The Hidden Health Cost of Leadership and Why It Matters More Than Performance.
We often talk about leadership as a performance issue but neuroscience tells us it is first a health issue.
The kind of manager you work for shapes your nervous system, your confidence, your productivity and even how safe your body feels showing up each day. This is not metaphorical. It is biological.
UK data from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development consistently links poor management to stress-related absence, burnout and mental ill-health. In the USA, studies reported by the American Psychological Association show that chronic workplace stress, most often driven by bad management, is associated with anxiety, depression, cardiovascular risk and cognitive fatigue.
In contrast, good managers literally support brain health. They regulate threat, activate motivation circuits and create the psychological safety required for people to think, innovate and grow.
