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An Eagle doesn't need to explain to a Crow why soaring is better than stooping. Soar high. #2023 Join me in this season finale, where I share thoughts on an interesting introspective exercise Continue, Start. Stop. for 2022- 2023. What are you going to take away from 2022? How will it be any different in 2023? What bad habit will you stop? Tune in to Bastalk.

10:10 Messi and Argentina had a dream run at the recently concluded Qatar 2022 Football Worldcup. However, behind the dream are precious lessons. Whether it's leadership, team management, competitive analysis, or process management. In this episode, I pick the top 10 leadership lessons watching Argentina's campaign in the world cup led by the iconic Lionel Messi. Tune in to part 2 of the two-part series, where I dive deep into leadership lesson 6-10 and the lessons learned. 10:10! #Messi, #Foo...

10:10 Messi and Argentina had a dream run at the recently concluded Qatar 2022 Football Worldcup. However, behind the dream are precious lessons. Whether it's leadership, team management, competitive analysis, or process management. In this episode, I pick the top 10 leadership lessons I picked up watching Argentina's campaign in the world cup led by the iconic Lionel Messi. Tune in to part 1 of the two-part series, where I dive deep into 10 lessons learned. 10:10! #Messi, #Football, #Worldcup...

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 top talent available, why do we keep hiring bad ones? Or if we are hiring top talent, why do we still hover around 20%+ attrition year over year? If you are a business leader listening to this, have you ever audited your hiring managers' interview reports? Why are they reject...

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 performance, and expect them to turn around. But instead, you get a rude shock from the HRBP, who walks up to you and has a tough-love conversation; the team does not trust you to lead them, says the iconic 360-degree anonymous feedback report. On the other hand the HRBP ha...

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 performance, and expect them to turn around. But instead, you get a rude shock from the HRBP, who walks up to you and has a tough-love conversation; the team does not trust you to lead them, says the iconic 360-degree anonymous feedback report. You realize that the HRBP has...

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 performance, and expect them to turn around. But instead, you get a rude shock from the HRBP, who walks up to you and has a tough-love conversation; the team does not trust you to lead them, says the iconic 360-degree anonymous feedback report. You realize that the HRBP has...

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 thought? If not, tune in to this episode of BasTalk, where I discuss how to manage the alphas in your team, how to keep them motivated? how to challenge them to do better? As always, BasTalk aims to present material to make you think , 🤔 and this episode will give you plenty of ...

Unlike the Bourne Identity, Twitter may never get to know what it really is, or was? If a loss making company lays off 50% of it's staff, and restructures its infrastructure - what's wrong you'd think? The question to answer is: how did we get to this point in the first place? Poor governance of some, can't become the bane of thousands! what happens to those "productive"employees who are mentally broken? what happens to fake profiles? what happens to privacy? how will $8 change/address any thing...

How much raise do you expect? The usual. The usual? Yes, 30%. Errm, but who said it was usual? -- That was an excerpt from an honest conversation about pay hikes. In this episode, I dive deep into the complex world of pay raises and employee expectations. As always, expect to hear a straightforward free-flowing narrative that explores all three proverbial sides of the story. I will walk you through some common perceptions, notions, and perceived realities to help you decide your next pay hike mo...

Can you negotiate a salary or compensation when you don't have an alternative plan? What measures can you take? Does not having a plan B jeopardise negotiation leverage? Tune in to get 3 tips to manage a negotiation situation in case you have no plan B in place. #careers, #job, #negotiations

Many speak about being this picture-perfect image of a leader, full of poise, calm and collected, yet vulnerable, sensitive, and thoughtful, all critical traits of a successful leader, aren't they? Then you paddle, waddle, flip-flap, slip and trip, walk, talk, think, and plan about the next survival plan. The optics are terrible. Hours turn to days, days to quarters, huffing, puffing, pulling, and pushing through a difficult situation, and someone you can't stand asks how you are. You think I'm...

You are in a meeting. Yes, the same one you were in, the same time last week, yes again, the same one you were in at the same time, the week before! You've heard the message before, and you're pupils begin to dilate. You hear what's being said, but it's not registering in your head. Then the manager turns towards you and asks a different question! You are jolted. The mind is blank. Are you not listening? Asks the frowning manager. The people around the table are staring at you. And your mouth is...

Your honeymoon is over! How many times have bosses said that to new employees? How many times did employees get a chance to reply? And if they did, guess what the employee would like to say in return? What goes around, comes around! The curious case for moonlighting: simply put, it is a situation where an employee chooses to work for another organization simultaneously while being gainfully employed. Sounds unfair, right? Or is it fair? Let us examine this from both points of view, that of the e...

How did it feel when you won that MVP award? I'm sure it must've felt great. And how did it feel when you were left out for the promotion over your fiercest rival? Miserable, I guess. How did it feel when you got your dream job, and what happened when you were laid off? For many, the feeling of loss is a far stronger emotion than the thrill of a victory, because no one taught you how to cope with a loss. So who taught you how to lose? Was it your teacher, your parents, friends, or siblings? Cha...

Is there a Burnol for sales burnouts? Chances are, if you are reading this or about to listen to this episode, you have Sales Fatigue! Here are three symptoms: Feeling drained on Monday morning forecast call. Unable to sleep without thinking about excel sheets Fearing the following business review Sounds familiar? Wish there was a Burnol for sales burns ? Let's get to the root cause and find ways to address these issues. (🥵 For those uninitiated, Google the word Burnol, and you will get the refe...

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