Understanding the True Cost of Employee Attrition and Employee Exit

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Back to Basics Understanding the True Cost of Employee Attrition and Employee Exit April 29th, 2025 – SkillCycle Losing employees is tough on your company’s bottom line. The cost of employee attrition quickly adds up in lost productivity, recruiting fees, and onboarding time. Most CEOs would agree, yet few can state the average cost of […]

The New Rules of Talent Development

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The New Rules of Talent Development: Building Skills, Connection, and Growth That Last April 19th, 2025 – By Rebecca Taylor, CCO and Co-founder of SkillCycle The world of work has changed faster in the past five years than it did in the previous fifty. Top talent is no longer interested in climbing rigid career ladders. […]

Skills Inventory: What It Is, Why It Matters and Examples

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Skills Inventory: What It Is, Why It Matters and Examples April 28th, 2025 – SkillCycle https://www.skillcycle.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Sequence-03.mp4#t=1 As companies grow and develop, there is an increasing need to build skills to navigate new business challenges. Creating a skills inventory should be the first step for organizations to gain clarity on their current positioning and needs.  “A skills […]

How Technology Improves Employee Performance and Development

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How Technology Improves Employee Performance and Development April 27th, 2025 — Jeff Reid, Co-Founder, COO & CPO of SkillCycle It’s pretty standard these days to include technology as a helpful tool in improving employee performance. However, if you’re relying on tech to help drive performance impact, there are a few things to keep in mind.  In […]

Preparing for the Future: The Value of Learning Agility 

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Develop and Improve Learning Agility for the Modern Workplace April 26th, 2025 – SkillCycle https://www.skillcycle.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Sequence-03_1.mp4#t=1 While a skilled workforce has always held value, how we work is shifting so quickly that the ability to learn new things stands apart as a way to prepare for the future. This adaptability, or learning agility, allows people to […]

6 Ways to Align Employee Goals with Company Goals: Examples Included

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6 Ways To Align Company Goals and Employee Performance Goals Sep 26th, 2025 – Tori Rochlen Are your employees genuinely aligned with your company’s goals or unknowingly pulling in different directions? When you connect employee performance goals to your organization’s strategic vision, you help bolster engagement and overall performance. Visibility into company goals helps employees […]

6 Benefits of Coaching in the Workplace: Purpose & When to Use

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6 Benefits of Coaching in the Workplace: Purpose & When to Use April 25th, 2025 – SkillCycle Coaching helps employees tackle challenges, progress toward goals, and offer their highest contributions at work while also boosting learning agility in the workplace, the ability to pick up new skills and apply them quickly. That matters because why […]

Restoring Human Connection at Work

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Restoring Human Connection at Work April 22nd, 2025 – By Tori Rochlen Three Things Every Leader Needs Right Now We’re watching entire workflows shift from human hands to machine logic. Algorithms are writing emails, campaigns are being optimized for bots, and marketing content is being designed to influence agents, not people. This isn’t just a […]

Stop the Ping Pong Bal: HR Doesn’t Have to Be Caught in the Middle Anymore

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Stop the Ping Pong Ball: HR Doesn’t Have to Be Caught in the Middle Anymore April 17th, 2025 – By Rebecca Taylor, CCO and Co-founder of SkillCycle The Endless Back-and-Forth HR has always lived in the middle. Caught between what employers want and what employees need. Between top-down mandates and bottom-up frustrations. Between the pressure […]