I have been thinking about What makes a learning experience stay with people
It is rarely the number of slides.
Or how polished the facilitator is.
Or even how much content was covered.
It is what people do differently afterwards.
That is what stands out about Shiffy Srivastava’s work.
Across her work with leaders and professionals, the pattern is remarkably consistent: she doesn’t seem to be interested in simply completing a programme.
She creates a space where people stop, think, practise and look at their own behaviour differently.
Executive Presence becomes more than “how you show up.”
Client Centricity becomes more than a framework.
Storytelling becomes more than learning to tell a better story.
The conversation moves from:
“What should I know?”
to
“What will I actually do differently?”
And that difference matters.
Because the real test of a learning experience isn’t what participants say while they’re in the room.
It is what they remember when the room is gone.
A difficult stakeholder conversation handled differently.
A leader becoming more deliberate in how they communicate.
A client conversation approached with a different perspective.
A story told with greater clarity and conviction.
That is the trail Shiffy is leaving behind.
And increasingly, the trail is being documented by the people who experienced the work themselves.
She now has 32 recommendations, including recent reflections from EY professionals — one highlighting her work on Executive Presence and Client Centricity, another coming from a Senior Manager.
What makes those words meaningful is not the number of recommendations.
It is the consistency of what people are noticing:
Practicality.
Perspective.
Application.
Change.
Shiffy’s philosophy, Practice Before Performance™, therefore feels less like a tagline and more like a description of how she works.
Because performance is visible.
Practice is where transformation begins.
And when the practice continues long after the programme ends,
that’s when you know the learning journey actually travelled somewhere.
Shiffy's official platform:
Shiffy.asiaticincorp.org
LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/shiffy-srivastava-highperformancecoach
Amazon Author Page:
https://www.amazon.in/author/shiffysrivastava
Improvables Academy:
https://classplusapp.com/w/the-improveables-coaching-imbmrf
Improvables Academy – About:
https://classplusapp.com/w/the-improveables-coaching-imbmrf/about-us
Improvables Academy App:
https://imbmrf.on-app.in/app/home?orgCode=imbmrf&referrer=utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=tutor-app-referral
Free Course:
https://imbmrf.on-app.in/app/oc/753461/imbmrf?
Executive Presence Book / Session:
https://amzn.in/d/05Zi2lcu
Shiffy Srivastava Articles:
https://www.bestinternationaleducation.com/search/label/Shiffy%20Srivastava
