The Foundation Academy Story
The Foundation Academy, LLC (TFA) is answering the call of employers across many industries, to provide soft skill trainings and programs, designed to meet 21st Century workplace needs. Our affiliated facilitators are credentialed with a combined 120 years of experience within the education, healthcare, business, government, counseling, career-readiness, and training/development realms. TFA is committed to workforce development, teaching a soft skills curriculum that has proven results of self-empowerment,
job attainment, promotion within careers, job satisfaction, increased profitability, as well as organizational success.
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In a rapidly changing economy, employers are seeking employees who possess a wide range of soft skills. Soft skills are a set
of personal attributes that refer to how individuals behave, communicate, and interact with one other in a positive manner.
Soft skills set a foundation that serves as a popular and critical competency for success in any industry. Over 90% of
organizations are redesigning roles, marrying said roles with soft skills (e.g., communication, collaboration,
professionalism, leadership, ethics, accountability, customer service, and others).
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Studies show that job seekers who have the soft skills employers require, are the ones likely to get hired! Employees who possess a vast set of soft skills are promoted more quickly than those who do not. Additionally, it is proven that soft skills impact every element of one's life (e.g., spiritual, physical, emotional, mental, social, vocational, educational, and financial). When properly applied,
these skills will change the trajectory of your career, enrich your life, and those connected to you.
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TFA is proud to announce that since 2022, we have formed relationships with nearly 400 clients, in addition to 38 businesses and organizations across several industries. The success of our programs relies on our team's ability to work compassionately and collaboratively with said individuals and entities, to foster better relationships, and increased productivity that leads to individual and
organizational success. The Foundation Academy, LLC takes pride in partnering with individuals, businesses, and industry leaders/professionals who are compassionate about supporting low-income, underserved, and marginalized community members. We collectively achieve this by helping the community with personal and professional development, reaching their potential, while obtaining personal and professional goals.
Our Founder
Cynthia Jenkins, EdD
Dr. Cynthia Jenkins is the Founder and President of The Foundation Academy, LLC. She has a servant’s heart for helping, teaching, and motivating people in reaching their career, academic, and personal goals.
She is a People Builder, Soft Skills Practitioner, Educator, and Motivator.
Cynthia earned her Bachelor of Science in Office Administration and Management from Northern Michigan University, Marquette Michigan, in 1989. In 2001, she earned a Master of Arts in Human Resources Development from Webster University, St. Louis, Missouri. She later earned her Doctorate in Education/Global Training and Development, in March 2020 at Northcentral University, Prescott, Arizona. She completed an exploratory case study on the importance and perception of soft skills in the 21st-Century workplace, and the integration of soft skills into the community college curriculum.
Cynthia is a visionary, often referred to as a trailblazer, due to her methodology of the integration of soft skills curriculum into professional development training, as well as high school and college curricula. She recognizes the importance of soft skills to promote the whole person, to meet employer’s needs, and its impact on individual and organizational success, in any industry.
Cynthia can be found spear-heading the TFA community through the coordination and implementation of professional development workshops, soft skills classes/trainings, faculty trainings, staff development, conferences, and learning-circles on a wide range of topics, to include pedagogy, andragogy, career-readiness, employability skills, technology/social media, job search tips, motivation, leadership, and self-empowerment to name a few. Her professional background encompasses 27 years' experience within higher education, teaching soft skills, workforce development, and career training that fosters professional learning opportunities for job seekers, employers, educators, and professionals.
Dr. Jenkins, well-renowned within the St. Louis and Metro-East areas, is a distinguished leader committed to empowering the lives of the less fortunate, our youth, individuals at-risk, and the underrepresented population. With the help of other community advocates, she accomplishes this through education that leads to access and opportunities for a better life.
Dr. Jenkins resides in the state of Illinois with her husband of 39 years. She is a loving mother and grandmother who believes that, when we have done our part to help others realize their dreams, becoming the best version of themselves, it is then when we have fulfilled our purpose in this world.