconsiderate, opaque, uncommunicative and poor advocates were about 60 percent more likely to suffer a heart attack or other life-threatening cardiac condition.

The study tracked 3,100 men over a 10 year period. And it shows that despite best intentions, what happens on the job doesn’t stay at the job – people take it home with them.

Is it really worth a job to be tortured by a bad boss? No. Life is too short.

And if you’re a boss who doesn’t know if you’re good or bad – it’s time to find out.

Courtesy Fort Worth Star Telegram.

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