Develop Soft Skills + Well-being
“It Can’t Be Taught!” (Oh, yes it can)
Interviewers continue to devise secret tests to ascertain interviewees’ personal attributes. Do they try to take their dirty cup to the sink? Do they salt their food before tasting it? Employers do this because they believe that these kinds of team-playing personal skills cannot be taught.
They would be wrong about that.
Just because their parents didn’t teach these personal competiencies, that does not mean that people are impervious to learning these kinds of personal skills. These skills CAN be taught. We teach them.
And that’s a good thing, because with AI and the global economy turning things upside-down, human skills are needed now more than ever.
LinkedIn’s 2019 Global Talent Trends reported that 92% of companies agreed:
Soft Skills Training is Only Half the Battle
Existing soft-skills programs don’t work because those instructors are all trying to build competencies that require right-brain development through only left-brain channels. It’s not a productive approach–as everyone has observed.
A 20-minute daily practice of mindfulness meditation has been scientifically shown–over thousands of research studies–to improve well-being in many ways: reduced symptoms of physical illness, stress, anxiety; increased attention/concentration/focus, memory, contentment and well-being, emotional intelligence, and so much more. When employees have this practice, organizations benefit in every way: enhanced productivity, enhanced creativity, enhanced interpersonal relationships, enhanced cohesion, enhanced loyalty, stronger teams–and the countless rich outcomes these enhancements bring any organization. Companies are catching on, and many have installed meditation spaces.
You can convert those meditation spaces back to usable office space now. Our meditation guides catch you live very first thing in the morning. Hours before getting to the office. You can also cut whatever other wellness programs you’re funding at the moment, except the healthy food. Science has shown us that a regular practice of mindfulness meditation will achieve those reductions in healthcare costs you’re after. We think you know this.
Combine rich left-brain-focused skill development with mindfulness and rich right-brain development, and you become unstoppable.
Our program checks all of the boxes. We teach healthier thinking and behavior in concise, clear, 2-minute video microlessons, and morning meditation delivered live from our yoga masters in Rishikesh, India, the home of yoga for 5,000 years.
We are all you need.
With the world in flux and AI the new normal, can you really afford to NOT optimize your human talent?
What Are Soft Skills?
Soft skills, also known as durable skills, are the more human-related skills and tend to fall into the following areas.
- Advanced communication and technical skills
- Interpersonal skills and empathy
- Leadership and management
- Entrepreneurship and initiative-taking
- Adaptability and continuous learning skills
- Teaching and training skills
Investments in soft-skill strengthening lead to improved productivity and overall firm performance.
Scientific research has found that firms’ revenues correlate with the motivation and social competencies of key personnel,[1] and workforce soft-skills training can bring a 20% increase in productivity with a 258% ROI in 8 months.[2] McKinsey research finds that 80% of C-suite executives worldwide are concerned with reskilling their workforce to enhance soft-skill capabilities.
We Know What We Need. But They Say "It Cannot Be Done"!! (Oh yes it can)
We know what needs to be done—we need soft-skills development programs.
Unfortunately, existing training programs are falling dreadfully short. McKinsey even says that developing the required soft skills “isn’t as simple as popping in a training video” and that instead, companies have to change their employees’ processes and behaviors.[3] Fortune reports that what we at The Alignment Portal are doing cannot be done.[4]
Heads up Cisco and Amazon, who say it cannot be done. Our doctors have news for you.
At The Alignment Portal, we know we need more than traditional instruction to develop non-traditional competencies. We know we need to develop right-brain competencies of creativity, intuition, and emotional management. And we know we need our wellness.
Our training videos strengthen soft skills through the usual left-brain routes. We have full, robust courses in advanced communication and interpersonal skills, emotional intelligence, and much more. AND daily live meditations enhance right-brain competencies while also helping the video teachings sink in.
The result is one heck of a powerhouse program.
Your Solution Has Arrived: The Alignment Portal
At The Alignment Portal, we specialize in developing soft skills. At scale.
We also specialize in delivering all of the benefits mindfulness meditation brings. Also at scale.
We will solve your people problems.
In fact, we'll solve all of your problems.
Because we help you be better in every way.
McKinsey research in 2020 identified 9 skills that companies are increasingly focused on developing.[5] When all 9 practices are implemented, organizations report a nearly 100 percent chance of having a successful skill transformation. Four of those competencies involve digital and information processing skills, which we leave to our esteemed colleagues.
The Alignment Portal strengthens 5 of the 9 competencies McKinsey identified as needing development for today’s business world:
Indeed, quite contrary to McKinsey’s prognostication, our doctoral experts have handcrafted concise yet detailed instructional videos precisely for building these skills. At scale.
And even better, our method involves popping in a training video.
With most courses you get a 2-minute video and 1-minute task every day. We cover 1 point per day. Short. Simple. Sweet!
Our microdrop approach is slow but steady. A couple of minutes a day over time. We give you one point to focus on per day. That’s it. It’s not complicated. It’s one single idea. You listen to us talk about it, you think about it for a couple minutes, then you go about your day. The end. Tomorrow, another point. Soon, you’ll see your world completely differently, in all of the best ways.
Daily live morning wake-up meditations are offered by our partner yoga school in India. Wake up and meditate with us! Morning session variety includes breathwork, sound bath, yoga, and more. Live weekend classes in ecstatic dance, sound bath, yoga, and more.
Give the program an easy and quick 20 minutes first thing to nourish your inner world then a couple of minutes to think a little, every day, and watch your whole world change dramatically in a very short time.
Exponential Growth in a Tiny Package
The program offered by the Alignment Portal is unmatched anywhere in so many ways.
Our programs are discreet and unobtrusive, designed for the business environment. We don’t want to take over your day or your life with a long class. We want to discreetly creep in for just a few seconds a day, to quickly and quietly bring a healthy perspective to one or another aspect of life, and leave you to your day. It’s expert instruction delivered in a powerful tiny package. And its impacts will blow your mind.
Our Team
A PhD from a top-10 university teaches robust well-being theory courses in her own and related fields.
A yoga school from India teaches 5,000-year-old traditions in meditation and other modalities for peace and serenity.
An EdD with her finger on the pulse of US corporate needs in NYC offers guidance.
A brainiac and master of all things of interest provides endless support and creativity.
You won’t find anything else like this program anywhere.
And you won’t be disappointed in this one.
Ready to Elevate?
Start your journey with us and witness a transformed, strategically aligned workforce.
We help businesses achieve stronger engagement, improved retention, and a thriving corporate culture.
Join us to fortify your corporate performance in every way—sign up today!
Success in Today's Challenging Business Environment: The Alignment Portal
At the Alignment Portal, we take alignment to a whole new level. We want to make individuals stronger and better so they can make companies stronger and better.
Because any institution that invests in its people at this level, for internal personal growth, deserves to be at the forefront of their industry, kicking tail and taking names. We support you! And together, we strengthen the world.
Only the Alignment Portal offers the breadth and depth of material to truly help your crew with their own alignment, which you absolutely can—and should—leverage to fortify your organization’s alignment.
You will be a force out there!
References.
[1] Caputo, F., Cillo, V., Candelo, E. and Liu, Y. (2019), “Innovating through digital revolution: The role of soft skills and Big Data in increasing firm performance”, Management Decision, Vol. 57 No. 8, pp. 2032-2051. https://doi.org/10.1108/MD-07-2018-0833
[2] Adhvaryu, Kala, & Nyshadham, (Feb 2018) “The Skills to Pay the Bills: Returns to On-the-job Soft Skills Training,” NBER Working Paper No. 24313, https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w24313/w24313.pdf
[3] Avrane-Chopard, Potter, & Muhlmann (Nov 2019) “How to develop soft skills” McKinsey & Company https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/people-and-organizational-performance/our-insights/the-organization-blog/how-to-develop-soft-skills
[4] Royle, (Jan 2025), “Cisco’s top exec and Amazon’s Andy Jassy share the same hiring red flag–and it’s something that can’t be taught,” Fortune, https://fortune.com/europe/2025/01/30/ciscos-top-exec-red-flag-amazon-andy-jassy/
[5] Billing, DeSmet, Reich, & Schaninger, “During the pandemic, companies have made a significant shift toward skill building,” McKinsey & Company, https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/sustainable-inclusive-growth/charts/soft-skills-strong-impacts