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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 epi...

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

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 ...

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 epi...

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 epi...

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 epi...

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 episo...

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...

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...

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...

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 und...

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 managem...

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 c...

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....

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 num...

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 chi...

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 #gyanba...

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 an...

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...

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 newself. What they don't know is that you were only presenting an alternative self earlier , and this is your true self. It was almost like a project to impress. And that is where things go wrong. So join me in this episode where we discuss the best way to ease into your new role ...

BANT is the most referred qualification criteria for prospecting isn't it? Yet it is not leveraged properly - some forget that it's only a technique not necessarily a template - some use it partially and some use their own modified versions. The reality of sales is - that there is no one size fits all strategy - so whatever works, is whatever works. But for those who's whatever works scenario is exhausted - maybe they can try this approach and see if this works! Intrigued? Tune in to this fasci...

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 simply silly mistakes could ve been easily avoided. So join me in this topic which impacts all job seekers/ candidates seeking their dream role in their dream company. #jobs #interviews #mistakes #india #recruitment #hiring

So they overlooked you for the promotion? And you think you did whatever they asked - what else could you have done differently? You think its overdue while they think you need more time - sounds familiar? Fret not, you're not alone. So how do you get promoted? Tune in to this episode to know the 5 things to keep in mind. Let's find out! #promotions #corporatelife #thuglife #work #india #workculture.

Parental Advisory! Close your eyes: Adult Content. Now before you jump into conclusion, this is not about porn. Sorry to disappoint you! But it is something so important that it affects your life. Its about education....for adults, its about educating your parents. When parents guide a child – who’s ensuring they know what they are doing? There is no parental advisory for parenting ! There are no certificates for parenting – and so in the absence of such guidance most parents fall back on wha...