How to Accept Negative Feedback for Better Work Performance

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How to Accept Negative Feedback for Enhanced Work Performance Sep 27th, 2025 – SkillCycle https://www.skillcycle.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/how-to-accept-negative-feedback.mp4#t=1 Experiencing setbacks or not meeting expectations at work can be tough. However, employees across all levels must master how to accept negative feedback and learn how to detach from work. This skill ensures that neither failures nor critical evaluations impair […]

Career mobility is about the mind, body, and spirit

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Career mobility is about the mind, body, and spirit March 12th, 2024 – Kristy McCann Flynn https://vimeo.com/922462921?share=copy Summary This podcast episode of “Hr Confessions,” hosted by Kristy McCann Flynn, CEO and co-founder of SkillCycle, features a conversation with Geoffrey M. Roche, the North America Director of Workforce Development for Siemens Healthineers. The discussion centers on […]

Breaking Free from Disconnected Performance Management Tools

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Breaking Free from Disconnected Performance Management Tools March 11th, 2024 – SkillCycle https://www.skillcycle.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/new-video.mp4#t=1 Most companies rely on a handful of performance management tools to tell them what’s happening in the organization and to help make decisions impacting hiring and retention. However, a system constructed from disparate tools and platforms is limited in its ability to […]

Support purpose-driven work with mentorship and a culture of learning

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Support purpose-driven work with mentorship and a culture of learning February 27th, 2024 – Kristy McCann Flynn https://vimeo.com/917255982?share=copy Transcript 100:00:02.940 –> 00:00:30.200Kristy McCann Flynn: Well, Hello, welcome to the next edition of the Hr. Confessions. Podcast I’m your host, Christy, Mccann, Flynn, before I start this, podcast I was actually an Hr. Practitioner for 20 […]

The Incredible Shrinking CHRO: What’s Next for HR Leaders?

The Incredible Shrinking CHRO: What’s Next for HR Leaders?

The Incredible Shrinking CHRO: What’s Next for HR Leaders? February 27th, 2024 – SkillCycle The Incredible Shrinking CHRO: What’s Next for HR Leaders? HR has evolved a great deal over the past few decades. People leaders have risen from managing personnel and payroll to having a place in the C-suite as Chief Human Resources Officers, […]

Upgrades to platform leverage technology to make work more human

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Upgrades to platform, including automated performance reviews, leverage technology to make work more human February 20th, 2024 – SkillCycle Automated performance reviews are just the beginning With the assistance of AI, automated performance reviews empower employees and managers to not only unlock more productive time, they’ll also undo the most toxic conscious and unconscious biases […]

Breaking Down the HR Tech Stack — Part 3

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Breaking Down the HR Tech Stack — Part 3 February 14th, 2024 – SkillCycle Chapter 3: How do learning and performance build company culture? A learning culture allows employees to develop their skills and connect their performance to the company’s. This is imperative because among employees who left roles due to a lack of career development, […]

Goal-Setting Strategies for 2025: Keep Your Team on Track

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Goal-Setting Strategies for 2025: Keep Your Team on Track October 17th, 2025 – Kristy McCann Flynn https://vimeo.com/910172901?share=copy My first episode of the HR Confessions podcast just went live. I welcomed Karl Stewart to discuss how the right goal-setting strategies connect learning to productivity. Karl is one of our coaches at SkillCycle and a former HR […]

Breaking Down the HR Tech Stack — Part 2

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Breaking Down the HR Tech Stack — Part 2 February 6th, 2024 – SkillCycle Chapter 2: Breaking down the HR tech stack Some HR tools and systems hold key data elements and are necessary to manage your workforce effectively. However, other tools must be added to the mix in a thoughtful way.   Your HR tech stack […]