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Cost of Incentives to Work Life Balance – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1258 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1258 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 Preamble This post is based on insights taken from Harvard Business School Working Knowledge article by Ashley V. Whillans and Rachel Kim Rackza. Link at the end. When Incentives Redefine Priorities: A Pharma Industry Perspective on Bonuses, Performance, and Life The pharmaceutical industry is built on precision, compliance, and performance. From sales targets to regulatory milestones, from product launches to market share growth, everything is measured, tracked, and rewarded. And rightly so. In a high-stakes industry where outcomes impact both business and patient lives, performance matters. But beneath this structured sys...

Organizational Best Practices Supporting Mental Health in the Workplace, Seven Principles, and Carolyn Mattingly Award – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1257 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1257 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: Anna Tarazevich Credit: Ketut Subiyanto Credit: Timur Weber Preamble & Introduction This post is based on a research article published in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. Authors: Wu, Ashley MHS; Roemer, Enid Chung PhD; Kent, Karen B. MPH; Ballard, David w. PsyD, MBA; Goetzel, Ron Z. PhD. Link at the end. The mental health and well-being of employees have become an increasing concern among employers, especially in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. According to a survey conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic, workers reported an increa...

The Global Waste Crisis – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1256 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1256 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: Kelly Credit:Kings Studio Cedit: Mumtahina Tanni Preamble This post is based on an article in Development Aid Digest. The article is contributed by Daniil Filipenco. Link at the end. The Global Waste Crisis: What Our Trash Reveals About Our Future Every day, without much thought, we throw things away. A plastic bottle. Food leftovers. Packaging. Old electronics. What disappears from our homes does not disappear from the world. It accumulates. And today, that accumulation has reached a scale that is no longer just an environmental issue, it is a global systems crisis. Recent global waste statistics reveal a stark reality: the world is producing more waste ...

Courageous Conversations – Why Leadership Today Requires Both Heart and Spine – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1255 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1255 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: Alena Darmel Credit: Aathif Arifeen Preamble This post is based on a recent McKinsey Article by Kurt Strovnik, Meagan Hill, and Mike Carson. Link at the end. I read the latest ideas in management thinking and share these here because the world around us is changing fast and our managers cannot keep sticking to old, traditional methods of management, which are mostly based on coercion, threats, and quick firing of their subordinates. It is time these practices are changed. These blogposts are aimed at bringing what are the latest, evidence-based ideas. Happy Reading. Courageous Conversations: Why Leader...

One Word That Can Transform Performance Reviews – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1254 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1254 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: Ivan S Credit: Karola G Credit: RDNE Stock Project Preamble This post is based on Harvard Business School Faculty research, led by Ashley V. Whillans, Volpert Family Associate Professor of Business Administration. Link at the end. Performance Review/Appraisal is a standard practice in organizations. The process is mostly dreaded, hated and stalled by appraisees and used as arm-twisting tool by the appraisers. One Word That Can Transform Performance Reviews: From Feedback to Advice Performance reviews are among the most widely practiced, and widely criticized, management tools in organizations. They are time-consuming, emotionally c...

  Strategy is a Process – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1253 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1253 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: Kindel Media Preamble This post is based on an another very important INSEAD article, this one by Andrew Shipilov. Link at the end. Strategy is the main playbook of almost all organizations. However, strategy formation, adoption, and execution vary greatly. This article sheds new light on the strategy. Very thought provoking read. Your Strategy Is a Flashlight, Not a Business Plan In boardrooms across the world, strategy is still treated as a document. It is written, refined, approved, and then, ironically, filed away. Organizations spend months crafting multi-year projections, detailed business plans, and structured roadmaps. And yet, many of these ...