BasTalk Directory

Shhh... quiet quitting now? Why should I give more when I'm not paid more? Why ask for more when you can't give more? Why quit when I'm delivering what I'm supposed to? Quiet Quitting the term might be new, but the phenomenon is old. It's been happening since Adam and Eve. In the modern workplace, burnouts are real. They happen quicker than the previous generation. Is extreme performance sustainable? What's wrong with employees scaling back from that extra work or stretch project? So, then are w...

Age is just a number when you are in your 20s; by the time you hit the 30s, it asks some questions, and in your 50's, you are known by the number more than the person you are! So why is age such a significant factor in the typical workplace? If you are competent, qualified, and able to execute the job well, what stops you from being gainfully employed? Turns out, people want to hire younger people at a lower cost. So what's wrong with that? Were you not hired over someone older when you were yo...

You wouldn't need to travel too far to find someone complain about their boring job, isn't it? What does an exciting mind do with a boring job? Does it get bogged down or does it make the job exciting? Are jobs supposed to be exciting? Where do you find excitement? If these questions float in your mind, then this episode will surely resonate with you. Tune in to this episode of BasTalk where I share a reality check about finding excitement in your boring job! #jobs, #worklife , #excitement

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 #interv...

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.

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...

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 #mana...

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

A typical Startup Founders dilemma #23: having conviction vs being in denia l! 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. Gr...

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 c...

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...

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 Twitte...

So your colleague got the promotion, but you didn't. Your best friend at work got a new car, but you didn't. Your peer bagged the dream job, but you didn't. How do you feel when subjected to material peer pressure? Ever since you were a kid, competition has been defined negatively. Envy is drilled into your psyche. So when someone does well, you seldom appreciate the effort & and train your eyes to find faults. Compares are made between children, begin with manners, graduate to grades in exams, ...

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 #wrong...

So you heard the candidates version, the recruiters version, now listen to the reality check.

So now that you understood the point of view from a job seeker perspective, its time to dive into the recruiters point of view.

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.

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 #fatig...

The Power of optics at work

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...

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 in...

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

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

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 th...