Online soft skills training from Bodhih is a live virtual learning path for employees across offices and remote locations. Through 90- to 150-minute sessions, breakouts, real-work practice tasks and peer feedback, it builds communication, collaboration, priorities, problem-solving, adaptability, ownership, customer orientation and working well with AI tools, measured by AssessAll pre- and post-assessments.
- Recommended: 4 × 2.5-hour live virtual sessions over eight weeks, extendable to a six-month path
- Level: Foundation to Intermediate · Live virtual · Blended
- Designed with the ADDIE model and customised to your context
- Offered by Bodhih since 2008 to 2,000+ organisations across 7 regions
Also known as: live virtual soft skills program, soft skills training for remote employees, virtual soft skills workshop for companies, online behavioural skills training
Where and how: online soft skills training as an in-person workshop in Bengaluru, Mumbai, Delhi NCR, Gurugram, Hyderabad, Chennai, Pune, Kolkata, Ahmedabad and Jaipur; as a live online course; or delivered overseas in Dubai, Singapore and across the Middle East, Asia and Africa.
Last reviewed by Siddharthan VGJ, Founder · Bodhih Training, Bengaluru
Why soft skills need a path, not a one-off session
Soft skills change through repetition: trying a new habit at work, getting feedback, adjusting and trying again. A single classroom day rarely gives people that cycle, and gathering a spread-out workforce in one place is costly.
Online soft skills training spreads learning over weeks. Each live session is followed by a practice task in real work, a short peer review and a nudge from the manager, so new behaviour has time to become routine while people stay productive.
Of every 100 workers, employers expect 59 will need training by 2030.
Average formal learning hours per employee fell to 13.7 in 2024, from 17.4 in 2023.
What participants will be able to do
Communicate clearly in any channel
Share updates, ask for help and give information in a way colleagues act on, whether on a call, in chat or by email.
Collaborate across teams and locations
Agree roles, share work openly and resolve small friction early with colleagues they rarely meet in person.
Manage time and priorities
Plan the week around the work that matters, protect focus time and renegotiate deadlines before they slip.
Solve problems with ownership
Take a problem from noticing to fixing, propose options and follow through without being chased.
Adapt and serve customers well
Respond calmly to change and keep internal or external customers' needs at the centre of daily decisions.
Work well with AI tools
Use AI assistants for drafts and summaries, check their output and stay accountable for the final result.
Who should attend
- Employees in organisations with several offices, plants or branches across India and abroad
- Early-career hires and graduate cohorts who need professional habits quickly
- Remote and field staff who rarely attend classroom training
- Shared-services, operations and support teams working across shifts
- HR and L&D teams building a measurable soft skills path for a dispersed workforce
Program outline
Recommended design, customised to your context after a short needs analysis.
01Session 1: Communication and ownershipModule 1 · 2.5 hours+
- Updates that answer what, so what and what next
- Owning a task end to end, including the awkward follow-up
- Practice task: one ownership move in real work this week
02Session 2: Collaboration across locationsModule 2 · 2.5 hours+
- Clear roles and handoffs in cross-team work
- Raising friction early and politely
- Breakout challenge: a three-city project that keeps stalling
03Session 3: Time, priorities and focusModule 3 · 2.5 hours+
- Sorting work by impact and urgency
- Protecting focus time in a world of pings
- Renegotiating a deadline before it is missed
- Practice task: one week with planned focus blocks
04Session 4: Problem-solving, adaptability and customersModule 4 · 2.5 hours+
- A simple problem-solving routine: define, options, choose, act, check
- Responding to change without losing momentum
- Seeing the work through the customer's eyes
05Working well with AI toolsModule 5 · Woven through all sessions+
- Using AI for first drafts, summaries and ideas
- Checking AI output for errors and tone
- Staying accountable for what you send
06Optional path extensionModule 6 · Monthly 90-minute sessions for up to six months+
- Feedback, influence and customer conversations
- Peer learning circles on real challenges
- Repeat measurement on AssessAll
Sample training plan: 2-day hands-on design
This live virtual path builds everyday soft skills across a dispersed workforce over eight weeks. Participants practise clear updates and ownership, untangle a stalled three-city project, plan a week with protected focus time and work through a customer problem from definition to follow-up. Working well with AI tools runs through every session. After each session, people apply one skill at work, bring evidence back and get peer feedback, while managers receive a short nudge to notice and reinforce the change.
Participants can give clear updates and show ownership of a task from start to finish.
- 10:00–10:30Two truths about my workEnergiser
- 10:30–11:15What, so what, what nextDemo & practice
- 11:25–12:00Who owns this?Case clinic
- 12:00–12:30Practice task briefingAction planning
Participants can agree roles and handoffs and raise friction early with colleagues in other locations.
- 10:00–10:30Practice task reviewFeedback round
- 10:30–11:15The three-city projectGroup challenge
- 11:25–12:00Raising friction earlyRole-play
- 12:00–12:30Practice task briefingAction planning
Participants can plan their week by impact, protect focus time and renegotiate deadlines before they slip.
- 10:00–10:30Collaboration check-inFeedback round
- 10:30–11:15My real weekDiagnostic
- 11:25–12:00Renegotiate before you missRole-play
- 12:00–12:30Practice task briefingAction planning
Participants can solve everyday problems with a simple routine, adapt to change and keep customers central.
- 10:00–10:30Focus-week resultsFeedback round
- 10:30–11:15Define, options, choose, act, checkCase clinic
- 11:25–12:00Change arrives on MondaySimulation
- 12:00–12:30My path forwardAction planning
Every session’s activity, timings, outputs and materials, plus pre-work, a 90-day reinforcement plan and how impact is measured. Free, emailed to you instantly.
Recommended: 4 × 2.5-hour live virtual sessions (10:00–12:30 IST) spread over eight weeks, with a real-work practice task after each session; extendable with monthly 90-minute sessions for up to six months. A sample design: every Bodhih program is customised after a short needs analysis.
How long is the online soft skills training path?
The recommended core path is four live virtual sessions of two and a half hours over eight weeks, each followed by a practice task. Organisations can extend it with monthly 90-minute sessions for up to six months.
What do participants do in each online soft skills session?
They practise three-part updates, untangle a stalled three-city project, plan a week by impact, rehearse renegotiating a deadline, solve a real problem with a five-step routine and re-plan under sudden change, with AI tool tips throughout.
How we deliver it
Live, not recorded
Every session is facilitated live by Bodhih, with breakouts in the first fifteen minutes and practice in every segment.
Real-work practice tasks
Between sessions, participants apply one skill to their actual work and bring the result back for peer feedback.
Manager nudges
Managers receive a short note after each session with one question to ask and one behaviour to notice.
A measured path
Online soft skills training is designed with ADDIE and customised, so the path matches your roles, locations and goals.
Tailored versions
For early-career and graduate cohorts
Adds professional habits, first-job ownership and working with a manager, with more frequent shorter sessions.
For multi-location operations and service teams
Sessions are timed around shifts, and cases use handoffs between branches, plants and support centres.
For India, Middle East and Singapore teams
Sessions sit in shared working hours, and cases include colleagues from Dubai, Riyadh and Singapore working with Indian offices on the same customer accounts.
How we measure impact
Online soft skills training follows the Evaluate stage of the ADDIE model. Participants take an AssessAll pre-assessment and post-assessment using What You're Like to Work With and Time, Priorities & Focus. Managers hold brief check-ins after sessions two and four, guided by the manager nudges. A 30-60-90 day follow-up reviews practice-task evidence and repeat scores, showing which skills have changed and which need another round.
Pair this program with AssessAll, Bodhih’s AI assessment platform, for pre- and post-program skill measurement.
Frequently asked questions
What is online soft skills training?
Online soft skills training is a live, facilitator-led program delivered over video calls, not a library of recorded videos. Bodhih's version builds communication, collaboration, time and priorities, problem-solving, adaptability, ownership, customer orientation and working with AI tools through short live sessions, breakouts and real-work practice tasks between sessions.
Can soft skills really be learned online?
Yes, when the training is live and practical. Soft skills grow through practice and feedback, and online delivery makes it easier to spread that practice over weeks. Participants try a skill at work, report back to peers and adjust, which builds habits more reliably than a single classroom day.
How long are the sessions and how long does the program run?
Our recommended core path is four live virtual sessions of two and a half hours, spread over eight weeks. Sessions can be shortened to 90 minutes for shift-based teams. Organisations can extend the path with monthly sessions for up to six months. Bodhih customises timing and content after a needs analysis.
Which soft skills should employees learn first?
Start with the skills that unblock daily work: clear communication, ownership and managing priorities. Collaboration and problem-solving usually come next, followed by adaptability and customer orientation. An AssessAll pre-assessment shows which skills each group needs most, so the path can be ordered around real gaps instead of a fixed list.
How does online delivery work for teams in different cities and countries?
Sessions run live on your video platform at times that suit your locations, such as late morning in India for teams that include Dubai or Singapore. Bodhih runs live virtual programs across seven regions, so mixed cohorts are routine. Breakouts can be grouped by city, shift or role.
How is soft skills improvement measured?
Participants take an AssessAll pre-assessment before the first session and a post-assessment at the end of the path. Practice-task evidence, peer feedback and manager observations add a view of real behaviour. A 30-60-90 day follow-up shows which skills have moved and where a further round would help.
What is a soft skills learning path?
A soft skills learning path is a planned sequence of live sessions, practice tasks and check-ins over several weeks or months, rather than one event. Each step builds on the last, and measurement at the start and end shows progress. It suits organisations that want lasting change across a dispersed workforce.