Sufficient sleep – important for reducing stress among managers

Sufficient sleep – important for reducing stress among managers

Executives with a heavy workload in particular try to gain a few extra hours by reducing their sleeping hours. At first this seems like a good idea. But soon there are symptoms similar to those of shift workers, who have to accept health problems due to bad and little sleep and who also make more mistakes at work and have less ability to concentrate.

Survey results: lack of sleep alarming

Even if the need for sleep varies from person to person, the results of a survey for a major business magazine in Germany are alarming. Most decision-makers in key leadership positions get little more than six hours of sleep a night on average. With the statements of 519 top politicians, company bosses and heads of authorities, the survey achieves a certain representativeness.

Statistically speaking, top politicians sleep the least at night: 31 percent sleep only five hours or less a night. The free economy shows somewhat more relaxed numbers: here it is “only” 18 percent.

The majority complains about the negative consequences of lack of sleep

It is interesting that, according to the survey, the majority of those surveyed often complain about not getting enough sleep and rest. This is clear evidence that lack of sleep reduces well-being. The other results of the survey make this clear.

The constant stress has consequences: 57 percent of those surveyed have already experienced that negotiations were negatively influenced by the tiredness of individual participants, for example by sudden concessions. This underscores the limitations in performance due to lack of sleep.

How to find sufficient regeneration

Tip: Make sure you have a regular bedtime, e.g. B. always from midnight to 6 a.m. Your body gets used to this rhythm and can use the short time better for regeneration. Or sleep significantly more than six hours. Most people are safe with eight hours.