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Aug. 19, 2023

The Invisible Hero Syndrome 🦸‍♂️

🎙️ 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 Synd…
July 8, 2023

Introverts and Extroverts: Can they coexist in the same team?

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 int…
May 14, 2023

Show Me the Money: A Tale of Appraisals and Salary Hikes

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 o…
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Dec. 13, 2022

Who's auditing Master Shifu?

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 …
Dec. 6, 2022

Manager Feedback Part 3

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…
Nov. 29, 2022

Manager Feedback Part 2

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…
Nov. 24, 2022

Manager Feedback Part 1

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 perf…
Nov. 15, 2022

Alpha Mates : How do you manage top performers?

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 tho…
Aug. 8, 2022

Will you hire people better than you?

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 …
July 22, 2022

What kind of a manager are you?

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 …
July 12, 2022

Toxic Work Culture

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 …
July 4, 2022

Career Gaps in Resumes

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 so…
June 13, 2022

Who inspects the interviewer's mistakes?

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 p…
June 6, 2022

The Dogfight 2 : Recruiter

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
June 1, 2022

The Dogfight 1 : Jobseeker

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 th…
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