How to Live in Perfect Harmony with your Superior?

In many respects, the relationship between an employee and his team leader is close to a couple relationship: efforts must come from both sides so that alchemy continues to function over time.

There can be a large number of unsaid and bad habits that can gradually engender stress, or even burn-out. In the worst case, industrial relations can even become explosive, turning into a tragedy.

These commands will help you get rid of stress and work in more relaxed teams.

Employee: know yourself

When you are given a project, you must first evaluate what is expected of you. Indeed, an bad-defined goal can be a source of unnecessary stress, but can also cause you to work overtime to perfect a task that does not require so much. At the risk of exhausting you.

Tip: Do not hesitate to do small tests with your colleagues or superiors, or even ask them frankly what they expect from you.

Be frank with yourself. No one is perfect, and you need to identify the fears and areas of discomfort that can make you lose effectiveness. A good team knows how to take into account both the strengths of the ones and their weaknesses.

If you are aware of areas where you are uncomfortable, professional coaching can enable you to find solutions and regain self-confidence.

Whenever possible, avoid excessive dispersal. E-mails, social networks, preparing for a meeting, phone, multitasking is a source of faster depletion of your abilities.

Manager: an iron hand in a velvet glove

Being a manager is not just about making decisions or delegating tasks; you also have to manage your team, with all the human aspects that it entails.

It is very important not to place yourself in a conflictual relationship with your employees, creating unnecessary pressure or mistrust. If your company, you or your team, are having difficulties, it is very important not to deny them.

Managing bonuses and rewards is an essential aspect of managerial work. Financial bonuses can increase the motivation and performance of employees, but also be counterproductive and encourage the risk of depletion of certain employees.

Knowing how to value work done with emotional thanks and rewards is also important. All you have to do is find the right balance.

In the same way, you must avoid unexplained sanctions at all costs. An employee who does not know why he was sanctioned will return the problem in his head. A factor of concern, questioning and stress that will inevitably harm the quality of his work.

At work: knowing let go

Well-being at work also depends on the same factors as in everyday life. To promote your creativity, but also you avoid any unnecessary tension, it is important to know how to disconnect.

This begins with the importance of taking a real lunch break, if possible outside your company. First, because eating too fast is detrimental to your health, but also because establishing rituals, such as eating, stabilizes your day. Unpredictability is an additional stressor.

Make cuts! Large web companies, such as Google or LinkedIn, save space and time to allow employees to vent their minds. Staying on your job without taking a break is exhausting and staying focused on a problem is often the best way to not solve it.

With you: a healthy mind in a healthy body

Be aware of parallel activities that allow you to think about something else. Sport, family activities, cooking, hobby: the important thing is that you do something that you like and that is not experienced as a constraint. Well-being is above all a matter of balance.

Similarly, sleeping well is essential for not seeing your mood and abilities deteriorate. It is therefore necessary to watch over your sleep, but also your diet. Under the influence of stress, one consumes more excitants like coffee, but also fatty and sugary products, themselves stressors.

Finally, do not hesitate to unplug your devices. Everyone knows that with smartphones, work follows us wherever we go, including and especially at home. If it is sometimes necessary to remain available by telephone, disabling notifications will cut off part of the stream.

You can also leave your phone at home before going out shopping, or do not leave your laptop open on the table in the dining room, office or living room. Unplug, you will only be more flourishing and creative.