Transform with Kashi

Kapil Kulshreshtha & Shilpa Kulshreshtha
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Kapil Kulshreshtha and Shilpa are the founders of Transform with Kashi, a career coaching podcast for professionals who want to get promoted, increase their salary, and finally move ahead at work. On Transform with Kashi, Kapil and Shilpa reveal why hard work alone doesn't get you noticed, and what does: career strategy, workplace visibility, salary negotiation, and the mindset shifts that separate top performers from everyone else. Each episode answers real career questions from professionals across 21 countries, covering promotions, career clarity, executive presence, salary growth, and personal transformation. Follow for practical career advice, promotion strategies, and mindset coaching to help you get ahead faster.

  1. 1d ago

    How to Survive a PIP at Work (And Come Back Stronger)

    Ready to take control of your career growth? Reserve your free book now 👉 playitfull.com Being placed on a Performance Improvement Plan can feel like the beginning of the end. But what if it could become the moment you reset your career, rebuild trust with your manager, create undeniable value, and position yourself for promotion? In Episode 2, Kapil and Shilpa reveal how to assess whether a PIP is worth fighting, how to stop reacting from anger and entitlement, and how to turn a Performance Improvement Plan into a Performance Optimisation Plan. You'll discover: ◼️How to tell whether your PIP can be turned around, or whether it is time to leave ◼️ Why a decline in mindset can be as damaging as a decline in performance ◼️ The costly mistake professionals make when they react emotionally to a PIP ◼️ How to get an honest view of the situation before deciding your next move ◼️ Why a PIP can be an opportunity for clarity, growth, and career reinvention ◼️ How to turn vague PIP targets into SMART, measurable goals ◼️ The five-column Performance Optimisation Plan framework ◼️ How to set stretch goals that position you for promotion, not just survival ◼️ Why impact matters more than simply completing your assigned tasks ◼️ How to present your plan to your manager and earn their buy-in ◼️ Why you should never simply email your plan and hope for the best ◼️ How focused execution can turn a career setback into your biggest comeback Timestamps 00:00:00 How to Turn a PIP Into a Promotion 00:02:43 Why Strong Performers Can Still End Up on a PIP 00:03:30 The Mindset That Can Destroy Your Career 00:04:43 First Step: Is This a Battle Worth Fighting? 00:07:03 How to Know If You’ve Burned the Bridges 00:08:49 Why an Outside Perspective Can Change the Outcome 00:11:49 When to Bring in a Coach 00:12:56 Reset Your Mindset Before You Take Action 00:13:45 Turn Your PIP Into an Opportunity 00:15:15 How to Create Clear, SMART Goals 00:18:07 The Performance Optimisation Plan Framework 00:23:15 Why Impact Is the Real Game Changer 00:25:08 How to Present Your Plan to Your Manager 00:26:51 Get Buy-In by Prioritising What Matters to Them 00:29:45 Why You Must Meet Your Manager Face to Face 00:30:11 Execute Like Your Career Depends on It Follow Kapil & Shilpa for more insights and updates: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/transformwithka_shi/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@transformwithka_shi LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kapilkulshreshtha/ X: https://x.com/@transformKa_Shi Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/033qMo7Zq4dQSwsGrUqtYJ?si=a24f79d644164463

    How to Survive a PIP at Work (And Come Back Stronger)

  2. 1d ago

    How to Survive a Toxic Workplace - ESSENTIAL Survival Tool!

    Everyone calls their workplace toxic now, and sometimes it’s true. Kapil on the three questions that tell you whether you’re in a toxic environment or just a hard one, why you can’t win against real toxicity from below, the hours you hand it for free after you’ve gone home, and the one thing it actually wants from you, which is to believe you have no options.

    How to Survive a Toxic Workplace - ESSENTIAL Survival Tool!

  3. 3d ago

    Case Study of Transformation: He Was a Director at Standard Chartered and Felt Like a Fraud for 18 Years. Six Weeks Fixed It Permanently

    Ganaesh ran transformation strategy for a global bank from Singapore, with a remit across the world. From the outside, the kind of career people say they want. On the inside, an imposter who felt he was watching everyone else through a glass wall, carrying a belief from university that he’d buried since 2006. He’d been trying to solve it on his own for nearly two decades. In this conversation with Kapil, he lays it all out: what finally made him stop, the one line from Euphoria he still lives by, why he chose to be vulnerable in public, and how a program meant to help him climb the corporate ladder ended with him walking off it to found Arche Advisory, a business built on a single idea: a restful founder builds a restful company. Plus the question he’d put to anyone sitting on the fence. What is it costing you to keep living with this?

    Case Study of Transformation: He Was a Director at Standard Chartered and Felt Like a Fraud for 18 Years. Six Weeks Fixed It Permanently

  4. 6d ago

    “Success Without Fulfilment Is Failure.” - WTF it even means???

    Success without fulfilment is the ultimate failure. Tony Robbins said it, and Kapil has watched it used for years as a permission slip to play small. In this episode, he takes the line apart, starting with his 87-year-old father, who spent three decades in a chemical lab, never made it to management, and is still the smiling man every neighbour loves. On why that story tempts you into the wrong conclusion, the version of it Kapil fell for in his own life, and the six things nine years of coaching taught him about holding ambition and fulfilment at the same time. Including the migraines that followed a lost promotion in 2012, why there are no right decisions, only decisions you make right, and the kind of balance that has nothing to do with sitting still.

    “Success Without Fulfilment Is Failure.” - WTF it even means???

  5. Oct 27

    10 Questions I get asked

    1. The secret to his energy. 2. His motivation. 3. How to deal with big problems or go through tough times. 4. How to deal with a difficult person. 5. What to do when you make a mistake. 6. How to present effectively and powerfully. 7. How to deal with rejection. 8. How to constantly learn and grow. 9. How to negotiate for more money. 10. What his money mindset is.

    10 Questions I get asked

  6. Oct 23

    6 absolutely essential traits of super successful people

    In this episode, Kapil talks about six traits of super-successful people and how they must be practiced on an everyday basis. What does it mean? He shares his own score for each of those and the reasoning behind them. This episode will leave you inspired to assess yourself and take actions in your life that will create momentum for your future.

    6 absolutely essential traits of super successful people

  7. Oct 19

    You Lost the Negotiation Before You Said a Number

    Two parties. One stronger, one weaker. Who wins? Not the one with the power, or the logic, or even the truth. Kapil on frames, the hidden structure underneath every negotiation, why “if I don’t get this my kids go hungry” loses to “I’ll find another one,” the four words that take control of a salary conversation, and the mistake he still catches himself making on his own sales calls.

    You Lost the Negotiation Before You Said a Number

  8. Oct 14

    A Seven Minute Visualisation to Meet the Future You

    Something different. Close your eyes for this one. Kapil walks you through a dark tunnel, a chain on your ankle, a weight you drag anyway because it’s in your nature to move, an axe on the floor, and a stage behind a curtain where the person speaking turns out to be you, one year from now. Have a pen nearby for the end.

    A Seven Minute Visualisation to Meet the Future You
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Kapil Kulshreshtha and Shilpa are the founders of Transform with Kashi, a career coaching podcast for professionals who want to get promoted, increase their salary, and finally move ahead at work. On Transform with Kashi, Kapil and Shilpa reveal why hard work alone doesn't get you noticed, and what does: career strategy, workplace visibility, salary negotiation, and the mindset shifts that separate top performers from everyone else. Each episode answers real career questions from professionals across 21 countries, covering promotions, career clarity, executive presence, salary growth, and personal transformation. Follow for practical career advice, promotion strategies, and mindset coaching to help you get ahead faster.

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  • Creator
    Kapil Kulshreshtha & Shilpa Kulshreshtha
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    104
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Kapil Kulshreshtha & Shilpa Kulshreshtha 2026
  • Show Website
    Transform with Kashi