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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...