Workplace Dynamics with Kamal Karanth

Getting fired from work is unfortunate irrespective of how and when it happens? No one has immunity against it, when the need and conditions for it arise in an enterprise. Is there a way to spot the signs of a firing or layoff coming up? Warning signals that one can pick up? In today's uncertain economic conditions, to have a playbook for responding to a layoff?

How do our skills and persona make a deadly combination? We all have that one Achilles' Heel that acts up at the wrong moment and creates unexpected tripping moments and undesirable outcome. All that skill and experience built over a career-span comes down to that point where our persona takes over. Which is your most irritating trait of yours that trips your colleagues, bosses and peers? Can it be fixed?

Do we go all out to Celebrate at work? Or do we underplay and always keep it a shade lower than personal celebrations? Does celebrating at work create a bond or set wrong precedence? Why should we celebrate and what's the sustainable guilt-free way to Celebrate at Work?

When do you feel the most frustrated with your boss, colleagues or team at work? Would it make a difference if all of us were more responsive and no one had to ever follow-up with anyone for anything? Imagine if responses to emails, messages and calls were immediate across the organization... would your workplace be different? If not anything else, all that time that we collectively spend on follow-ups can be put to better use.

Do we like to glorify the stretches we had in our past lives and previous jobs? And do it to an extent that it loses relevance? With long tenure in a company does entitlement also come along and do we expect to be treated Special? Does tenure along become a qualifier to deserve special treatment?

Have you been in the middle of Meltdown Moments at work? You would agree that they are not entirely avoidable... but are they signs or signals to spot one coming? Warning signs of a meltdown approaching you or a colleague or boss or peer? Catchup this episode as I explore this topic.

Have you been in situations where you recommended someone for a job and felt the person should be indebted to you for life? Do these patronising beliefs fade or increase with age and experience? Why do we build this strange sense of entitlement? Listen in and lets discuss.

Are you the one to ask the uncomfortable but pertinent question in meetings? If you are that Rebel, what drives you to be one? And are you just a Rebel or a Rebel Star?