Welcome to the KIA series by TalkCXOLife. In continuation with the series of conversations we are having with HR leaders, people-centric managers and coaches we bring to you Ajith Nair, Director of Kincentric, a talent and HR advisory firm specializing in employee engagement, leadership assessment and development & HR advisory. In this first segment, Ajith Nair speaks to Sunayana Nair on – Employee engagement – how it ought to be entrenched within clearly defined outcomes, The importance and...
Nov 12, 2019•13 min
How can we have with us a digital icon and not quiz him in-depth for some insights into understanding this animal? In this segment Vivek shares some details of his entrepreneurial journey, how it is no longer just about building digital fitness within the team but about creating an integrated-strategy led mindset to thrive and prosper. He firmly believes in the coming years every CEO will have to think digital or else perish!
Nov 11, 2019•16 min
Vivek Bhargava, CEO, DAN Performance Group heads the digital performance agencies of the reputed Dentsu Aegis Network. Vivek has been on this digital journey since 1997 when he commenced his venture Communicate2 to help Indian companies communicate better having observed the medium’s gradual but gripping impact in the US on his family trips and as a young student. From a time when digital meant at the most having an add-on CD to a corporate brochure to now when it is omnipresent, the journey has...
Nov 08, 2019•20 min
Vivek Bhargava, CEO, DAN Performance Group heads the digital performance agencies of the reputed Dentsu Aegis Network. Vivek has been on this digital journey since 1997 when he commenced his venture Communicate2 to help Indian companies communicate better having observed the medium’s gradual but gripping impact in the US on his family trips and as a young student. From a time when digital meant at the most having an add-on CD to a corporate brochure to now when it is omnipresent, the journey has...
Nov 05, 2019•1 hr 10 min
In this fun facts segment, Vivek shares an interesting take on meditation, entrepreneurship, standup comedy, how he chanced upon paragliding, the best gift he received which was a startup capital his father gave him at 14 years which got him hooked onto entrepreneurship and the chess piece he identifies himself with among others.
Nov 04, 2019•21 min
In this segment, Vivek shares his views on work-life balance – his firm belief that a person ought to do better at his/her work if s/he picks up a passion outside of it, his views on success and how he would like to keep alive his obsession of being happy.
Nov 02, 2019•7 min
In this segment, Vivek speaks of his love for chess which also he began playing when very young with his father. Vivek loves watching recorded matches of renowned grandmasters and shares with us his love for chess and some interesting tidbits like his first win, the details of the longest match he played etc. Towards the end, he shares his views on the challenges of playing chess in India and how playing a sport can immensely help you professionally and will increasingly prove to be a definite c...
Oct 31, 2019•9 min
In this segment, Vivek speaks about table tennis and his commitment to the sport. What marked his return to the sport after 15 years, the lessons he has derived from playing Table tennis. He also mentions his most memorable win as a 13-year-old defeating the reigning Dehradun district champion, how critical it is to begin playing a sport in childhood and how his performance has improved substantially over the years in the 30-plus year category. Vivek also shares details about his team Challenger...
Oct 30, 2019•16 min
In this segment, Vivek Bhargava speaks of his brush with the digital idea, his plunge into entrepreneurship and his digital journey. He also delves upon some interesting philosophies on increasing his happiness baseline every day and how he is obsessive about it, how setting goals is detrimental and why he would rather set a discipline - the central one being the happiness discipline.
Oct 25, 2019•14 min
In this segment, Vivek takes us through his formative years – his privileged upbringing in Mussoorie where he picked up table tennis rather quickly and began playing state-level tournaments, how playing table tennis gifted him friends from all walks of life, how he came to believe that being likable is a better virtue than being intelligent, especially when you are an entrepreneur, his relocation to Mumbai which proved to be a major milestone and his father’s significant influence on him.
Oct 23, 2019•12 min
In this conversation with Manoj Aravindakshan, Pratap shares his insights he has gained through his 11-year experience in Leadership Mentoring and Executive Coaching comprising the essence of leadership, time-stress management, work-life harmony, role of leaders and organizations in facilitating employee growth and potential. This segment comprises the Highlights of the conversation with Pratap Nambiar, Founder & Chairman, Thought Perfect, a Singapore based firm providing coaching and mentor...
Oct 11, 2019•20 min
Welcome to the second edition of Masters in Motion, featuring 10 prominent global leaders ardently pursuing a passion beyond their work spheres! In this edition, we profile N. Chandrasekaran, Chairman, Tata Sons who is also known for his obsessive running streaks! Listen to Sunayana Nair, Editor CXO Life & Host of the #TalkCXOLife podcast series, present fascinating facts & insights curated about N. Chandrasekaran through his interactions with media. We not only delve into his journey of...
Oct 07, 2019•8 min
This marks a beginning of a special series of conversations we will be having with leaders in the people’s domain, constituting HR Leaders, Leadership Coaches, HR Strategists and Senior Consultants who will help us understand various facets of leadership and people management, its challenges primarily with respect to employee engagement, work-life harmony, and maximising human potential. Our first such conversation is with Pratap Nambiar, Founder & Chairman, Thought Perfect, a Singapore base...
Oct 05, 2019•36 min
Pratap Nambiar, Founder & Chairman, Thought Perfect, a Singapore based firm providing coaching and mentoring services to CEOs. Pratap is a corporate veteran with over 35 years of experience across geographies and products/services and has been into the executive coaching space for 11 years now. Pratap has contributed to several Thought Leadership Publications and is also a Member of the KPMG Asia Pacific Management Committee, as well as the Global Markets Steering Group. In this segment, Pra...
Oct 03, 2019•13 min
Pratap Nambiar, Founder & Chairman, Thought Perfect, a Singapore based firm providing coaching and mentoring services to CEOs. Pratap is a corporate veteran with over 35 years of experience across geographies and products/services and has been into the executive coaching space for 11 years now. Pratap has contributed to several Thought Leadership Publications and is also a Member of the KPMG Asia Pacific Management Committee, as well as the Global Markets Steering Group. Pratap Nambiar menti...
Oct 01, 2019•7 min
Pratap Nambiar, Founder & Chairman, Thought Perfect, a Singapore based firm providing coaching and mentoring services to CEOs. Pratap is a corporate veteran with over 35 years of experience across geographies and products/services and has been into the executive coaching space for 11 years now. Pratap has contributed to several Thought Leadership Publications and is also a Member of the KPMG Asia Pacific Management Committee, as well as the Global Markets Steering Group. In this segment, Pra...
Sep 26, 2019•13 min
Pratap Nambiar, Founder & Chairman, Thought Perfect, a Singapore based firm providing coaching and mentoring services to CEOs. Pratap is a corporate veteran with over 35 years of experience across geographies and products/services and has been into the executive coaching space since 11 years now. Pratap has contributed to several Thought Leadership Publications and is also Member of the KPMG Asia Pacific Management Committee, as well as the Global Markets Steering Group. In this segment, Pra...
Sep 24, 2019•9 min
This episode comprises the Highlights of the amazing journey of the cool and persistent Rajen Prabhu, aka Sumo – as known to his friends and family. Rajen is Sr. Director at a large fintech MNC in Singapore and speaks about his journey from a fat to a fit man to an Ironman! Rajen recently completed his first Ironman-equivalent triathlon, Challenge Roth in Bavaria this July within 8 years of embarking upon his fitness journey. He also discusses about his first love for quizzing and his long-cheri...
Sep 19, 2019•25 min
In this segment Rajen shares some fun trivia about himself including how he got nicknamed Sumo, the advantage of having a fat man live inside a fit man, how he holds qualifying for Mardi Gras Quiz finals in college close to his heart, his ritual before the races, his favourite pair of shoes, and fondness for Japanese cuisine and how reading Lord of the Rings transformed him when he was growing up, some funny incidents of his life also earning huge brownie points when he admits to relish everythi...
Sep 17, 2019•16 min
Hey! you are listening to TalkCXOLIfe and this time we are presenting this amazing journey of the cool and persistent Rajen Prabhu, aka Sumo – as known to his friends and family. While the moniker Sumo was bestowed upon Rajen decades ago at the IIT Madras campus by a senior as campus tradition demands it, Rajen, who is Sr. Director at a large fintech MNC in Singapore, is anything but the huge 120-kg guy that he had been for a major part of his life! Well, physically at least! In his conversation...
Sep 16, 2019•1 hr 2 min
In this segment, Rajen speaks on Work-life balance and how bringing about that harmony has been possible largely due to a motivating organisational culture and an encouraging boss. Though work always comes first for Rajen he shares how it is possible to pragmatically weave in passion with gruelling ambition by being mindful. He shares how success is about being able to enjoy work and have people who mean something to you, respect you be it at work and home. Among all things, it is Rajen’s persis...
Sep 13, 2019•9 min
In this segment, Rajen takes us through his first love of quizzing and introduces us to his once-cherished dream of becoming a standup comedian. Rajen shares how he had tasted a ‘modicum of success’ in Chennai rotary clubs where he found himself an enthusiastic audience among middle-aged women who would fawn over his standup routines which were a mix of quizzing and comedy. Though the move to Singapore resulted in a cooling down of this passion, Rajen still hopes to fan it alive someday especial...
Sep 13, 2019•11 min
In this segment, Rajen shares key insights on nutrition, the importance of sleep and how he is an early sleeper, how he manages work and his passion for biking and racing in triathlons. How giving up tayar-saadam or curd rice for dinner was the biggest sacrifice he has had to make after having it for the first 38 years of his life. Rajen also shares how his passion for competing in triathlons has helped him approach work and life, improved his focus, productivity and time management skills. Raje...
Sep 09, 2019•8 min
Hi! This is the Highlights episode of the #KeepitAlive conversation with Samson Tan, CEO, GTMC Travel & Chairman, Inbound Committee, National Association of Travel Agents Singapore (NATAS). In this conversation with Manoj Aravindakshan, Samson shares his insights on the travel industry, especially in Singapore, his love for water polo which he began playing when he was 9 years old! Samson had represented the national team and had played in the South East Asian Games, the Asian championships....
Sep 06, 2019•17 min
Hi! You are listening to the latest KeepitAlive series by TalkCXOLife. Now, this one should be of special interest to the ones bitten by the travel bug. We have with us Samson Tan, CEO, GTMC Travel & Chairman, Inbound Committee, National Association of Travel Agents Singapore (NATAS). In this conversation with Manoj Aravindakshan, Samson shares his his thoughts on work-life balance and on his firm belief that a happy family is the most important building block for success and fulfillment. Ha...
Sep 04, 2019•6 min
In this segment, Rajen takes us through his journey into fitness with his move to Singapore in 2011 as a senior executive with Mastercard. He shares how he chanced upon the concept of triathlons, having casually signed up for one such on a vacation to Phuket in 2013 and though he felt that he would ‘die at various points in the event’ he was hooked on to it at the end and wanted to carry on testing his limits even as he sat in an ice tub trying to help his body recover from the shock of having e...
Sep 03, 2019•17 min
In this conversation with Manoj Aravindakshan, Samson Tan, CEO, GTMC Travel & Chairman, Inbound Committee, National Association of Travel Agents Singapore (NATAS), shares his insights on the travel industry, especially in Singapore. How the internet boom changed the dynamics across key aspects within the industry. Tan mentions the emergence of an interesting O-to-O trend wherein increasingly for a product promoted online, the transaction takes place offline, displaying a global rise in offli...
Sep 03, 2019•31 min
Rajen Prabhu, Sr. Director at a large fintech major takes us through his career milestones beginning with a stellar academic record, his marriage and move to Singapore
Aug 30, 2019•9 min
We have with Samson Tan, CEO, GTMC Travel & Chairman, Inbound Committee, National Association of Travel Agents Singapore (NATAS). When Samson isn’t traveling or isn’t enjoying a good meal, he can be found at a golf course! Tan loves to play golf and is doing so for nearly twenty years now. He has won several amateur golf tournaments and holds close to his heart his two wins in the NATAS yearly challenge. Tan believes golf has helped him in honing his decision-making skills. Happy listening!
Aug 29, 2019•6 min
Hi! You are listening to the latest KeepitAlive series by TalkCXOLife. Now, this one should be of special interest to the ones bitten by the travel bug – which should constitute many of us I believe. We have with Samson Tan, CEO, GTMC Travel & Chairman, Inbound Committee, National Association of Travel Agents Singapore (NATAS). Samson is an avid water polo player since he was 9 years old and plays in the Chinese Swimming Club, Singapore. He had in his prime years had represented the national...
Aug 29, 2019•8 min
