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Leaving ‘Perfect’ Behind: Cisco Supports Me as a Working Mom
As a borderline perfectionist, I took pride in going to the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill and landing my first job in recruiting before the end of my senior year of college. I decided to stay on that track and have spent the bulk of my career at a company I’m also very proud of—Cisco. I…
A Python Therapist is Born
Yogi Berra once said, “When you come to a fork in the road, take it.” Now, for those who don’t know Yogi Berra – he was a Hall of Fame catcher for the New York Yankees who won 10 World Series rings, the most of any player in history. Yogi’s advice, while often peculiar, seemed sound on this front.…
Be ‘Kynd’ to Your Heart
How many people can say that in a moment where the unthinkable has happened in their life their company CEO has taken the time to send a personal note offering his support? We hear it a lot at Cisco that we “have each other’s backs” or that “we’re a family” – but you don’t know how true those words…
If Cisco’s Next Product Were a Time Machine: Lessons For My Younger Self
A little over thirteen years ago when my now husband and I set off to drive cross-country from California to North Carolina, Cisco was not my destination. I had invested the previous year in studying for and taking the LSAT exam, and our move was for me to go to law school. On our way, however, I s…
Putting a Spotlight on Difficult Conversations
It’s hard to know where you might fit in at a major tech company when you eat, breathe, and sleep creativity. The two, usually, don’t go hand in hand and being able to use my creative eye had always been the backbone of my career. Working for a well-known, established, world-changing tech company se…
How Cisco’s Talent Brand Brought Life to our New Employee Videos
Be you, with us – that’s a saying you often hear around Cisco, and we believe it. But imagine the surprise of some of our employees when we asked, “Have you ever wanted to be an extra in a movie?” Those magic words enticed 116 employee volunteers to three different locations around Cisco Headquarter…
Celebrating our Servicemen and Women on Veterans Day
A sincere thank you to all of those who are serving or who have served in the US military. We live freely today because you put your life on the line to protect all that we hold dear. “The Flag does not fly because of the winds that blow it, The Flag flies because of each Soldier’s last breath…
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