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Dear Colleagues!  This is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #309 . Pharma Veterans shares the wealth of knowledge and wisdom of Veterans for the benefit of Community at large . Pharma Veterans Blog  is published by Asrar Qureshi on WordPress , the top blog site. If you wish to share your stories, ideas and thoughts, please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here . Continued from Previous…… GRIEF by Celeste Roberge I am a subscriber to Harvard Business Review which gives me access to its publications. I have always admired Harvard for generating some of the most creative, purposeful, useful and Insightful content. I received the weekly Editor’s mail from Maureen Hoch which showcases some of the most recent content. COVID19 is affecting everyone in multiple ways. There is a physical aspect due to getting restricted at home; there are economic worries; there are fears about contracting the disease; there is a sense of helplessness in the fa

Dear Colleagues!  This is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #308. Pharma Veterans shares the wealth of knowledge and wisdom of Veterans for the benefit of Community at large. Pharma Veterans Blog  is published by Asrar Qureshi on WordPress , the top blog site. If you wish to share your stories, ideas and thoughts, please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here . Continued from Previous…… The two things to happen after lockdown are #Stay at Home and #Work from Home. The #Flexible Hours is squeezed in between. These are new and first for everyone. The reactions are therefore highly variable. First the difference between SAH and WFH. #Stay at Home is for those jobs who cannot work at all. Sales teams, customer services teams, public dealing teams, front desk staff, operational teams if the plant is closed, transport staff, daily wage labors, and so on. Such staff has no provision for work during lockdown and are forced to stay at homes. It may

Dear Colleagues!  This is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #307. Pharma Veterans shares the wealth of knowledge and wisdom of Veterans for the benefit of Community at large. Pharma Veterans Blog  is published by Asrar Qureshi on WordPress , the top blog site.  If you wish to share your stories, ideas and thoughts, please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here . Continued from Previous…… Government of Punjab also clamped a lock down saying that it is not a lockdown. Today was the first day of its implementation. On the way to office in the morning, traffic was quite thin. There were many bikes though, some carrying families also. Some people were carrying bags and suitcases and must be trying to go back to their hometowns. Due to transport closure, how they would manage to travel, is any body’s guess. On the way back via Ring Road, I saw at two places that a large number of people had gathered and were playing cricket as several teams. In our

Dear Colleagues!  This is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #306. Pharma Veterans shares the wealth of knowledge and wisdom of Veterans for the benefit of Community at large. Pharma Veterans Blog  is published by Asrar Qureshi on WordPress , the top blog site.  If you wish to share your stories, ideas and thoughts, please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here . Continued from Previous…… In Pakistan, the Pakistan Day holiday (23 rd March) has provided a Godsend 2-3 days break for most people. Meanwhile, the government is also reviewing and taking steps. Sindh government is apparently in the lead in this case. The others are also catching up. Lockdown is talk of the town. Some advocate it, some fear it, some are eagerly awaiting, and some are desperately looking for it. Curiously, no one from any industry, other than healthcare, has made any statement. Textiles, footwear, cosmetics, consumer goods, food items, transport etc. employ a huge nu

Dear Colleagues!  This is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #305. Pharma Veterans shares the wealth of knowledge and wisdom of Veterans for the benefit of Community at large. Pharma Veterans Blog  is published by Asrar Qureshi on WordPress , the top blog site.  If you wish to share your stories, ideas and thoughts, please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here . Continued from Previous…… The situation about spread is evolving daily, if not hourly. It is being updated on various media. In Pakistan, the official updates may be somewhat slower to come, but the concerned people are trying to do their best. Unfortunately, nothing like Corona Virus had come before; not on this scale. Four major areas pose imminent challenges. The managers need to tackle these urgently. Following suggestions may help in handling the situation and coming out of it with less damaging effects. 1.      Health and Morale – If one of the employees gets infected, fro