You return from the office exhausted, with a knot in your stomach before even the first meeting? If you feel like you're losing your footing at work, the problem may not be you, but your hierarchy. Here's how to identify harmful leadership behaviors and regain your serenity. You lose your composure during presentations, then return home empty. Day after day, confidence erodes, tension rises, and you end up freezing. It is often said that one does not leave a company, but a boss: this is exactly what thousands of employees pushed to the limit experience. According to a survey conducted by the American recruitment company BambooHR, 44% of employees have already resigned because of their superior. These departures are not impulsive, but the direct consequence of a daily life that has become unbearable. The site Psychologies.com describes this profile as a boss who uses his power to the point of damaging the self-esteem of his teams. Lack of recognition ranks first among complaints. Seeing a superior claim credit for your work is considered "unacceptable" by 63% of employees (including 77% of seniors and 71% of women). The American study also points out other destructive behaviors, such as the lack of trust and refusal to provide adequate resources (62%), contempt for workload overload (58%), abandoning teams in case of conflict (57%), unjustified promotions (56%), no support in the face of difficulties (55%), permanent control or micro-management (53%), focusing only on weaknesses (53%), and foggy or contradictory instructions (52%). In your daily life, this translates to stolen ideas, overloaded schedules without consultation, or humiliating remarks in public.