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Framework for Delegation 2 – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1070 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1070 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: Anna Shvets Credit: Sarah Chai Credit: Sora Shimazaki These posts are based on an INSEAD article by Eliot Gattegno and Nadav Klein. Link at the end.  Preamble The Delegation Framework as recommended by the authors has five stages. 1. Task-based Delegation 2. Project-based Delegation 3. Process-based Delegation 4. Goal-based Delegation 5. Clairvoyant Delegation Project-Based Delegation Project-based delegation goes beyond assigning individual tasks by entrusting employees with a set of related tasks or an entire project. This approach brings greater accountability, autonomy, and skill development, as employees manage multiple aspects of a...

Why We Do Not Do What We Say – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #901 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #901 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: Anete Lusina Credit: Alex Green Credit: Ozan Çulha Often, while we display good intentions and talk good things, our actual behavior does not match with it. The alarming thing is that many a times we do not even realize this contradiction.  The phenomenon where people's actions do not align with their words, despite having good intentions, can be attributed to several psychological factors. Understanding these factors can shed light on the complexities of human behavior and communication. Sigmund Freud (1856 – 1939) said that only about one-tenth of our mind...

About Family Businesses – Part 6 – Recommendations – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #712 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #712 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: Thirdman Photo Credit: Tim Douglas This series of articles partakes from some material published in INSEAD Knowledge. INSEAD is in France and is highly ranked among the most prestigious business schools of the world. INSEAD Professor of Economics and Academic Director of the Wendel International Center for Family Enterprises, Morten Bennedsen defines two major reasons for the floundering of family businesses: not defining corporate governance; and not bringing external executives in to manage the firm. We have talked much about corporate ...

Global Talent Competitive Index – Part 1 – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #646 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #646 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. Introduction The eighth edition of Global Talent Competitiveness Index – GTCI – 2021 has been published. This year it has been co-produced by INSEAD, France, and Portulans Institute, a think-tank based in Washington, DC, and Geneva. GTCI measures talent along set parameters in various countries of the world, which more or less remain the same. In the 2021 report, 134 countries are included. The complete report has 328 pages and those interested may follow the link at the end to see the full report.  Talent Situation Worldwide My comment is that such instruments h...

Mental Health in the Workplace – Blog Post #428 by Asrar Qureshi Dear Colleagues!  This is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #428. 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 WordPr ess, the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here. This blogpost partakes from a blogpost published in INSEAD Knowledge by the author Enoch Li. It is a very relevant and important topic. Mental Health in the Workplace seems out of place at first glance. We may think we hire the best brains in the best conditions; how can we have mental health issues? Please consider Demotivation, Frustration, Disengagement, Conflicts, Stress and Burnout; these are all indicators of mental health issues. However, mental health is not recognized in the workplace as an issue somehow. In few organizations, periodic climate surveys are done to assess the satisfactio...

  CSR for Wrong Reasons – Blog Post #373 by Asrar Qureshi Dear Colleagues!  This is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #373. 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 .   This post partakes from the article ‘When CSR is Mostly for Show’ by Xiaowei Rose Luo, INSEAD Professor of Entrepreneurship and Family Enterprise, and Danqing Wang, HKUST Business School Assistant Professor of Management . The article was  published on  August 24, 2020 . Xiaowei Rose Luo holds a Ph.D. in sociology with a focus on organisational studies from Stanford University. Professor Luo’s research focuses on how the unique conditions in emerging economies affect corporate strategies and performance, particularly in family firms. [ Quote ] Under pr...

Dear Colleagues!  This is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #342 . 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 .   We think of not talking about COVID19 and its impact on life, society, economy, families and relationships. But how can we ignore the elephant in the room? And is it right to ignore the problem which is looking us in the face? Logic and Reason say that we should not. So, we keep returning to the topic but from different angles. The thought leaders of the world, and I count three main leaders whom I read, are INSEAD France, Harvard US, and McKinsey having offices in various major areas of the world. All three have been watching the situation closely and generating ideas constantly. They do have a dazzling array of teachers, resea...

Dear Colleagues!  This is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #310 . 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 . Continued from Previous…… In this Blogpost, I shall take up three separate topics, all connected to COVID19 of course. One. Since yesterday, I am seeing a new phenomenon. Many men and women, some alone and some with children, are sitting on the roadside. They do not sit in clusters; they place themselves at a distance from each other. Some of them try to sit on more strategic spots. Few are carrying a paintbrush and shade card; some are carrying a shovel or a hoe or some masonry tool. Apparently, they represent the daily wagers who go out every day, hope to find work and earn some money. Current lockdown has deprived them...