Chefs should be role models for health

Some employers never show weaknesses to employees and always seem to "give everything". For example, they often do not take breaks. But they are bad examples for their employees. These often do the same to their boss, as studies show.

Managers endanger the health of their employees
When executives go beyond the limits of their ability to perform, they not only harm themselves, but also endanger their employees' health. This has the statutory accident insurance (VBG) pointed out in a message from the news agency dpa. According to studies, employees often mimic their supervisor's behavior. The latter, for example, go to work sick, has the signal effect for the employees. These then often have the impression that such behavior is also expected of them.

Many people go to work sick
Health experts have been criticizing for years that "many people go to work without getting well." For example, in the context of its Health Report 2014, the DAK health insurance body came to the conclusion that "so-called presentivism, ie the presence in the workplace despite illness, is a widespread problem - for both employees and employers". At the time, the fund had pointed out that, for example, employee health should be better promoted with occupational health management.

Executives often lead badly
According to the VBG, the same applies to breaks as to the topic of sick to work. If supervisors keep ceasing their lunch break, the staff will do so at some point. Managers are often unaware that they mislead their employees in this regard. Not infrequently, this is because they themselves have no good role models. In order to reflect leadership behavior, experts say they can ask themselves how to be guided by their immediate superiors or how they would wish to be led. (ad): Dieter Schütz