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Leader for Everyone – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1155 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1155 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: August de Richelieu Credit: JLT Project Credit: RDNE Stock Project Preamble “We don’t get to choose who we lead. We have to lead everybody. We have to get them from where we are to where we’re trying to go as a team.” Robert E. Siegel. Author of ‘The Systems Leader – Mastering the Cross Pressures that Make or Break Today’s Companies’.  Leadership, at its core, is not about comfort, convenience, or selective engagement. It is about responsibility. The quote above encapsulates one of the most profound truths of leadership: you don’t get to pick and choose your followers the way you might select friends, colleagues, or even employees. Once you ...

The Embodiment Gap in Leadership: Why Knowing Isn’t the Same as Doing? – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post 1131 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post 1131 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: August de Richelieu Credit: ICSA Credit: Yan Krukau Preamble Walk into any corporate training room, and you’ll find leaders scribbling notes on active listening, emotional intelligence, resilience, or adaptability. They nod in agreement, fully understanding the theories being presented. Yet, back at their desks, when the pressure mounts, the same leaders snap at colleagues, micromanage, or fall back into old, usual habits. This disconnect between knowing about leadership and practicing leadership is known as the Embodiment Gap — the difference between intellectually grasping leadership concepts and physically, ...

Inauthentic Leader – What It Really Means – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1110 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1110 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: Thirdman Credit: Yan Krukau Preamble In an era where transparency an d vulnerability are championed in leadership conversations, the mantra of "being authentic" has become a badge of honor. From leadership seminars to TED Talks, leaders are constantly told to bring their true selves to work. But what does authenticity in leadership actually mean—and can being "too authentic" actually be counterproductive? The thought-provoking article "Don’t Be an 'Authentic' Leader" by Graham Ward, published by INSEAD Knowledge, challenges the oversimplified view of authenticity. It argues that while staying true to one...

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...

Why do Senior Managers Keep Repeating the Same Mistakes? Last Part – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #952 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #952 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: Edmond Dantès Credit: fauxels Credit: Yan Krukau Continued from Previous …… With a heavy heart, KK typed his resignation, and emailed it to the DM, with copy to HR.  End of KK’s Story KK lasted less than a year on his second job, and he felt extremely bad about it. Losing the job under such circumstances was such a great blow to his ego that he could not absorb it. He somehow put up a courageous face, went to the DM office, took his leave, and bade farewell to him and his marketing team. He had no intention to see his peers in other departments. He silently walked out of the office. KK lived alone. His parents lived ...

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 – The ‘Leading’ Type – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #908 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #908 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: fauxels Credit: Pavel Danilyuk Credit: RDNE Stock Project Today, we shall talk about the bosses who are the ‘Leading’ type: means they assume the leadership role as it should be done. The debate about managers and leaders notwithstanding, these bosses manage and lead the team. Leading bosses, often characterized by their positive orientation, strong leadership qualities, and principled work ethic, contribute to creating a positive and effective work environment. Here are the key attributes, and behaviors displayed by this group of bosses. Pos...

Emotional Profiles of Bosses – Overly Self-Protecting Type – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #904 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #904 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: Pavel Danilyuk Credit: RDNE Stock Project Let us talk about the bosses who are almost always considering their personal safety first. It is not that they are in some kind of danger; they are not, but they still exhibit overt need for their own safety. This behavior is displayed in various forms. Self-protector bosses are driven by a strong need for self-preservation; therefore, they often exhibit characteristics that prioritize personal safety and distance themselves emotionally from their followers. This leade...