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The Culture of Belonging – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #955 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #955 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: Alena Darmel Credit: Emtius Hasnat Credit: Helmy Zairy Credit: RDNE Stock Project Credit: Thirdman Many years ago, I witnessed an animated discussion between two senior managers, one of whom had spent his entire career in the same organization where we were sitting, the other had come after working in another MNC for several years. I was a junior manager who also came from another MNC. The topic was ‘sense of belonging’. The long serving manager was insisting that sense of belonging is nothing but a catchphrase. Our employment is a contract, we work and get paid, and the contract can be terminated any time. “Where does sense of belonging come in” he asked. The o...

Organizational Culture Transformation Process – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #834 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #834 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. Photo Credit: Polina Zimmeerman Photo Credit:  Photo Credit: Yan Krukau This post has been inspired by an article written by Allan Watkinson and Rohit Kar published in Gallup® Workplace on 24 March 2023. (Link appears at the end) With all the talk and rhetoric about organizational culture, what is the process if the culture is to be built deliberately? This is the question we shall address in today’s post. Couple of basics first. The age of organization is a determining factor for the culture transformation; older organizations will take longer and harder...

Organizational Culture – Be Real – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #832 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #832 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. Photo Credit: RDNE Stock Project Photo Credit: RDNE Stock Project Photo Credit: Walls.io Let us talk about culture. And, with special reference to organizational culture. Culture is an everyday word, but it is difficult to define. Usually people say, the culture is ‘the way things are done around here’. This is right, ‘but why are the things done around here like this?’ Culture is rooted in the patterns of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors – through shared norms, beliefs, and practices. These things are visible in practice but cannot be pinpointed and measured. Out of my 4...