Are you a Talent Magnet or a Micromanager?

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I care passionately about good leadership and adore discovering new books or hearing leaders speak.   I have recently discovered and met Liz Wiseman, author of Multipliers, a book on leadership I highly recommend. Liz’s book is based on research of 150 leaders across Europe , Middle East and Asia and studies how some leaders can […]

Old Boys? Meet the New Girls!

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If you look at the numbers, the picture is bleak for women working in technology. According to new research conducted by The Wall Street Journal, there is still...

Fixing Broken Windows: Shattered Myths About the Glass Ceiling

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Leading organisations now realise that improving the representation of female leaders is crucial to business success. In fact, according to research from McKinsey, “Companies in the top quartile...

Carpe Diem – Seize the day! Inspiration from July’s Everyday Heroes of CiscoEWN

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Guest Blog and Interview by Anuja Singh  Welcome to our July edition of the monthly CEWN segment about role models. We all make resolutions and set goals to improve ourselves– but somewhere along the way, life interrupts our plans, we find ourselves juggling different priorities and invariably things get dropped. What you will find in this […]

Who is your point of reference?

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Who do you compare yourself with? Come on…… I know you do, we all do! Be it at work or in our personal lives, we can’t help but compare ourselves to other people. Ok, here’s another question for you. How many times have you compared yourself to a peer at work when they got promoted […]

Cisco Women Engineers Make Their Mark at the IEEE Women In Engineering International Leadership Conference

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In April this year, Cisco sponsored the IEEE Women in Engineering International Leadership Conference held at the San Jose Marriott. This was part of a concerted effort to advance and attract women in technical and leadership roles in the technology industry. At the beginning of our partnership with IEEE we asked ourselves: “What is it […]

Want to be heard? Be quiet.

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In a world that has become more digital and collaborative — where everyone struggles to be heard — the temptation is to shout louder. But what if a different leadership style could be more effective? What if listening rather than broadcasting could make us agile in an unpredictable world? Listening-centric leadership is a big departure […]