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Organizations Should Help Employees Cope with Stress – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #855 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #855 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans aims to share knowledge and wisdom from Veterans for the benefit of Community at large. Pharma Veterans Blog is published by Asrar Qureshi on  WordPress, the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here. Credit: Mikhail Nilov Credit: Diva Plavalaguna Credit: Yan Krukau The data used in this post has been taken from Gallup® reports. Link at the end.  World Health Organization defines stress in this way. “Stress can be defined as a state of worry or mental tension caused by a difficult situation. Stress is a natural human response that prompts us to address challenges and threats in our lives. Everyone experiences stress to some degree. The way we respond to stress, however, makes a big difference in our overall well-being.” 44% employees worldwide say they are st

Analysis – Our Biggest Weakness – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #854 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #854 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans aims to share knowledge and wisdom from Veterans for the benefit of Community at large. Pharma Veterans Blog is published by Asrar Qureshi on  WordPress, the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here. Credit: Edmond Dantès Credit: Edmond Dantès Credit: Pavel Danilyuk I presented in the last post that analysis is an inherent and vital aspect of human cognition and decision-making processes. The lack of analysis, or insufficient analytical rigor, represents a pervasive weakness across numerous domains, hindering effective decision-making, problem-solving, and progress. In this post, I would like to make the point that analysis is our biggest weakness, what are its implications, why it is so, and what can be done to improve the status. Statement of Weakness Whenever it comes to deci

The Critical Importance of Analysis – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #853 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #853 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans aims to share knowledge and wisdom from Veterans for the benefit of Community at large. Pharma Veterans Blog is published by Asrar Qureshi on  WordPress, the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here. Credit: RDNE Stock project Credit: Karolina Grabowska Credit: Karolina Grabowska Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored – Aldous Huxley (Writer) Good and solid analysis and a formal way of looking at a problem are the core ingredients of good decisions – Colin Powell (Ex. Secretary of State, USA) Analysis, an intellectual process involving discerning examination and systematic dissection of information, is pivotal in academic research, decision-making, problem-solving, and strategic planning. We shall explore the foundational significance of analysis, and its diver

How to Promote Engagement in Your Organization? – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #852 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #852 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans aims to share knowledge and wisdom from Veterans for the benefit of Community at large. Pharma Veterans Blog is published by Asrar Qureshi on  WordPress, the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here. Credit: Alexander Suhorucov Credit: Ketut Subiyanto Credit: Wills.io This post is based on several research findings by Gallup and McKinsey. Fighting disengagement is a defensive strategy; offensive strategy will be to promote engagement. Multiple strategies must be employed to promote engagement level across the organization. We take a brief look at some of these strategies. Recognizing and Valuing the Presence The first step in creating and sustaining an environment of engagement is to recognize the people who work here.  This basic step is needed because in most o

Employee Disengagement and How to Address it? – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #851 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #851 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans aims to share knowledge and wisdom from Veterans for the benefit of Community at large. Pharma Veterans Blog is published by Asrar Qureshi on  WordPress, the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here. Credit: Ketut Subiyanto Credit: Liza Summer Credit: olia danilevich This article is based on McKinsey research; link given at the end. In the last post, we saw that disengaged employees outnumber engaged employees; 56% vs 44%. We know from experience that in Pakistan, this ratio is even more unfavorable. Let us first look at the disengagement drivers and what can be done with these. It is important to first stop bleeding before starting the treatment.  In the order of occurrence, the research enlists 12 factors which cause financial cost of employee disengagement resul

Do All Employees Create Equal Value for the Organization? – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #850 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #850 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans aims to share knowledge and wisdom from Veterans for the benefit of Community at large. Pharma Veterans Blog is published by Asrar Qureshi on  WordPress, the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here. Credit: PICHA Stock Credit: Gary Barnes Credit: Thirdman It is not about status, and it is not about the amount of value created; it is about creating value in the assigned domain and in the expected quantity. A September McKinsey article written by Aaron De Smet, Marion Mugayar-Baldochhi, Angelika Reich, and Bill Schaninger (link at the bottom) discusses the issue with reference to the differing levels of engagement of employees.  Employee engagement is a topic close to my heart and in my management practice, I watch it closely and keep managing it as far

Mental Health Issues in Youth in Pakistan – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #849 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #849 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans aims to share knowledge and wisdom from Veterans for the benefit of Community at large. Pharma Veterans Blog is published by Asrar Qureshi on  WordPress, the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here. Credit: Ketut Subiyanto Credit: Natalie Bond Credit: Ron Lach The United Nations – UN – defines people between 15 and 24 years as youth. Youth is a period of transition from the dependence of childhood to independence of adulthood. WHO defines adolescence as the phase of life between childhood and adulthood, from ages 10 to 19. Adolescents experience rapid physical, cognitive, and psychosocial growth. Issues Pakistan already has a major problem with mental health issues in children, adolescents and youth which is growing rapidly due to fast deteriorating socio-economic sit

Global Mental Health Crisis in Teens and Its Impact on Future Workforce – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #848 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #848 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans aims to share knowledge and wisdom from Veterans for the benefit of Community at large. Pharma Veterans Blog is published by Asrar Qureshi on  WordPress, the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here. Credit: Gui Spinardi Credit: cottonbro studio Credit: cottonbro studio Credit: cottonbro studio About 200 million teens are suffering from mental health crisis globally. In the US, about 18 million teens are suffering from various mental health conditions. The alarming part is that there has been a constant trend of increase. The youth mental health crisis is very real. Girls, in particular, are really in crisis. According to the CDC - US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -  report from earlier this year, almost 60 percent of US teen

Role of Chief Operating Officer – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #847 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #847 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans aims to share knowledge and wisdom from Veterans for the benefit of Community at large. Pharma Veterans Blog is published by Asrar Qureshi on  WordPress, the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here. Credit: olia danilevich Credit: cottonbro studio Credit: Tima Miroshnichenko I cannot say with authenticity about other industries; however, pharma industry is not very particular about designations. It holds true for all levels and all companies. For example, several companies give the title of ‘manager’ to the frontline salesperson, or medical representative. We see ‘territory manager’, ‘field manager’, etc. in companies. For the same job, he/she is called officer, and in still others ‘medical representative’. The same issue goes upwards to all levels. I have interviewed ‘national