Being a good boss is way overrated.  It's time...to be a bad boss.

That's right, forget the stress-management courses, axe the communication training seminars, and cancel the mentoring-buddy system.

Looking to really stress your employees out?  Here's how:

• Role clarity – Don't let anyone know what they are supposed to be doing then punish them for not doing it!
• Job Demands – Just keep upping these as you reduce resources and increase stress!
• Control – Don't give employees any control!
• Change Management – Keep people guessing! Never tell them about your many changes until the last minute.
• Support – Do not give this and provide structures which discourage it amongst employees. Divide and conquer!
• Relationships – encourage conflict and bullying every chance you get!

The following factors have been shown to be significant traits and skills for increasing the stress in direct reports and sending people insane:

• Low Integrity – Don't build trust. Be dishonest.
• Poor Emotional Management – Be moody and panicky to build workplace stress. Make sure to pass on your own stress.
• Dictator Style – Employee engagement is for wimps! Gives negative feedback or non at all.
• Reactive Work Management – Don't plan or monitor workload.  Have poor time management.
• Problem Solving Skills – These are also for wimps.
• Conflict Management Skills – There is no stress when your enemies are dead! Unresolved and aggressive conflict is what work is all about.
• Company Resources -  Hoard or ignore these and treat other departments as idiots and competitors.
• Personal Responsibility and Accountability – Also for wimps. Lie, back-stab and get away with things.
• Inaccessibility – Be anti-social and aloof.
• Uncaring – Never give empathy it only encourages stressed people!

These tempting and exciting ideas were created by Mark Walsh, a UK-based integration trainer who specializes in stress-management tactics in corporate settings. 

Note:  This is a creative message to ensure managers practice the OPPOSITE of each noted idea :)  If you didn't get that hint and found these ideas truly inspiring - well then, I guess you truly are a bad boss and not just pretending to be one.