Small Talk with RainKraft - Career-lifting Conversations

Winter is coming (sorry, we know this is so passé), and this season it seems to come with a wave of mass layoffs. It’s quite terrifying because of how untimely and arbitrary they are. Layoffs are just business, not personal. We all know this. But when you get laid off unexpectedly, and it throws a curveball in your career, how can you help but not take it personally? In this episode, Subha and Hasita share their thoughts on how not to take layoffs personally.

In This Episode | Discussion Points

• [02:32] Why layoffs are so jarring despite being a business necessity
• [06:24] Coping with a layoff emotionally, in small and big steps
• [10:03] Post-layoff support and maintaining an amicable relationship with former employers
• [14:29] How to stay a step ahead if you’re anticipating a layoff
• [17:50] What companies can do to handle a layoff with sensitivity

Hosts:

Subha Chandrasekaran is an ICF-certified leadership and career-growth coach with over 22 years of experience (corporate & entrepreneurial) leading people and businesses to explore their potential. Prior to this, she held senior leadership positions in Citi India. Hasita is a marketing strategist who dives deep to create sustainable, results-oriented B2B marketing wins.

You can find us on LinkedIn here:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/subhachandrasekaran/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/hasita/

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Do you find yourself doing a lot yet feeling like the work never ends? Are you still doing things that you mastered a few years ago or in your previous role? On most days, we’re rushing to tasks that need immediate attention rather than thinking about the bigger picture. And this often affects the way founders, senior professionals and leaders delegate to teammates. 

Every performance coach and professional probably has a piece of content on delegation, and yet the to struggle to climb the mountain when it comes to delegating work is real. Why does it feel like a mountain in the first place? What should and shouldn’t we delegate? How can we hold others accountable for their tasks while also not stepping on their toes?

We talk about

• Why delegation doesn’t come naturally to most
• Deciding what tasks can and should be delegated
• The Skill-Will matrix: a framework for delegation
• Providing adequate time and support for each team member

Tune in and let us know what else you'd like to hear us talk about in the space of career growth and workplace excellence.

Hosts:

Subha Chandrasekaran is an ICF-certified leadership and career-growth coach with over 22 years of experience (corporate & entrepreneurial) leading people and businesses to explore their potential. Prior to this, she held senior leadership positions in Citi India. Hasita is a marketing strategist who dives deep to create sustainable, results-oriented B2B marketing wins.

#careerchange #careerswitch #careerpodcast #careers #careercoach #delegating 

You can find us on LinkedIn here:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/subhachandrasekaran/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/hasita/

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Your career and your passion can be two very different things!

Welcome back to Season 4! We're starting with one piece of career advice that can derail the best of us! We've often heard that if you make a career out of your passion, you'd never have to work a day in your life. 

But then again, we've also heard it said- find your passion, and let it slowly kill you! If those two in tandem sound ominous, that's because they are. 

We talk about

• being in it for the long haul
• how not to take our professional life too personally
• where to put your energy and effort
• what to do in the unlikely circumstance that you do end up turning a passion into a career

What we listened to

• Mark Cuban with Adam Grant on Re:Thinking
• Cal Newport's Top Advice For Young People Starting Their Careers

Tune in and let us know what else you'd like to hear us talk about in the space of career growth and workplace excellence. 

Hosts:

Subha Chandrasekaran is an ICF-certified leadership and career-growth coach with over 21 years of experience (corporate & entrepreneurial) leading people and businesses to explore their potential. Hasita is a marketing strategist who dives deep to create sustainable, results-oriented B2B marketing wins.

#careerchange #careerswitch #careerpodcast #careers #careercoach

You can find us on LinkedIn here:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/subhachandrasekaran/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/hasita/

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Some events just have us making a mad dash to the podcast studio! Not just because we want to talk about them but because we have already been talking about them! Our first bonus episode this season was on the infamous Adam Neumann and his story, seen through WeCrashed on Apple TV. Well, he's back, asking for more money and getting it too! We also ended the season talking about quitting and why it shouldn't get such a bad rep. Serena Williams and Sebastian Vettel seem to think so too. They lead the way in identity-based growth, a must for each of us as we look at longer careers and longer working years. 

#careers #careerpodcast #identitygrowth #serenafarewell #sebastianvettelretirement #jamesclear 

Don't miss these links!

1. Serena's article in Vogue magazine - Serena Williams Says Farewell to Tennis On Her Own Terms—And In Her Own Words

2. Sebastian Vettel Announces F1 Retirement - video

3. Adam Neumann and how he gets to 'fail up' with more funding

4. James Clear on Identity-based habits

Hosts:

Subha Chandrasekaran is an ICF-certified leadership coach with over 21 years of experience (corporate & entrepreneurial) leading people and businesses to explore their potential. Hasita is a marketing strategist who dives deep to create sustainable, results-oriented B2B marketing wins.

You can find us on LinkedIn here:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/subhachandrasekaran/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/hasita/

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For far too long, in the corporate world, we’ve glorified what now seems like the wrong ideals. “Keep at it”, “do or die”, “there is no trying”,… and the list goes on.

But what about the virtues of stepping away, taking a break, or just knowing when we’ve outgrown something. One of the worst things we can do to our careers is to keep at things which don’t agree with us anymore. Using the post-pandemic world as a reference point, we’re using the last episode of season 3 to discuss what it means to know when to stop.

We’re excited to see you in season 4 (we just cannot believe we got here!), with a recharged mind, fresh ideas, and more ways to make your career work for you.

Hosts:

Subha Chandrasekaran is an ICF-certified leadership coach with over 21 years of experience (corporate & entrepreneurial) leading people and businesses to explore their potential. Hasita is a marketing strategist who dives deep to create sustainable, results-oriented B2B marketing wins.

#careerchange #careerswitch #careerpodcast #careers 

You can find us on LinkedIn here:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/subhachandrasekaran/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/hasita/

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As the CEO of Hector Beverages, Neeraj Kakkar has created one of the most iconic beverage brands to come out of India in recent times- Paper Boat.

If you’ve substituted the making of aamras and panakam this past summer with Paper Boat’s beverages, this episode tells us the story behind building and scaling a business. 

What does the true journey of an entrepreneur look like? It isn't always gold and glitter. The courage to follow an idea, be willing to learn from the consumer and deliver what the market wants while staying true to your core. Neeraj very candidly shares his journey, from ideas that didn't work to how a pandemic surprisingly brought them closer to their core. 

Host:

Subha Chandrasekaran is an ICF-certified leadership coach with over 22 years of experience (corporate & entrepreneurial) leading people and businesses to explore their potential. As always, you can find Subha here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/subhachandrasekaran/

#paperboat #entrepreneurs #careerpodcast #buildingabusiness #resilience #careers

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For many of us, there’s a fundamental challenge in identifying the difference between a job and a career. Should we commit to one field and become the best in it? Should we go wide and learn as much as possible? When is a good time to switch careers? And most importantly, when we’re ready to switch, just what do we do?

In this episode, we address all of these questions about planning how to live out your work-life for the next few decades. Give it a listen!

Things we mention:

1. Cal Newport - So Good They Can't Ignore You

2. Want to Advance in Your Career? Build Your Own Board of Directors - Susan Stelter

Hosts:

Subha Chandrasekaran is an ICF-certified leadership coach with over 21 years of experience (corporate & entrepreneurial) leading people and businesses to explore their potential. Hasita is a marketing strategist who dives deep to create sustainable, results-oriented B2B marketing wins.

#careerchange #careerswitch #careerpodcast #careers #calnewport

You can find us on LinkedIn here:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/subhachandrasekaran/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/hasita/

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When you don't define yourself just by your professional qualifications or limit yourself to one job/one hobby, the possibilities are endless. Author, much-loved food blogger, columnist, and a medical doctor by training - these are just some of the many hats Nandita Iyer wears in the digital realm. Known by many as Saffrontrail, Nandita follows every passion with just the right amount of love and intensity so that it stays a passion and doesn't turn into a chore. How does she keep up with herself? What makes her tick? How does she decide what to share and what to keep to herself? In this episode, she answers all of these questions and gets us thinking about how we want to show up. 

(Multipotentialite is someone with many interests and creative pursuits.)

Where you can find her and all that she does:

1. Saffron Trail - A Vegetarian Blog 

2. Newsletter Sattva

3. Books

- This Handmade Life: 7 Skills to Enhance and Transform Your Everyday Life

- Everyday Superfoods

- The Everyday Healthy Vegetarian: Delicious Meals from the Indian Kitchen

4. Also @saffrontrail on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter

Host:

Subha Chandrasekaran is an ICF-certified leadership coach with over 22 years of experience (corporate & entrepreneurial) leading people and businesses to explore their potential. As always, you can find Subha here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/subhachandrasekaran/

#digitalpresence #freelancelife #careerpodcast #foodblogger #author #careers

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Catch all our podcast episodes at www.rainkraft.in/podcast

Get links to the podcast on your favourite streaming service for podcasts.

We are @rainkraft and @subha.coach on Instagram and /Rainkraft on Facebook.

Follow us as we guide your business and professional growth while helping you stay true to who you are.

Don't forget to hit Subscribe for this podcast and signup for our awesome monthly newsletter at www.rainkraft.in

Have you had a chance to watch WeCrashed on Apple TV+ yet? If not, we’d strongly recommend that you do, definitely for Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway (and Apple’s insane production quality). Also because the story of the rise and fall and eventual consolidation of WeWork has a lot of lessons for us in culture, vision, founder personas, and when a dream begins to turn into a nightmare. 

This bonus episode of Small Talk with RainKraft is inspired by our weekend binge sessions. Would you like to see more like this? Do tell us!

Things we talk about:

1. WeCrashed on Apple TV

2. The 4 Deadly Sins of Work Culture: WorkLife with Adam Grant

3. The Shrink Next Door podcast and miniseries on Spotify and Apple TV

Hosts:

Subha Chandrasekaran is an ICF-certified leadership coach with over 21 years of experience (corporate & entrepreneurial) leading people and businesses to explore their potential. Hasita is a marketing strategist who dives deep to create sustainable, results-oriented B2B marketing wins.

#wework #workculture #careerpodcast #founders #wecrashed #toxicworkculture

You can find us on LinkedIn here:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/subhachandrasekaran/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/hasita/

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The ability to turn down things we’ve outgrown, things we don’t want to be doing, and things we never wanted to do but got cajoled into, is one of the most underrated skills of our century. We are, after all, saddled with information at every turn, and saying ‘no’ feels like a lost opportunity with many ramifications.

In this episode, we discuss healthy ways to say no without sabotaging our careers and work-life and talk about the many stunts we pulled because we just couldn’t utter the magic word.

Hosts:

Subha Chandrasekaran is an ICF-certified leadership coach with over 21 years of experience (corporate & entrepreneurial) leading people and businesses to explore their potential. Hasita is a marketing strategist who dives deep to create sustainable, results-oriented B2B marketing wins.

#sayingno #howtosaynotomorework #careerpodcast #worklifebalance

You can find us on LinkedIn here:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/subhachandrasekaran/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/hasita/

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Catch all our podcast episodes at www.rainkraft.in/podcast

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