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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...

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...

The Power of optics at work --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gyanban/message

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, yesterd...

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 enthusi...

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 cre...

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, al...

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 acros...

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 o...

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 leader...

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 y...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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 partne...

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...

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 ma...

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 mo...

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...

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...

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,...