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In October 2021, in the midst of a worldwide pandemic, I made a decision to take a danger, and alter jobs. I’ve taken many dangers in my profession journey over time, however this one felt particularly daunting, given the uncertainty we’ve all confronted in the previous few years.
I joined the Digital Gross sales Effectiveness workforce inside International Digital Gross sales and Engineering (GVSE) because the International Gross sales Content material Strategist, a brand-new position by no means been held earlier than. I knew going into this position that there could be a number of uncertainty, visibility, and alternative—all elements I used to be enthusiastic about. However as I replicate on the final one year at Cisco, the phrase grateful involves thoughts first.
I’m grateful for the wonderful workforce I work on, the initiatives we’re part of, and the challenges we clear up.
I discovered shortly to lean on my workforce for assist. With their assist, I efficiently constructed and applied our world gross sales content material working mannequin that helps all our digital sellers in GVSE (1200+ individuals), spanning 20+ languages. This helps our sellers automate their communications and save time with content material they’re enthusiastic about utilizing. As a former salesperson, I understand how vital that is, and I’m extremely happy with the work my workforce does to assist our sellers.
Grateful that Cisco values steady enchancment {and professional} improvement.
With the assist of my supervisor, I took the chance to earn my Lean Six Sigma Inexperienced Belt, which has helped me make vital data-driven choices each single day in my position. I additionally took the chance to finish The Management Consortium chief program, based and led by Harvard Enterprise College Professors. It’s helped me improve my skillsets and develop into a extra self-aware chief—and Cisco encourages management at each stage.
With the encouragement of my supervisor, I used to be a panelist for Cisco’s Illuminate Your Management, an all-day, company-wide studying occasion. It was an extremely thrilling and humbling expertise as it’s broadcast worldwide to 77K+ workers. The subject was about embracing vulnerability and studying from errors. The chance to have a significant and highly effective dialogue with my fellow panelists was really fulfilling. After the section aired, I acquired a lot optimistic suggestions that I knew I did an ideal job serving my fellow Cisconians in thought management.
Grateful to work for a corporation that isn’t performative in its efforts to ensure that each worker can present up as their true self.
Cisco is really a pioneer in making individuals really feel seen and heard and embodying the notion of bringing your full self to work. The corporate helps ladies, underrepresented teams, and lots of extra with precise applications and funding to again what it says! There’s additionally an Inclusive Group (what we name Worker Useful resource Organizations) for everybody right here. I’m a part of a number of of them!
Grateful to work for a corporation that encourages volunteer work and offers you day off to present again.
The alternatives to present again to your neighborhood and past are unparalleled. Good day, 40 hours of Time2Give! That’s 40 hours outdoors our common paid day off only for volunteering, prolonged to 80 hours via 2023.
I’m grateful for a profession that I actually love!
Every single day at Cisco, you have got the chance to study, develop and lead. The advantages are unbelievable, the sense of neighborhood is unmatched, and the persons are wonderful. Cisco is just not performative in what they do, and so they totally acknowledge that joyful workers deal with enterprise, interval. By offering one of the best instruments, assets, alternatives, and work-life steadiness, I can confidently say (as a working mother and lady of shade) that I really feel Cisco is supporting and empowering me to do my greatest work. I’m grateful for the chance to affix this unbelievable firm and am happy with myself for taking the leap; I haven’t seemed again since! I’m proud to say I work for Cisco and stay up for many extra years of progress, studying, and management.
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