How does ALYGN fit into an HR toolkit?

ALYGN works best as a voluntary self-development resource — shared in onboarding, manager development programmes, or team workshops. Employees use it privately on their own devices. Because results are never shared without consent, there's no surveillance risk. HR and L&D teams use it to anchor a shared vocabulary around communication styles without requiring expensive assessments or 360 tools.

Does ALYGN require IT procurement or security review?

No procurement needed. ALYGN is a web app — employees open alygn.me on any device. No software installation, no SSO integration, no data processing agreement required for individual use. For enterprise rollouts with team analytics, contact us at press@alygn.me.

Is employee data kept private from the organisation?

Yes. ALYGN is a personal tool. Individual results are private to each user by default. No manager or HR team can see an employee's decodes, archetype, or EQ score without the employee explicitly sharing it. Raw message content is never stored anywhere.

ALYGN · EQ Communication Intelligence

For HR & People teams

Communication intelligence
your people actually want to use

Name: ALYGN for HR & People Teams — Communication Intelligence for Organisations
Brand: ALYGN

ALYGN gives employees a private EQ mirror for their own communication — and gives People teams a framework they can use in onboarding, manager development, and team workshops. Free. GDPR-compliant. No IT procurement.

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Takes 3 minutes · No account · Private by design

What it solves

The communication problems HR sees every quarter

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Low psychological safety in teams

When team members fear speaking up, critical information stays hidden. ALYGN gives People teams data on communication patterns — not by surveying employees, but by letting individuals self-discover at their own pace.

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Manager feedback that doesn't land

Feedback sessions often fail not because the content is wrong — but because the communication style creates defensiveness. ALYGN helps managers identify whether they communicate as The Critic, The Absolutist, or more constructively.

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Cross-functional friction

Different functions develop different communication cultures. ALYGN's 6×6 archetype compatibility matrix shows exactly where styles clash — making invisible friction visible and nameable.

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DEI & inclusion initiatives

Communication style correlates with how people feel heard. ALYGN's perception gap score — the gap between what someone means and what lands — is a measurable proxy for inclusion at the communication layer.

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New manager development

First-time managers often default to their natural style under stress. ALYGN gives them a mirror: their archetype, their patterns, and concrete alternative phrasings based on CBT assertiveness and NVC.

Use cases

Where People teams use ALYGN

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New hire onboarding

Include ALYGN as part of onboarding documentation. New hires discover their communication archetype in their first week — giving managers immediate, self-generated insight they can act on.

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Manager effectiveness programmes

Use ALYGN in manager development tracks: each manager decodes real messages from their working life, generates a perception gap trend, and brings it to coaching sessions.

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Team off-sites and workshops

Each team member takes the quiz, then the group compares archetypes. ALYGN's compatibility matrix shows the team's communication dynamics — naming patterns that often exist but never get discussed.

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360-degree feedback prep

Before a 360 cycle, ask participants to decode recent messages and generate their archetype report. It helps people receive feedback in context — 'why did my message land that way?' becomes answerable.

Why HR approves it

Private, free, and evidence-based

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No data exposure

Raw messages are processed in the employee's browser. Nothing is sent to any server. Only the anonymised analysis (~3KB) is stored, under the employee's anonymous Firebase ID. GDPR, UK GDPR, CCPA compliant. No PHI, no PII.

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Self-directed, not surveilled

Employees use ALYGN on their own messages, at their own pace. It's not a monitoring tool — it's a self-reflection tool. People share results if they want to; no one is required to.

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Free for employees

No app install, no account required. Employees open alygn.me on any device. HR can recommend it without procurement, IT approval, or budget allocation for a pilot.

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Evidence-based framework

Built on Gottman Method, CBT, and NVC — the same frameworks used in executive coaching and organisational psychology. Nothing proprietary or black-box.

The framework

6 archetypes — the same language across your organisation

Once your managers and teams share a common archetype vocabulary, conversations about communication style become faster, less personal, and more productive.

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Secure Connector

Direct, warm, quick to repair.

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The Softener

Empathetic, conflict-averse, over-apologises.

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The Absolutist

Intense, uses 'always'/'never' under stress.

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The Deflector

High EQ, expresses frustration indirectly.