The Top Talent Management Trends To Watch in 2025

The pace of workforce development has accelerated in the past few years. From rapidly expanding markets to new visions for where and how your employees connect and conduct business, navigating change is a constant
SkillCycle Co-founder and CEO Kristy McCann Flynn featured in From Day One

Thought leadership spotlight at FDO’s May Virtual Conference
SkillCycle Co-founder and CCO Rebecca Taylor featured in TroopHR

What is the Future of Work? Exploring the Topic with 11 HR Leaders
How a Human-First Platform Supports the Employee Lifecycle

Employees want to feel valued at work, and companies that meet this need are more likely to retain the talent they require to be successful. The key is understanding the employee lifecycle (how staff experience your organization throughout their career within it), so you can engage individual team members more effectively at each stage.
Back to Basics: Why Human Capital Development Comes First

According to Gartner, 58% of the workforce needs new skills to get their jobs done. Not to move up within the organization and not to prepare for a future role—but to simply handle the responsibilities of their current positions.
SkillCycle Co-founder and CEO Kristy McCann Flynn featured in Forbes

SkillCycle Co-founder and CEO Kristy McCann Flynn featured in Forbes talking about all of the new and exciting changes coming to SkillCycle.
Reduce Workplace Stress: How to Introduce Learning & Development Easily

It’s not an easy time to be an HR professional. Workplace stress is on the rise, budgets are tightening, and talent is getting harder to find. Addressing these challenges can feel like walking on a tightrope–and according to McKinsey, “the tightrope has never been this taut.” This is why understanding how to introduce learning and development easily is critical.
How To Prepare For The Worst Part Of The Job

The best yet the worst compliment I ever received during my 20+ year career in HR was given by numerous people on how good of a job I did at laying them off. No, it’s not sarcasm nor a joke, but a lesson to be learned. Working in HR is a double edged sword; while caring for your employees, you find yourself being the bearer of a lot of bad news.
What The Media Is Getting Wrong About The Great Resignation

Are you tired of hearing and reading about the Great Resignation everywhere you turn? I actually wonder if people are quitting based on the media influence and the hype. Being in HR for 20 years, there has always been turnover
How Are You Doing?

I’m re-acclimating to having regular social responsibilities while still working from home alongside my husband. It feels like this weird in-between stage where some things are back to normal and others are still the same.