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Leadership Development Series – Seductive Operational Bully Type – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1143 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1143 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: Artem Podrez Credit: Maksim Goncharenok Credit: MART Production Credit: Pavel Danilyuk Preamble I am a regular reader of ‘Knowledge’ – the newsletter by INSEAD. There are great articles on various topics by various authors, however, I have become a big fan of Mr. Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries, the Distinguished Clinical Professor of Leadership Development & Organizational Change at INSEAD and the Raoul de Vitry d’Avaucourt Chaired Professor of Leadership Development, Emeritus. His articles are incisive and sharp-witted and opens new dimensions of thinking. This post is based on insights from his latest article....

What Kind of Boss Would You Like to Be?  – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post 964 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post 963 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans Blogs are published by Asrar Qureshi on its dedicated site https://pharmaveterans.com. Please email to aq.pharmaveterans@gmail.com for publishing your contributions here. Credit: August de Richelieu Credit: RDNE Stock project Credit: RDNE Stock project Opening Statement Boss is a position, not a title, and it is found at all levels of society. The lady at the house is the boss of domestic help, the husband is the boss of the lady of the house, the contractor is the boss of labor, the shopkeeper is the boss of his staff, and the list goes on. What I am saying is that the behavior of bosses should be seen in this context. Having roamed around in several countries on business, I can vouch that while many features are common, others vary from culture to culture. Universal Features of Usual Bosses Personal Features All bosse...

Persistent Rise of Bad Bosses – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #953 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #953 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans Blogs are published by Asrar Qureshi on its dedicated site https://pharmaveterans.com. Please email to aq.pharmaveterans@gmail.com for publishing your contributions here. Credit: Pavel Danilyuk Credit: Tima Miroshnichenko Credit: Yan Krukau This blogpost is based on a talk of Lucia Rahilly of McKinsey with Dr. Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, author of ‘Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders?: (And How to Fix it) (HBR Press 2019). It is common observation that too many incompetent men rise to leadership positions, which is serious, and in many cases, devastating issue. True, that men also suffer the consequences of bad leadership, but the damage to people and organizations may be much bigger.  Tomas says their research was focused on abilities, competencies, interests, and personalities, but they also collected data on age, gende...

Emotional Profiles of Bosses – Sum Up – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #909 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #909 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: Karolina Grabowski Credit: Maksim Goncharenok Credit: Nicola Barts Credit: Ono Kosuki Dear Readers! Thank you very much for taking keen interest in the ‘Emotional Profiles of Bosses’ series of blogs. It is now time to conclude this discussion. I shall also raise few questions for discussion. Why Did I Call it Emotional Profiles? We, as human beings, learn our behaviors mainly through emotional experiences. Whatever we live through during childhood, adolescence, and adulthood shapes our emotional profile. Generally, we do what we see. Teams working with p...

Emotional Profiles of Bosses – Self-Promoting Type – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #905 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #905 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: Press Master Credit: Hamid Tajik Credit: RDNE Stock Project Today, let us talk about the bosses who are almost always self-promoting themselves. Self-promoting bosses exhibit certain behaviors that revolve around promoting themselves, enhancing their image, and advancing their career at the expense of others or the organization. Recognizing these behaviors is essential for employees to navigate their professional environment effectively. Here are some common traits and behaviors of self-promoting bosses. • Taking Credit for Others' Achieve...

Emotional Profiles of Bosses – Emotional Immaturity – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #903 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #903 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: Pavel Danilyuk Credit: Andrea Piacquadio Credit: Sora Shimazaki Let us talk about bosses.  For all subordinates, anywhere in the world, bosses are the most favorite topic. Bosses are discussed in great detail, from their appearance to their habits to styles to peculiar behaviors etc. ‘Bosses bashing’ is also a favorite pastime during group meetings.  I can talk authentically about Pharma industry which has been my core work during the last forty-seven years. We talked about bosses on every available occasion, and so is the case in...

How to Handle Gaslighting at Workplace – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #870 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #870 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: Dziana Hasanbekava Credit: Keira Burton It is not possible to thrive under a boss who actively undermines your accomplishments, attacks your self-esteem, and blocks growth opportunities. If the boss is visibly toxic, he/she can be challenged or reported, but gaslighting bosses work insidiously, are never explicit about it, and work without apparently breaking any rules.  Here is some advice from Mary Abbajay, author of ‘Managing Up: How to Move Up, Win at Work, and Succeed with Any Type of Boss’, and President of Careerstone Group LLC. [Quote] Make sure ...