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🎙️ S4 Episode 36: The Invisible Hero Syndrome 🦸‍♂️ Are you the unsung hero, tirelessly working behind the scenes without much recognition? Join me on BasTalk as we delve into the fascinating world of the "Invisible Hero Syndr...

Welcome to BasTalk, the podcast where I dive deep into the fascinating world of the workplace and uncover the hidden dynamics that shape our professional lives. I'm your host, Aayan, and in today's episode, we're delving into...

Are you ready to face the annual appraisal tango? Or perhaps you're bracing yourself for the nerve-wracking salary hike limbo? Well, get ready because we're about to dive into the crazy world of appraisals and salary hikes on...

Do you need to be Master Shifu to hire a Dragon warrior? Do you have the necessary skill sets to identify the next big thing? Or are you ignorant about it? Did you reject the top talent on the planet? If there is so much of t...

Being a people manager, you need to motivate the team to deliver the best performance, isn't it? Yet, despite best efforts, there are times when the team misses the goal. So you have a tough love conversation, a hard look at ...

Being a people manager, you need to motivate the team to deliver the best performance, isn't it? Yet, despite best efforts, there are times when the team misses the goal. So you have a tough love conversation, a hard look at ...

Being a people manager you need to motivate the team to deliver the best performanc isnt'it? Yet, despite best efforts,there are times when the team misses the goal. So you have a tough love conversation, a hard look at perfo...

As people managers we often spend copious amounts of time managing the beta's in the team, leaving the alphas to do their magic, don't we? What if they turned up one day and said, we don't need you? Have you given that a thou...

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 w...

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 y...

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 e...

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 som...

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 po...

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 the...

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 butterf...

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 man...

So 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 y...

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 tr...

So you've just joined a new job and you're eager to make an impression , but in the process you land up presenting a self which is not you at all. And so in a few months time people around you are surprised to see your newsel...

What are the classic interview mistakes you make? Have you given it a thought ? What could you have done better? Sometimes you makes the basic mistakes which go on to cost you a job - little do you realise that all these sim...

In the last episode of The Job of your resume - you heard from the recruiters point of view and what not to do with your resume. 6 common mistakes to avoid in your resume to better your chances. And so with this episode, you...

So when you do a 100 applications and nothing to write home about, you wonder what are you doing wrong? What could be better in your resume? Tune in to this episode ( part 1/ of 2) to know what is the job of your resume? In...

When was the last time you called your teacher and thanked them for their contribution in your success? Do you need to wait for September 5 to do that? Join me in this episode where I share 3 scenarios from our education syst...