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Islamabad Under Siege – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1012 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1012 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. News Image News Image News Image News Image Disclaimer: This is not a political post. I do not subscribe to any political party. It is a common person’s problem who is living and working here. Political ideologies died long ago. What is left are pure commercial interests, which do not interest any person who feels she/he has a stake in this country. Friday 4th October 2024 I was doing usual work in the morning, posting blog, sending a few messages for the day, sipping tea and thinking about the day ahead. At 7.00am, the phone service went dead. I don’t have a fixed internet line, the one I have is also data-based device, so the internet also went dead. I knew a political...

Women in the Workplace 2024 – The 10th Anniversary Report – Barriers and Challenges Persist– Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1011 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1011 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: Johnniel Danao Credit: Katrin Bolovtsova Credit: Yan Krukau Women in the workplace is the largest study on the state of women in corporate America. The study was launched in 2015 by LeanIn.org and McKinsey & Co.; current report is the 10th anniversary report. [Link to full text at the end]. I had presented the positive developments that had been reported by the study participants. In this part, we look at the barriers and challenges which persist and continue to stall the progress of women in the workplace. Perception vs Reality 9 in 10 senior level men think that women’s opportunities to ad...

Women in the Workplace 2024 – The 10th Anniversary Report – Gender Parity and Equity – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1010 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1010 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: Jopwell Credit: Ron Lach Preamble Women in the workplace is the largest study on the state of women in corporate America. The findings however can be applied with some variations to other countries. Europe is behind already, and Asian/ African countries are far behind in working towards equal participation of women across the line of command. The study was launched in 2015 by LeanIn.org and McKinsey & Co.; current report is the 10th anniversary report. Over the last 10 years, more than 1,000 companies have participated in the study, and over 480,000 people were surveyed on th...

Mental Health Challenges of Public Protests – The Case of Bangladesh – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1009 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1009 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. Photos Taken from Various Sources This post has been inspired by an article by Md Omar Faruk from Bangladesh, published in The Lancet, October 2024 issue just published. Link at the end. Other references also mentioned. Preamble Public protests are a part of daily life in Pakistan. People come out on the streets due to dissatisfaction, anger, disagreement, and to voice their position on key issues. Some public protests are staged by parties to get into/stay in the news; some are staged to get some material benefit from the government. Public protests organized by the public against injustice are relatively uncommon in Pakist...

Credit: Christina Morillo Credit: Lombe K Credit: Mikhail Nilov Credit: Timur Weber Credit: Vitaly Gariev Credit: Yan Krukau Multiple Generations at Work – Strategies – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1008 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1008 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. We have seen how the generations have been classified and what challenges come up in the workplaces. In this last part, we shall look at strategies to mitigate risks and take advantage of the presence of multiple generations. Deploy Tailored Management Strategies The foremost strategy is to tailor management strategies, not once but on a continuing basis.     For example, different generations have varying preferences for feedback. The strategy should be to design feedback strategies that include both real-time, in...

Multiple Generations at Work – Implications – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1007 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1007 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: Kampus Production Credit: Karolina Kaboompics Credit: Markus Spiske The fact is that multiple generations are working simultaneously in almost all workplaces. As discussed in the last blog post, there are major differences in the orientation, value system, and workplace ethic across generations. This leads to several implications including but not limited to, the impact on communication, boss-subordinate relationship, and workplace culture. Implications of Multiple Generations Working Together Diverse Skill Sets and Perspectives The mix of generations brings diverse perspectives, leading to greater creativity and innovation. Older generation...

Generations at Work - Overview – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1006 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1006 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: Aa Dil Credit: Alena Darmel Credit: Alex Green Credit: Askar Abayev Thirty/ Forty years ago, people in Pakistan were also talking about ‘generation gap’. Newspaper articles, TV programs, and even TV plays talked about how the older and newer generations were not able to understand one another. There were no real explanations except that the times had changed. Several years later, the anthropologists and social scientists came up with the concept of generations.  In this short 3-part series, we shall try to understand the basis of classification of generations, their unique characteristics, the implications of multiple generations at the same workplac...