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Which Cisco site is where you can find employees watching soccer on the huge media walls, watch technology make you the perfect cup of coffee, and has some of the best people around (at least I think so.) That would be the Cisco office in Munich, Germany! Come on a blog tour with me. Here are some f…

Extended sailing is often described as “days of boredom punctuated by moments of sheer terror.” As a sailor, I can tell you that those boring times give you a lot of time to think. In fact, if you ever find yourself crossing the Atlantic Ocean in your own 40-foot boat, you will have approximately 25…

I am a wife, sister, daughter, aunt & Cisco employee. I’m also a full-time working new mom. My son just had his 1st birthday in October. Working a full-time job on top of being a new Mom as a woman in technology can sometimes be hard. But thanks to the supportive culture at Cisco, this is a whol…

A perfect recipe for a delicious dish calls for the right mix of ingredients, and a career at Cisco is no different. From the smile of receptionist from front desk to a red-eye flight back from customer site is all that defines your job and makes you love it. I’m a Customer Success Manager here in t…

Written in conjunction with my fellow Human Resources Leadership Program colleague, Josh Skelton.  Have you ever attended a meeting with a robot? Well, I recently attended a meeting as a robot. That’s the amazing thing about working at Cisco – the opportunity to use our technology to connect with co…

There are a lot of reasons to work at Cisco, but one of the best reasons I’ve found is because the best people work here. After being at Cisco for a year, I really felt I was part of the Cisco Capital team, achieving personal and professional goals, but still new to North Carolina and finding my bea…

Executives. They are the celebrities of the business world. Some of them have specific, personal self-brands that they have worked on. They are known to be smart. Some charismatic. Some serious and some perhaps scary. Some rarely show up publicly and prefer to be background players. I am lucky enoug…

Penang, Malaysia. A beautiful city and an exciting opportunity for the whole Human Resources team in the Asia Pacific, Japan and China regions to come together to learn from each other, grow together and volunteer together. And I had to miss it. While the rest of my team was going to be bonding and…

Do you remember what first inspired you to follow the road into the tech industry? A mentor or person that pushed you to take the first step? My road to tech is a twisty, curvy one. I’ve had many firsts along the way – a secretary becoming a network technician, a network technician becoming a webmas…