KAS Concepts

KAS Concepts supports leaders to strategically align learning to drive organizational growth.

Whether building a learning strategy, lining out training processes or standing up training teams, KAS can guide you through the process. 

KAS also exists to support the trainer's themselves to design, develop and deliver training that doesn't suck through it's line of No Boring Training products & services.

Founder

igus Inc.

Created and built out first ever learning & development department and processes for North American operations supporting 500+ colleagues across all disciplines in the organization 

Key Accomplishments
* Aligned learning to business strategy to implement customized learning approaches tied to business outcomes
* Led team organizing end user training of new enterprise software roll out to 300 plus users to increase adoption rates and reduce learning curve of new system 
* Created and implemented job skills training program for sales teams that lead to reduce ramp time for new sales team members 
* Created and delivered leadership development training series with customized in-person workshops, micro-video channel and self-study content to increase retention across the org   
* Created and delivered professional development training series to support continued growth of team members in areas such as interviewing skills and bias 
* Pioneered introduction of micro-learning video content of high cadence targeted trainings that have been adopted by the worldwide organization to fuel self and classroom study options 
* Led introduction of customer service new hire training program to standardize processes & training across teams, reduce order entry errors and increase customer satisfaction 
* Led creation and launch of new onboarding program for office and production team members  

Responsibilities Leading L&D Team 
•	Design, development and deliver of new hire job skills training programs across all divisions 
•	Design & implement comprehensive ongoing training programs to support talent retention 
•	Design, implement, deliver topic specific training workshops to address emergent needs
•	Create, manage and deploy self-study options via e-learning and micro-video platforms 
•	Coordinate with overseas headquarters to synchronize training, share ideas and expand training capabilities

Learning and Development Manager

Rebuilt training program to produce comprehensive onboarding and ongoing training programs for outside & inside sales roles. 

Key Accomplishments: 
•	Designed division wide new hire job skills training program that reduced ramp time from 36 months to 12  
•	Implemented structured instructional design process to create learning material tied to business outcomes
•       Trained SME instructors on Adult Learning Styles which lead to increased training material retention rates based on in-program testing scores and manager post-training review 
•	Designed & delivered various targeted sales process training workshops which directly addressed skills gaps and produced sales growth increases 
•	Created video sales training programs that have been adopted by global organization 


DryTech Division Trainer: 
•	Instructional design of sales team training programs: new hire process, follow on training & targeted workshops
•	Delivering instructor lead training content & coordinating other instructors as required by curriculum during trainings
•	Coordination & organization of ILT training groups  
•	Designing, monitoring and tracking training effectiveness evaluations during & after training cycles
•	Coordinating with and advising executive and field management leaders to identify training gaps and implement strategic vision via training
•	Coordinating with product support staff to develop sale training materials for new product releases
•	Developing & delivering sales training audio programs  
•	Creating & delivering sales training video programs

DryTech Division Trainer 

10 years successfully producing sales growth and building sales teams.  

From Jan17 to Dec20 I held the dual role of Regional Sales Manager and Drytech Divisional Trainer. 


South Region (2011-2016)
* Sales in the region have grown from $3m to $9.6m over 5 years. 
* Onboarded 6 new sales people growing team from 3 to 9  
* 12 states 

South Central (2017-2020) 
*  Built new sales team in under-served and under-performing territories to produce growth of $1,151,787 
* Onboarded 5 new team members 
* 6 states 

Gulf States (2020) 
* Realign sales team with corporate divisional structure changes including evaluation & creation of new sales territories to drive sales growth 
* Guide sales team through organizational change process
* 5 states 
* Guide sales team through challenges of pandemic

Regional Sales Manager

Local sales representative tasked with growing sales of DryTech products (including plastic bushings, linear slides and spherical bearing products) in the Southern Ohio, Southern Indiana and Kentucky area. 

Daily responsibilities included regular sales visits with customers, exploring opportunities for sales growth and identifying key strategic accounts, regular sales presentations to new potential customers, prospecting, and making proposals. As needed would present technical training presentations to customers to strengthen their product knowledge and uncover new sales opportunities. 

I was also tasked to support the Regional Sales Manager, as needed, for special projects. 

Sales for this previously underdeveloped area were increased from less than $200,000 to $800,000 annually. 

Special projects included overhauling existing sales presentation package (PowerPoint). Awarded Employee of the year 2006 and Outstanding Achievement 2007.

Territory Sales Manager

Witt Galvanizing

Sales representative for 3 hot dip galvanizing plants, covering a 6 state area. 

Responsibilities included relationship building with steel fabricators and steel specifying groups to drive sales. For larger projects, quoting prices based off estimated processing rates was required. 

Large profile projects included Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio and the CTA-Blue Line overhaul project in Chicago.

Sr. Technical Sales Representative

Asked to give a training but don't know where to start? ⚙️ Want your training to work? ⚙️ New to training or want to break in? ⚙️ Leaders, do you want happier, more innovative, more aligned people in your orgs? ?

Leaders lay awake at night worrying about revenue, profit, productivity, net promoter score, developing leaders and talent retention. 

How they can carve out a competitive advantage and drive top line performance. 

Aligning learning strategies with big picture vision builds the foundations so the organization can thrive. 

But especially in small to medium sized firms, late stage startups or larger autonomous teams training is a hassle due to workload. So it gets pushed off. 

Sometimes leaders just don't know where to start. 

Or worse yet, the training you do offer is dull, boring and people just don't want it.  

Powerful in-house training, supporting the overarching company goals, is not out of your reach. 

I support leaders to

✅ Align learning strategies with overall vision
✅ Build their own internal training capabilities 

I also support trainers themselves, especially those newer to corporate training or experienced trainers that need a second opinion or outside perspective. 

Built on experience and how people actually learn. I combine training experience with 25 years of sales, sales management and HR success to see the whole picture. 

You want more results and less yawns? 

Let's chat.

Adam Spacht

Self Employed

I help HR professionals improve their job performance and achieve professional goals by advancing their business English skills.

English Tutor

TravelFromSquareOne.com

TravelFromSquareOne.com is a travel blog that I have created with my husband Petr Landecki to share our own travel experience and knowledge to help and inspire other people to travel the world.  We are seasoned travellers with a travel industry background who visited over 50 countries.
• Travel-related content for websites, publications or social media
• City guides for the GPSMyCity app
• Social media management (Instagram 16k followers, Facebook 1k followers)

Co-Founder

BCD Travel

BCD Travel is a provider of global corporate travel management. The company, headquartered in Utrecht, Netherlands, operates in 109 countries with a combined worldwide workforce of 13,500. BCD Travel is part of the BCD Group, which is a market leader in the travel industry.

•	Day-to-day management of a multinational team of travel consultants with some of them working remotely
•	Managing workload, customer service, providing assistance and coaching
•	Monitoring the Key Performance Indicators (KPI) with the company management and working with the team to meet and exceed them
•	Improving the team’s productivity and efficiency to meet the Service Level Agreements (SLA)
•	Conducting performance appraisals 
•	Keeping high SLA Customer Satisfaction Survey results and good relationships with our clients – mainly pharmaceutical, entertainment and energy companies
•	Welcoming new clients, implementing their procedures and quality requirements as per SLA, training staff accordingly
•	Implementing clients’ online booking tools (Concur, Traveldoo, Etravel) and providing technical support, achieving an increase in online adaption rates
•	 Maintaining good relationships with suppliers

Team Leader

•	Business travel arrangements for clients from the entertainment industry
•	Published and special fares
•	Ticketing
•	GDS: Sabre

Business Travel Consultant

CanAmerica   

CanAmerica was a major Irish specialist tour operator to the USA and Canada. The company ceased trading in 2009.

•	Organising trips to the USA and Canada
•	Mainly tailor-made packages
•	Published and contract fares
•	Ticketing
•	GDS: Worldspan

Senior Travel Consultant

Justsplit.com

JustSplit.com is an Irish travel agency specialised in leisure travel, especially trips to Australia, New Zealand and escorted tours.

•	Selling and booking package holidays, flights, hotels, car hire, cruises, insurance, visas, etc.
•	Published and consol fares
•	Business travel bookings
•	Reservations for other travel agencies
•	Looking after airline contracts and BSP
•	Ticketing
•	GDS: Galileo

Travel Consultant

Czech Airlines

•	Conducting internal audits to check the compliance of the Quality Management System (QMS) with ISO 9001:2000
•	Reports and presentations for the company management

Internal Auditor

•	Management of day-to-day operations of the incoming department including two offices
•	Looking after key customers (mainly Irish market)
•	Performance reporting to the company management
•	Development of new markets and products
•	Updating the company website and promotional materials
•	Representation of the company at international fairs
•	Contracts with suppliers (mostly hotels)
•	Implementation of the Quality Management System ISO 9001:2000

Manager for Inbound Travel

•	Ground arrangements for clients travelling to the Czech Republic
•	FIT and group bookings 
•	Incentive travel and conferences
•	Looking after the Irish market

Helping Busy Czech and Slovak Professionals to Reach Their Full Potential by Improving Their Business English | Travel Writer

𝐒𝐨, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐇𝐑 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨.

But only when you can use your first language.


𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡.

❌ Your confidence is gone.

❌ You struggle to express yourself.

❌ You avoid situations when you have to use English.

❌ You miss out on exciting opportunities.


𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐲𝐨𝐮.

✔ I can help you to get your confidence back.

✔ To feel good about your English.

✔ To sound more professional.

✔ To achieve your professional goals.

✔ To reach your potential.


𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐇𝐑 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭.

🔥 You affect the lives of many people.

🔥 You deserve to feel good about your work.

🔥 Become the person you are proud of - someone who makes an impact.


You can do it, and I'd love to support you so that you can focus on your work and stop being stressed because of your English.


Can you feel the weight off your shoulders?


𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲, 𝐈 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠:

🎯 1-on-1 individual sessions

🎯 English conversation for HR professionals - small groups or 1-on-1 (8 sessions)

🎯 Job interviews in English for recruiters (3 sessions)

🎯 Preparation for a job interview in English for candidates (3 sessions)

🎯 English conversation (15-minute individual calls)


⬇ 𝐒𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤.


Get in touch to book your free 20-minute consultation.

No strings attached.


𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬.

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