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Employees Data Collection – Need for Responsible Data Practices – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #846 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #846 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: Antoni Shkraba Credit: Digital Buggu Credit: This is Engineering If we ask any organization here if they are ‘collecting’ employees data, they will flatly say no. They will be right in their understanding because the organizations believe they are ‘recording’ available data, not ‘collecting’ it. This may be a fine difference, but it is critical. When the organization understands that they are collecting employees data systematically, they become liable for its security and protection. If they think they are only recording available in...

Employee Engagement – Last Part – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #690 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #690 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans welcome sharing of knowledge and wisdom by 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: Ivan Samkov Photo Credit: Ron Lach Sum Up and Recommendations for Improving Employee Engagement In the preceding posts, I have presented evidence from multiple sources which not just shows the importance, but also quantifies the gains and losses. It is established beyond any doubt that having an engaged workforce is a winning proposition. The argument against this evidence may be that even those organizations who have poor record on engagement also keep growing. It is a fair argument to the extent of outcome, however, what is not mentioned is the wastage of...

Scaling Up the Organization as it Grows 10 – Pharma Veterans’ Blog Post #530 by Asrar Qureshi Dear Colleagues!  This is Pharma Veterans’ Blog Post #530. Pharma Veterans welcome sharing of knowledge and wisdom by 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. Continued from Previous…… The last nine posts covered the challenges to scaling up in some detail. Much more can be written about it, but I believe the picture is fairly clear, and we can now move to solutions. SUM UP  The rather long list of challenges can be summed up under fewer broad heads. People, Infrastructure, Processes, and Resources may be listed as major heads in which work needs to be done. SOLUTIONS – PEOPLE People are central to all efforts because people make the organization and run it. Following measures should be considered. Engagement – emplo...

Small Issues in Organizations – Blog Post #404 by Asrar Qureshi Dear Colleagues!  This is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #404. Pharma Veterans welcomes sharing of knowledge and wisdom by 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. All managers, particularly senior managers, are quite interested in focusing and working on major issues. It makes sense. The major issues are likely to hamper the organization growth in a big way. At play, also is the fact that senior managers should only get involved in matters which are worthy enough to get their precious time and attention.  Granted. Let us for a moment change our perspective and look at small things which might actually be causing hurdles in the day to day operations. Collectively, these may be leading to more damage and wastage. Secondly, it is not every day that we en...