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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 ...

Gaslighting at Workplaces; Presentation, Causes, Effects – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #869 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #869 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: Alex Green Credit: Andrea Piacquadio Credit: Vlada Karpovich Gaslighting is a form of psychological manipulation in which a person or group covertly sows seeds of doubt in another person or group, making them question their own understanding, memory, perception, or judgment. The term originates from the 1938 play "Gas Light" and the subsequent movie adaptations, where a husband manipulates his wife into believing she is going insane by dimming the gas lights in their home, while insisting that she is imagining it. Gaslighting can be done th...

Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman I – Blog Post #482 by Asrar Qureshi Dear Colleagues!  This is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #482. 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. Eid Holidays mixed with lockdown have started for most people. Pharmaceutical industry was granted exemption verbally but given the situation otherwise, I understand that most Pharma people would have this week off. Eid ul Fitr this year shall again come under the heavy shadow of COVID. The infections are rising and so is the death toll. It cannot be overemphasized that we all need to be responsible, take full precautions and save ourselves and others from undesired consequences. Pharma professionals have a greater responsibility as they are part of healthcare system and they are be...