Manager's Mindset Podcast Gopinath Vijayakumar

🙏Thank you Abhijith Bhattacharya for being on my show. 

I am so grateful to you for sharing practical strategies and how to Transform one's own self.  

   🎙Podcast Conversation:  


Manager Mindset Podcast intro (0:00​) 
Why Abhijith Qualifies for the Podcast (5:00​)
What does transformation refers to? (10:00​) 
Must transformation be visible? (20:00​) 
How can Managers transform their team members? (27:00​) 
One suggestion to Middle Managers (31:00​)

Thanks to Sakina Bharmal for being part of the Manager's Mindset Podcast. By profession, she is a Design Thinking & Creativity facilitator | Leadership Development | Founder Urban Zen | Partner at COSM. 


 Intro:(0:00)
 What is Creativity and Why people think they can’t be Creative?:(1:40) 
If Creativity is a skill then what would be the duration to master it?:(6:15) 
Creativity Accelerator Test:(10:15) 
What are the simple tools and techniques Managers can use?:(14:15) 
What should any Managers do to encourage Creativity?(20:30)
 Book Recommendations:(25:05) Outro(27:00)

Thanks to Aparna Gautamfor being part of the Manager's Mindset Podcast. By profession, she is Career Coach | Let's take your career to new heights | 1M+ post views I Sales, Marketing & Content Advisor  

Layoff! How to handle it: Manager Mindset Podcast  

 1) As an employee, What is the first thing that happens to me when a person is laid off? 

2) What kind of question would run through the minds of lay offed employees? 

3) How to handle the emotional part of the process?

 4) After Lay off happens – How to show positive behavior at home?

 5) Lay off is a process and it is inevitable; So how to avoid becoming a part of the list? Tips & Strategies?

 6) What are the immediate steps can be taken by the employee who lost their jobs? 

 #layoff2020 #Podcast #Manager #Managermidset

Thanks to DEEPA KAUR GILL for being part of the Manager's Mindset Podcast. By profession, she is Lead Consultant and Trainer JDT-India/Body Language Coach.



1) Why is body language important
2) How to deliver a negative and bad message?
3) What sort of body language one needs to have when presenting from a team meetings to addressing a large set of employees?
4) How should my body language be when interacting with senior management and probably my team members?
5) One tip that I would give to the first line and second line manager?

🎇✨Thanks to POONAM MANDAVA for being part of the Manager's Mindset Podcast. By profession she is Leadership & Storytelling Coach | Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach | D&I Learner | Avid Book reader| Artist | Sr.HR Business Partner  

 Discussion Points:  

1) How themes are broadly classified into? Can you give brief 

2) In Gallup Language there are only themes so What are the theme related to People Management competencies? 

3) For ITES Managers, what are the list of Themes generally Companies looking for? 

4) Let us take one Theme, Maybe Relationship Building – Developer? What is it? How it identify whether I possess this theme without using a survey? 

5) Maybe another one as well -

 6) As a Strength coach, what are the list of problems generally people come with? Related to Managerial context?

🎇✨Thanks to Anil Padmanabhan for being part of the Manager's Mindset Podcast. By profession, he is a Head- India Finance Shared Services & Global Head- PTP