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

Soft Skill & Corporate Trainer | 41K | I Help Individuals Master Public Speaking with Confidence | Professor-PW | Speaker - G Summit 2023 | 30+ Webinars | Resume Review & Interview Prep Coach | Trained 1000+ | 30+ Brands

Is communicating with confidence holding you back?

I’m Vrinda Gupta, a Leadership Communication Trainer and 2× TEDx Speaker.

I work with corporate professionals, founders, and high-potential students who know their work but struggle to articulate it with confidence, clarity, and authority.

My work sits at the intersection of confidence, communication, and performance.

Over the years, I’ve trained 4,500+ professionals and students, helping them:

- Speak clearly in high-stakes meetings and interviews
- Build executive presence without changing who they are
- Communicate ideas confidently with clients, leadership, and stakeholders
- Overcome the silent fear of speaking that limits growth

Where my work shows up

- Fortune 500 companies & corporate teams, training professionals across roles and seniority
- Top institutions, including IIT Ranchi, Amity University, FORE School of Management, PayPal learning cohorts, and other leading campuses
- Founders and senior professionals navigating leadership communication, presentations, and influence

My work has been featured across platforms focused on leadership, culture, and professional growth, including:
- TEDx & Josh Talks
- Humans of Bombay
- LinkedIn News & ET (Economic Times) features
- Favikon - Top Creators
- LinkedIn Top Voice (2025)

What I train people on

- Executive & workplace communication
- Interview and placement communication
- Leadership presence & stakeholder conversations
- Client communication & professional confidence
- Public speaking and high-pressure communication scenarios

Whether you’re an early-career professional, a people leader, a founder, or an academic institution preparing students for industry, communication is the skill that decides how far capability actually travels.

If you’re exploring structured communication training for yourself, your team, students, or leadership cohort, you can reach out here.

📩 vrindagupta02@gmail.com

Vrinda Gupta

If you've worked in corporate, you'll relate.
Corporate life in theory vs reality:


"We value open communication" 
→ No one speaks in meetings. Ever.

"We have a strong feedback culture" 
→ Feedback goes up. Never comes back down.

"Work-life balance is important to us" 
→ Slack ping at 9:47 pm. "Quick question."

"Feel free to share your ideas" 
→ You share. Silence. Someone else says it 3 weeks later. Applause.

"We're like a family here" 
→ Until budget cuts.

The gap between what companies say and what employees experience?
That's where trust breaks.

What would you add to this list?

2× TEDx Speaker | Corporate Communication Trainer | I Help Teams & Leaders Communicate with Authority | Better Client Conversations, Stronger Leadership Presence, Higher Conversions

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Being "dependable" is why some people never get promoted.


Let me tell you the trap no one talks about:

The Dependability Paradox:

The better you are at your job --> The more you absorb --> The more "essential" you become —>The harder you are to move. 

And managers don't promote people they can't replace.

Your manager isn't tracking your consistency. 

-They're tracking who speaks up in meetings. 
-Who sends the recap email. 
-Who takes credit - clearly and unapologetically.

Dependability is a career asset.
Until it becomes a ceiling.

What's one thing you've done that went completely unnoticed?

2× TEDx Speaker | Corporate Communication Trainer | I Help Teams & Leaders Communicate with Authority | Better Client Conversations, Stronger Leadership Presence, Higher Conversions | Top Voice 2025

3 months. 
Same person. 
Completely different confidence.


Before: 
→ Avoided speaking in meetings 
→ Over-explained when she did 
→ Passed over for promotion twice

What we fixed: 
→ Structured her responses: 
one point, clearly made, then stop → Cut the jargon. Added clarity. 
→ Practiced out loud. Again. And again.

After: 
→ Spoke in 4 consecutive leadership meetings
→ Got asked to lead a cross-functional initiative 
→ Her words: "I finally sound like I know what I'm doing"

Nothing about her changed. 
Except how she showed up.

Who's someone you've watched transform their presence?

Delhi, I’m coming 👋

I’ll be in Delhi from 9th–14th and would love to connect and collaborate while I’m there.

Open to:
– Coffee meet-ups 
– 1:1 sessions
– Workshops
– Podcast collaborations 
– Content collabs

If you’re a creator, founder, or professional and feel we can create something meaningful together, let’s chat.

DM me with “Delhi” or drop a comment below.

Looking forward to meeting some amazing people ✨

Can you all guess which movie this is? 🎬


I was honestly just bored and randomly thought of trying this on ChatGPT. Didn’t expect it to turn out this good.

It’s actually crazy how realistic AI is getting. From time-pass experiments to results that look straight out of a movie poster.

AI is booming, no doubt.

And sometimes, it’s just fun to play around and be amazed by what it can do.

PS: Low-key feels like I’m part of Dhurandhar now 😅
Tell me if you guessed it right

Just came back from Delhi after 2 days.


And why does it feel like I’ve returned from a foreign trip every single time?

Not even exaggerating.

It’s not just the cold. it’s the prep.
Masks packed.
Oil for the nose packed.
Constant reminder: don’t step out without a mask.

In Mumbai, you forget your phone and go back.
In Delhi, you forget your mask and reconsider going out at all.

Plus the weather, I took off in 5 degrees within an hour landed in 32 degrees LOL

Delhi for 2 days taught me discipline. Mumbai welcomed me back with humidity 

Same country, very different experiences.

If you struggle with confidence while speaking, save this.

Free resources I recommend to improve communication & presentation skills 

YouTube channels worth your time: 

→ Vinh Giang (storytelling + presence) 
→ Carmine Gallo (presentation structure) 
→ Vanessa Van Edwards (body language science)

Free courses that deliver: 

→ Google's "Improve Your Public Speaking" on Coursera 
→ University of Washington's "Speaking to Inform" (Coursera)

TED Talks to study, not just watch: 

→ Amy Cuddy - for power posture 
→ Julian Treasure - for vocal delivery 
→ Nancy Duarte - for narrative structure

AI tools for practice: 

→ Yoodli - real-time speech feedback 
→ Poised - filler word tracking → ChatGPT - script structuring and prep

Books (only 2, because less is more): 

→ "Talk Like TED" by Carmine Gallo 
→ "The Charisma Myth" by Olivia Fox Cabane

Stop consuming randomly.
Start practicing intentionally.

Which one are you trying first?

I’ve trained enough people to know this secret.



5 workplace soft skills no one trains you for (but everyone judges you on)

The ones who stall aren't missing hard skills. They're missing these:

1. You ramble in meetings - Less is more. Say it once, say it well, stop.

2. Your Slack tone is a problem -  "Just circling back!" is not as friendly as you think.

3. You say yes to everything - And now you're overwhelmed, resentful, and replaceable.

4. You react badly to feedback - Even when you think you're hiding it - you're not.

5. You pitch ideas like you're apologising - Stop asking for permission. Start offering solutions.

No one trains you on these. 
But they're exactly what gets discussed behind closed doors.

PS: I am coming to Delhi next weekend. I’m open to conducting sessions and connecting with like minded founders, creators and entrepreneurs over a coffee.

DM me now if you are from Delhi.

After training 900+ students with a 98% success rate, this is the one pattern I see again and again:


👉 Candidates place the interviewer on a pedestal.
👉 They forget their own value.
👉 Confidence collapses before the first question.

Let me say this clearly: you are NOT below the interviewer.

An interview is not a favour. It’s a 1:1 professional conversation.

They are evaluating:

-your skills
-your energy
-your mindset
-your time

And in return, they pay you.

-You are offering value.
-They are offering an opportunity.
-That makes you equals.

If you get selected. Great, you earned it.
If you don’t, they’ll forget the interaction the moment you walk out.

So stop trying to impress. Stop shrinking yourself. Start showing up as a professional who knows their worth.

Confidence isn’t arrogance. It’s clarity.

I work from home and I forgot what human connection actually feels like. 


Until last week.

I hosted a success event at PW office in Noida. 

Students from my batch over 2.5 years, students who got placed in top leading private banks.

Many had felt aimless before joining.

A lot struggled with confidence.
Most were told their communication wasn't "corporate enough."

But watching them on stage, I noticed something different:

They weren't just speaking well.
They were connecting.

We've romanticized remote work so much that we've forgotten the one communication skill LinkedIn doesn't teach: Showing up in person when it matters.

The students who traveled hours just because they knew I'd be there? That's a real impact you can feel in your bones.

2.5 years of working from home and it took one event to remind me why I do this.

Sometimes the best communication training happens when you close the laptop.

What's one in-person moment that reminded you why your work matters?

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