Shari Slate
Imagine what’s possible…
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What’s the impact of inclusion? What does it mean to someone who’s been left out to be welcomed in? For a 10-year old with cancer, to be able to continue attending the school she loves while getting lifesaving treatment hundreds of miles away – it means everything.
Cisco @SXSW Interactive: Where Inclusion is the New Innovation
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In today’s hyper-fast, hyper-competitive digital age, it’s increasingly clear from talking with customers and partners that leading companies must share and leverage each other’s best practices. No single company – no matter how big and successful – can navigate today’s mass digitization of business and society alone. That’s why we at Cisco are finding […]
Changing the Equation
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It’s been a little more than a year since we created Cisco’s first Office of Inclusion and Collaboration (OIC). And it’s been a milestone year. Today, we’re releasing our annual Corporate Social Responsibility report (CSR), which details Cisco’s high-level priorities for being socially and environmentally responsible, and I’m honored to share the highlights of our […]
The Power of Interconnected Partnerships – Internally and Externally
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I have always been a passionate believer in The Power of Partnerships to improve diversity in the talent pipeline, the workplace and leadership positions at enterprises everywhere. My experience shows that partnerships must be formed both within the enterprise and outside of it in order to make a real impact on diversity. This has been […]
Advancing Diversity with ‘The Power of One’
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Last week, many of the nation’s top African-American leaders and emerging talent experienced first-hand “The Power of One” – the power of one person, one organization or one partnership to transform the world. The occasion was the Executive Leadership Council’s (ELC) annual celebration of individuals and corporations making a difference to advance inclusion and diversity […]
Texas Conference for Women: An Empowering Partnership
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#CiscoInspiredWoman will be a hashtag reverberating throughout social media spheres this week as 6,500 attendees experience what I call, “Moments that Matter”, at the Conference for Women (CFW) in Austin, Texas. Cisco is the Exclusive Networking Partner of CFW for the fourth year in row, has 90 attendees and six speakers (three women and three […]
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