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It's an important question, isn't it? Will you hire people who are more talented than you? If yes, how will you cope with anxiety and a latent  sense of insecurity or competition? How do you identify top talent? What happens when a top talent challenges your belief system? Fight or flight? What is your response?. Or is it dodge and reject? Tune in to this episode of Bastalk where I share  insight into identifying top talent and hiring them with the right mindset. #hiring, #jobs #toptalent #interviews #interviewer --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gyanban/message

Did you spot the right trainer?  If not, the results could be disastrous.  Besides not yielding the proper return on investment, Instead of helping the team, it could confuse them. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gyanban/message

What works better - working for a big brand or a small company? The answer might surprise you. People often think of it as a no-brainer. Join a big tech company, and the rest of it takes care of itself until they get jolted out of their silly perceptions. Likewise, some think working at a startup is the easiest thing to do until the paycheck gets delayed ten days and your bank  account is depleting. On one hand, money is more at a big brand; on the other, the workload complexity doubles while the role remains straight-jacketed. However, if you work in a boutique outfit, or a startup, for example, the flexibility is high, but the stability is low. So how do you decide? Can you afford to make a mistake in this mad rush?   In a  complex world and competitive environment, you need to make decisions wisely.  Tune into this podcast, where I simplify and highlight some of the most common misconceptions or perceptions people have about working in  these two different types of companies. --

Have you become the boss you'd love to hate or hate to love? For people managers, is life more challenging than you thought it'd be? I guess so. The question is, what are you doing differently? Or are you becoming just like your manager? Is that good or bad? Join me in this episode of BasTalk, where I talk about front-line managers and their progression to middle management. I share three things to consider and leverage if you are not already doing it today. #BasTalk #career #boos #leaders #managers #Team --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gyanban/message

Given that culture has been eating strategy for breakfast for many decades, one wonders why hasn't it burped yet?   We've been discussing toxic workplaces for ages, and it does not shock anymore. If you sit on the throne long enough, the odor stops bothering you.  Everyone knows it exists, because they're breathing it each day.  So why does it persist? #toxicworkculture #toxicworkplace --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gyanban/message

A typical Startup Founders dilemma #23: having conviction vs being in denial! Some founders are blessed with the gift of the gab & over time they begin to view their own BS as the real deal. This is compunded more in nascent organizations, because no one questions them. So what happens? They succumb to confirmation bias. A tendency to search, interpret, and out logic people in a way that confirms or supports their own preconcieved notions, make it sound real and present it as the only truth. Gradually,they become hyper cynical,convoluted and warped in their thinking. And when results show otherwise, they find yet another counter-logic to justify the original fallacy.  There's so much power in the denial cycle,it sucks in everyone around it.They risk not just their own future but also those who follow them. Tune in to this episode of BasTalk where I share 3 ways to navigate past confirmation bias. Alpha leaders on notice : break the loop before its too late. #confirmationbias #leadership #start

Career gaps, career breaks, resume gaps, time-off. These more or less mean the same thing: you are not employed.  So when the next opportunity comes your way, you get nervous about the best ways to share the gap-story! For some its a joyous reason, but for most, it's a sentimental reason, as to why they were not gainfully engaged.  But what if you did not have a sentimental story to share? What if your backstory does not add up? What if your break was your own mistake? How do you then handle the career gap story when the recruiter reaches out with a new job opportunity?  Tune in to this BasTalk podcast episode to  think about three ways to manager career gaps.  #careergraps, #unemployment, #jobs , #hiring, #mentalhealth, #linkedin  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gyanban/message

I've often been asked why do a podcast, why now, why  BasTalk? My answer has always straight and simple - I share because I care.  I share content to make it easy for people to understand how to navigate through this complex maze of the corporate world. In the process, I help simplify, clarify, demystify and burst some long held perceptions about management, career and office life. In this episode, I talk about how BasTalk now reaches a global audience, whats in store for future episodes and some insights about the  philosophy of this podcast. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gyanban/message

Here's a list of things this podcast does not do: give you life-changing gyan,  save you money or  make you grow rapidly! Nor is it a typical Tech-Talk, or a Management big-talk.  So what is BasTalk? BasTalk literally means Simply,Talk! BasTalk is a simple, practical & tactical insight from my life at work!  It's a podcast about people management, career insights and issues from regular office-life!   It may work for you, it may not, the goal is to get you to rethink. email: gyanbann@gmail.com Twitter, Facebook: #gyanban Webpage:www.podpage.com/bastalk BasTalk when you find time! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gyanban/message

So when your peer at work got the promotion - how did you feel? When your friend got a new car how did you feel?  When your colleague bought a new house, what did you think?  Peer pressure?  I guess you know the answer. Ever since you were a child, envy has been drilled into your psyche by way of competition. Sadly, it continues to manifest in to your work life and in the process  accelerate burnout.   Join me in this episode of BasTalk where I share three simple ways to tackle envy. #mentalhealth #worklife #envy --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gyanban/message

There is a ton of content on how to answer tough interview questions, but very little on whether these questions were correct in the first  place? There is a lot of content on poor quality of job seekers, but very little on poor quality of hiring managers and or the hiring process. Does your company leadership know why the hiring manager rejected a potential hire? So join me in this fascinating topic on BasTalk where I share three mistakes most hiring managers or organizations do. #hiring #wronghiring #TA #HR #peoplemanagement --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gyanban/message

So you heard the candidates version, the recruiters version, now listen to the reality check. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gyanban/message

So now that you understood the point of view from a job seeker perspective, its time to dive into the recruiters point of view. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gyanban/message

There are 3 sides to every job. The candidates ordeal. The recruiters pain. The truth. In this episode I dive into the job seeker's predicament and hope to brings clarity, simplicity and induce job seekers to think before they act on their next big job offer. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gyanban/message

Pressure and burnouts are real in modern corporate workplace. What do you do when you find yourself under the pump and not enough energy to keep going?  Yet peer pressure and fear of failure add to the pressure to perform even when mind and body are not up to it.  Fatigue sets in and you find yourself dragging to work on Monday morning. So what do you do?   Join me in this fascinating episode of BasTalk where I share 3 ways to deal better with mental fatigue and burnouts. #workplace #burnout #fatigue #corporatepressure  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gyanban/message

The Power of optics at work --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gyanban/message

When was the last time you felt spoken down by a senior? Telling you that your logic stood no chance over their logic?  Or when was the last time you felt frustrated unable to get your point across to your boss?  Today, yesterday? Or everyday? If that's true, you are not alone facing the person with a god complex. Simply put , people with god complex have some of the following attributes:  Low attention spans Sense of entitlement Over estimation of own talent Believe to be superior than others Love validation from others Sounds familiar? Do you know someone around you with these traits? Or could it be you? In this age of low attention spans, quick talk and blunt retorts, people often confuse god complex with sharpness. The general presumption is , smart people have a sharp tongue, they think fast and have superior logic. If that is the case, how do you separate those with god complex? Join me in this episode of BasTalk where I try to share ways to deal with god complex at work. #godcom

Most sales people fear customer objections. They dread hearing "we have no money" , "you are too expensive" , "we're all set" , "call back in 6 months" etc. And then all the energy goes out of the system. Mustering up enthusiasm and energy from another call becomes like lifting a mountain with a screwdriver. Customers on the other hand are tired of flaky salespeople. They are tired of hearing the same stuff repeatedly, they are tired of sales people trying to make  money off of their situation instead of partnering with them. So how do we make headway? If this resonates with you, tune into BasTalk now.   #sales #businesdevelopment #customers #objections #objectionhandlers --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gyanban/message

The first hundred things you hear when you fail are cliches. People make sure to console you in person, compounding the message in your head.  You analyze, think and rethink what went wrong and then lose confidence, doubts creep in and mentally you are in a dark space with no way out. Question : Can you avoid failures? Answer : No. But you can deal with it better.  Join me in this Gyanbite#56 to find 3 ways to tackle failures. #mentalstrength #failures #success --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gyanban/message

Gyanbites: a short talk on a hot topic. Its straight, its blunt and has no sugar coating.  So if you like your coffee straight up strong, tune in and give it a listen. In this episode I talk about the big resignation drive,  albeit from a company perspective. What happens in the company when you decide to quit? What does your boss think? Tune in to find out. #jobs #resignations --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gyanban/message