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Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1335 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans Blogs are published by Asrar Qureshi on its dedicated site https://pharmaveterans.com. Please email to pharmaveterans2017@gmail.com  for publishing your contributions here. Credit: Kampus Production Preamble For decades, the pharmaceutical industry's primary business model has revolved around discovering, developing, manufacturing, and marketing medicines to treat diseases. This model has delivered extraordinary benefits to humanity. Antibiotics, vaccines, cardiovascular medicines, diabetes treatments, and countless other pharmaceutical innovations have improved life expectancy and saved millions of lives. But healthcare is changing. The global conversation is gradually moving from treating illness towards preventing disease, maintaining health, and extending the number of years people can live productively. A September 2026 report by the McKinsey Health Institute, The Future of Healthy Li...

Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1334 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans Blogs are published by Asrar Qureshi on its dedicated site https://pharmaveterans.com. Please email to pharmaveterans2017@gmail.com  for publishing your contributions here. Credit: Ann Hannes Credit: Ann Hannes Preamble “Effective delegation isn’t about offloading work, but empowering your team, boosting efficiency, and freeing up your time for high-impact priorities.” Quote from Rebecca Knight One of the most common mistakes managers make is believing that being busy is evidence of being effective. Their calendars are full, emails are endless, meetings consume most of the day, and decisions keep piling up. They become involved in almost every operational detail, review every document, approve every minor expenditure, and personally resolve problems that their team members could easily handle. Initially, this approach may appear responsible. The manager remains informed, maintains control,...

Pakistan Fourth Largest Milk Producer in the World – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1333 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1333 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans Blogs are published by Asrar Qureshi on its dedicated site https://pharmaveterans.com. Please email to pharmaveterans2017@gmail.com  for publishing your contributions here. Credit: Alexy Almond Credit: freestocks.org Preamble I recently read this article and was quite intrigued. I had no idea Pakistan was the 4th largest milk producer in the world. Interesting information and lessons for management. Link to article at the end. Pakistan: A Dairy Giant Waiting to Realise Its Potential Milk is much more than an everyday food item. It is a source of nutrition, income, employment, and economic activity. For millions of farming families, dairy production provides a regular source of livelihood. For consumers, it supplies essential nutrients. For national economies, it supports agriculture, food processing, trans...

Choosing the Right Type of CEO – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1332 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1332 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans Blogs are published by Asrar Qureshi on its dedicated site https://pharmaveterans.com. Please email to pharmaveterans2017@gmail.com  for publishing your contributions here. Credit: Alwyn Dias Credit: Sam Agdasi Credit: Wolrider YURTSEVEN Preamble This blog post is based on a Harvard Business School Working Knowledge article.  Link to the article at the end. When a Company Needs a Leader but Gets a Manager: The High Cost of Choosing the Wrong CEO When a company appoints a new chief executive, its board usually looks for an impressive track record, extensive experience, strong qualifications, and a history of business success. These are sensible criteria. But there is another question that may be even more important: Does this company need the kind of CEO this candidate is equipped to be? A business struggling with uncerta...

Suicide Prevention – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1331 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1331 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans Blogs are published by Asrar Qureshi on its dedicated site https://pharmaveterans.com. Please email to pharmaveterans2017@gmail.com  for publishing your contributions here. Credit: Keira Burton Credit: Katerina Bolovtsova Credit: Efrem Efre Preamble This blog post is based on an article written by Dennis Mithika.  Link to the article at the end. Suicide Prevention: Turning Awareness into Action and Saving Lives Some public health challenges receive immediate attention. Others remain hidden behind silence, stigma, and uncomfortable conversations. Suicide belongs to the second category. It is often misunderstood as the result of a single event or an individual's inability to cope with life's difficulties. In reality, suicide is a complex public health problem influenced by psychological, social, economic, biological, and environmental...

When Managers Sabotage Their Talented Employees – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1330 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1330 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans Blogs are published by Asrar Qureshi on its dedicated site https://pharmaveterans.com. Please email to pharmaveterans2017@gmail.com  for publishing your contributions here. Credit: Ketut Subiyanto Credit: Olia Danilevich Credit: Pavel Danilyuk Preamble This blog post is based on an research by Hashim Zaman and Karim Lakhani, published in Harvard Business School Working Knowledge.  Link to the article at the end. When Managers Fear Talent: Why Some Leaders Sabotage Their Best Employees How insecurity, workplace competition, and unfair performance systems can destroy talent, and what organisations can do about it. The surprising danger of being too good at your job Imagine an employee who consistently delivers excellent results, solves difficult problems, develops innovative ideas, and earns the respect of...