Regardless of industry, CEOS are subject to a massive amount of stress. It’s just part of the job. However, being subject to untreated chronic stress on a long-term basis can have serious personal and professional consequences. Personally, it can increase a person’s risk factor for contracting serious and debilitating medical conditions such as heart disease, hypertension and even cancer. Professionally, excess stress can cause you to behave erratically, which will lead to a loss of faith among your staff, your board and the wider marketplace.
This recently published Business Insider piece should be a must read for CEOs because it lists five sure signs that your stress level has reached unhealthy level. The first indicator is an increased level of irritation and harshness when dealing with your subordinates.
Because of the rigorous demands of leading a company, it’s common for executives not to realize that they have entered into a state of perennial anxiety until they blow up at one of their employees over a trivial matter. Another sign of chronic CEO stress is that you find yourself thinking about work from the moment you wake up in the morning to the second you fall asleep at night. Dedication is undoubtedly a prerequisite of the job, but an inability to mentally clock off his real problem.
Read the full article here: http://www.businessinsider.com/5-signs-youre-way-more-stressed-than-you-realize-2016-6
