People and Culture
Earth Day: Protecting our Precious Planet
One of the reasons I love working at Cisco is the freedom to pursue your passions, and make an impact. For me, that’s protecting what’s precious: our planet. Based in Australia, there is wonderful nature all around me. Being fortunate enough to be able to travel and see some of nature’s wonders, I’ve been…
Reflections from our female leaders in technology
As we mark another International Women’s Day, today is all about stopping to reflect and celebrate the achievements of women. But it is also a moment when we acknowledge the work that remains to be done to further embrace inclusion and gender equality. Particularly when it comes to leadership in the…
Five Cisco Women share their experiences working in technical roles and how they choose to challenge
International Women’s Day is a global day recognising the social, economic and cultural achievements of women. It also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity and equality. Women continue to be underrepresented in the IT workforce. Females account for only 25 per cent of those with post-secondary…
Developing Talent
Investing in continuous learning and development of employees leads to effective task performance, and a more productive, effective and harmonious organisation. Get the 5 steps to maximise talent potential. Developing Talent Hiring and onboarding talent can be highly resource-intensive with…
Attracting Diverse Talent
Rejuvenation is needed to invigorate individual, team and company performance. By attracting new ideas from diverse thinking people, performance plus growth can soar to new heights. Attracting Diverse Talent Thinking and acting differently as a result of Covid-19 induced pressures, rejuvenation…
Diverse Teams Do Better Work
Diversity boosts innovation and fuels business growth. Collaborating, challenging and testing assumptions enables teams to deliver better work, and heightened benefits to the stakeholders and communities they serve. Diverse teams do better work Diverse teams boost innovation, meaning diverse…
Onboarding Talent
A critical step to creating an enriching initial experience for new hires come into play during the onboarding process. What are the considerations to achieve high employee productivity and engagement? Now that you have hired the highest potential talent, what’s next? Whilst most companies deem…
Leadership is a Journey, Not a Destination
When we think about organisations, we associate them with the prominent and visible faces that represent them. The superstar leaders, the rockstar money generators, the eccentric founders. But rarely do we get a glimpse of the people other than these leaders. What I have realised from my time at Cisco…
Person of Impact
Drive a meaningful and impactful messages via 3 key themes – relevance, resonance and resourcefulness. In your next conversations, put these tips in play to be a person of impact. Be a Person of Impact! I am fortunate to lead Cisco’s APJC Woman of Impact program where I have the opportunity to coordinate…