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Receiving positive feedback is like being in the middle of a dopamine surge, the world looks a brighter place to be in, the traffic doesn't seem to bother, the pollution seems oblivious and the smiles burst into ripples across miles. And then the alarm bell goes off!  You are headed to the official  hell room, also known as the huddle room - where your boss awaits you with feedback. Soon the dopamine surge is replaced with a cortisol influx and your pulse is racing and beads of sweat bulge at the base of your nose. You dab them repeatedly only to find them reappear. The air-conditioning  seems a bit colder than normal and the silence more deafening. After a quick glance you realize your boss is about to give you the Tough Love conversation.  You catch the vibe immediately. The boss goes on a cold rampage pointing out all the mistakes you've made or goals missed and before they finish the rant, you know what's coming your way. Those three little words - You are fired. Clearly before that mo

Given the recent admission of Tennis ace, Naomi Osaka, it opens a can of worms where a world of extroverts define the norm. Sensitive ,quiet and shy  people are often referred as Softies,  yet as it turns out, they are some of the strongest and most resilient of the lot.  In a world where over communicating ,over stating, going over board with your thoughts and ideas seems like the new normal, someone who  speaks softly ,is reserved and waits their turn is often considered incompetent. In this episode I talk about the introverts who struggle to be  counted and share a. few ways to cope with the extrovert onslaught around them. #extroverts #introverts #NaomiOsaka  #tennis #softies --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gyanban/message

When corporate life throws a lemon at you, take the weekend off, relax, have a tequila and get ready for a joyride! Career ups and downs are tricky to navigate, more so when you find yourself in a situation where alpha leaders around you cause all the trouble. How do you navigate? How do you workaround tricky situations? Join me in this fascinating topic of navigating amiss powerful leaders and surviving to live another day. #careers #corporate. #politics #powerplay #surivival --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gyanban/message

Are you a good parent?  How so? Basis what?  Is it because your ward did exceeding well academically?  If so, why does the industry have  so much mediocrity? Or are you a proud parent because your child has done exactly what you imagined for them? If so, why are so many children depressed? Are you a succesful organisation because you hired academically top talent?  If so, why do companies fail to grow to their top  potential?  Parenting, academics and your job, are undeniably interconnected isn't it? Yet, with such a compact integration, we have so many anomalies. Think of those parents whose children are academically challenged fail to show an alternative path or know how to explore other avenues that their  child's talent may offer. Think of those organisations, which are stuck on hiring Pedigree only, and no pun intended, but despite having arguably  the top talent in the country, still struggle with business problems.   Join me in this fascinating BasTalk

BasTalk Leadership Studio presents HR Talks.  When was the last time you did something for the first time? Like having a heart to heart with your HR BP?  I am guessing never.  Have you wondered why? Why does it trigger butterflies in your stomach? Why does it have your pulse racing? Join me in this fascinating discussion where we have a no-holds barred straight talk with a seasoned HR professional - who share insights on questions which you had, but never really asked. So this is series has 4 episodes which try and cover the following : Future of HR   Recruitment    Developing in house talent.  Rapid-fire segment. ( no pun) In segment 4 - in the final segment, we have a rapid-fire section lined up for you. In this segment, we discuss the most pressing  issues with people management, without having to beat around the bush. The questions range from promotions to sucking up to bosses, from challenges at the workplace to the victories we savour along the way. So i

BasTalk Leadership Studio presents HR Talks. When was the last time you did something for the first time? Like having a heart to heart with your HR BP?  I am guessing never.  Have you wondered why? Why does it trigger butterflies in your stomach? Why does it have your pulse racing? Join me in this fascinating discussion where we have a no-holds barred straight talk with a seasoned HR professional - who share insights on questions which you had, but never really asked. So this is series has 4 episodes which try and cover the following :  Future of HR   Recruitment    Developing in house talent.  Rapid-fire segment. ( no pun) In segment 3 - we discuss inhouse talent management. With a near rhombus structure in most organizations, how are people managing existing talent visi-a-vis hiring folks from outside. How are modern people managers equipped to nurture top talent? We touch upon aspects of career progression, growth in a competitive landscape and much more

BasTalk Leadership Studio presents HR Talks. When was the last time you did something for the first time? Like having a heart to heart with your HR BP?  I am guessing never.  Have you wondered why? Why does it trigger butterflies in your stomach? Why does it have your pulse racing? Join me in this fascinating discussion where we have a no-holds barred straight talk with a seasoned HR professional - who share insights on questions which you had, but never really asked.  So this is series has 4 episodes which try and cover the following : Future of HR  Recruitment   Developing in house talent.  Rapid-fire segment. ( no pun)  In segment 2 - we discuss recruitment in post covid normal. What's changed with the turn of the decade? So if you are a HR professional, or work with them or a leader or an individual contributor - this episode will give you a ton of insights into the future of HRBP, the HR process and many more fascinating topics related to human resources. Get your

BasTalk Leadership Studio presents HR Talks. When was the last time you did something for the first time? Like having a heart to heart with your HR BP?  I am guessing never.  Have you wondered why? Why does it trigger butterflies in your stomach? Why does it have your pulse racing? Join me in this fascinating discussion where we have a no-holds barred straight talk with a seasoned HR professional - who share insights on questions which you had, but never really asked. So this is series has 4 episodes which try and cover the following : Future of HR Recruitment  Developing in house talent. Rapid-fire segment. ( no pun)  In segment 1 - we discuss the future of HR in the post covid normal. What's changed with the turn of the decade?  So if you are a HR professional, or work with them or a leader or an individual contributor - this episode will give you a ton of insights into the  future of HRBP, the HR process and many more fascinating topics related to human resources. Get your headphones, clear your min

Remember the time you really had fun being at the top? I am guessing not. When was the last time you were surrounded by good friends at work? Or are mistaking good acquaintances as good friends? There is a difference between being good friends and good acquaintances, no? So do you have a best friend at work? Think hard.  If so, how did you feel when they got promoted ahead of you , out of turn, instead of you, and then go on to become your boss? Hmm. Not so easy. Right? Yet, if you do not have a best friend at work - how will you sustain a thirty year  career journey? Its incredibly being lonely at the top - more so if you are surrounded by enemies - it magnifies the complexity. So is it worth it? Or would you rather be among friends? Join me in this fascinating BasTalk where we go back in time to when you began your career and how cool  it was to hang around with those buddies. Where are they now and where are you? Are you better off? #colleagues #friends #office #boss #workplace #frenemies

An age old job problem - is the age itself. Do you find yourself asking what the hell am I doing here in this role at age 40? Does it baffle you how someone 5 years younger got to become your boss?  Your peer just made partner while you're struggling being a manager, or your friend who is half as talented, got the promotion and you are still stuck and time is flying by. You are getting old.  Age is catching up on your career. So where did you go wrong? What did you miss? What could you have done differently?  Join me in this edition of BasTalk - where I share insights  on what to think if you are in the proverbial mid-career crises! #age #job #career #life #corporate #ambition --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gyanban/message

As General Patton said, Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way. Now try doing that at work. You never tell good soldiers how to fight. Right?   Can you take the same approach at work? Think of yourself  as a sales leader or a sales rep. Have you ever analysed why there is so much of scrutiny at your work? Why don't they just let you be and work will get done well, better and  sharper? Join me in this edition of Bastalk - where I take you through the highs and lows of micromanagement, and if you are one of them doing it,  this one is for you. All BasTalk episodes  and also please check out The Gyanban Experience - a sublime experience awaits. #management #micromanagement #bosses  #workplace #worklife #corporate --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gyanban/message

You feel you gave a great interview - but the outcome is a simple, brutal truth : you were not selected. And you wonder what else could you've done  differently? Who more could you've done? And then it dawns upon you - that maybe you did not communicate well enough. The power of good communication is merely not your ability to speak English - it is your ability to precis 50 thoughts in to 5! Its job is to break down big thoughts into smaller recognizable parts, easily palatable and accurately understood. Join me in the fascinating episode - where you get to know simple and flexible tips to manage interviews better. #interviews, #job #people #mindset. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gyanban/message

Are you being crappy trying be scrappy? Are you being Scrappy for the heck of it?  Are you hiding beneath the garb of being Scrappy while in reality  you are just being crappy? Are you trying to hide poor quality in lieu of moving fast? Many start-ups use the term be scrappy and get on with it. Yet, being scrappy does not give you the permission to be sub par in your play. So how do you strike a balance and maintain quality? Join me in this episode where I share some insights into quality management or managing quality for not just your business, application or product  but the mind behind it all. How do you keep at Day 0 , the best day of your work at all times.? #quality , #mindset #scrappy #startups #goals --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gyanban/message

Welcome to Season 2 of BasTalk. And if you've not heard Season 1 ( seriously?) then click here This year, we kick off with introverts, a personal favourite if you know what I mean. :)  In this episode, I share the ways to manage Introverts in your  team. If you are a 360 degree leader - you can't have an unidimensional team, can you? Will you? I am guessing not. And if not, then what do you do when you are an extrovert but need to manage introvert colleagues?  Likewise, if you are an individual contributor and an introvert, how do you keep up with the Kardashians, errm, I mean  extroverts?  Join me in this new year to better understand how introverts are as good as anyone else in the  team. So, this one is dedicated to the wonderful introverts in the team! Happy new year! #introverts #sales #peoplemanagement #team --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gyanban/message

When they said hope is not a strategy, 2020 laughed ! What are the top 10 lessons we learned from 2020?   One way to look at it is, that we've all had a terrific year, surviving isn't it?  Its time to give yourself a pat on the back. Join me in the final episode of Season 1 of BasTalk. In the next season, I will bring more handpicked curated content for you.  If you want to tune in to all the episodes click here. Till then, stay safe, stay well, and bring your A game to work. Happy New Year folks. #happynewyear #2020 #2021 #Lessons --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gyanban/message

First time you do it, they say it was a fluke, the second, was luck and the third is when the world goes wow! But what happens if the opposite  happens? This one is for all those people who have missed a forecast, lost a deal, got hammered in the reviews and then lived, to fight one more  day! Friends, what do you do when proverbial shit hits the fan?  What do you do when you see the hammer coming at you? What do you do when  your team team tried really hard but failed to get to their forecasted numbers? What do you do? Do you fire the shit out of them or do you give them a  bro-talk?  What if the carrot and stick approach did not work? What if they missed the numbers yet again? What do you do then? Join me in this fascinating topic about failure, realization and resurrection! #sales #businessdevelopment #forecast #team #teammangement. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gyanban/message

So you are a superstar? Are you the rock star they are searching?  Yes, the one which recruiters search endlessly , the job description mentions eternally and yet find, seldomly? Wait, but how do you become a superstar?  How did you know you're the one? Basis what?  And if you are not, then, does it mean you have no future? No career? Join me in this fascinating episode on BasTalk where we decipher the facts on who is a super star and if you are not one, can you be one? After all, somebody's chicken is someone's burger!  #superstar #recruitment #hiring Reach me : gyanbann@gmail.com #gyanban : Twitter, Facebook #bastalkpodcast : Facebook, Instagram Webpage: #podpage.com/bastalk --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gyanban/message

What makes a good leader?  Or does the team make them a good leader? Like they say in Cricket, a Captain is as good as his team.  So if we are the reason they become great , can we also be the reason they become worse? Are we being the reason for bosses to become nasty? If so then why do we say that people leave their managers not their companies? Join me in this fascinating Bastalk to better understand  what makes a good boss? #boss #leader #team #salesLeader Reach me : gyanbann@gmail.com #gyanban : Twitter, Facebook #bastalkpodcast : Facebook, Instagram Webpage: #podpage.com/bastalk --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gyanban/message

Recently I was trolled over an article I wrote over a social media platform - this episode is an attempt to share insights which are often missed in words. Anyone who comments on a social media has been subject to a trolling incident somewhere or the other ,yet when you dive deep you find that trolls generally never take the time to understand someone else's point of view simply because either it does not correlate with their or they are simply ignorant. So this episode goes out to the trolls and their well- being! #linkedin #troll #articles #socialmedia  Reach me : gyanbann@gmail.com #gyanban : Twitter, Facebook #bastalkpodcast : Facebook, Instagram Webpage: #podpage.com/bastalk --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gyanban/message

As they say - capitalism and fairness are strange bedfellows : in the corporate world you're  either growing or dying -  there is no hanging in between. Those three little (dreaded) words : Performance improvement plan.  You tried your best, but the net result was, you missed your forecast/deliverable/expectation. What do you do?  So if you are a  sales rep - this is exactly meant for you - join me in this podcast  to decipher the truth behind PIP's and what you can do about it? #sales #performance #improvementplan #hiring #firing #jobs #forecast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gyanban/message