
Cisco Systems’ leaders regularly meet with employees to discuss what they love or even loathe about their work, project updates, and support that may be needed to do their jobs.
“Really simple questions that ground us in the reality of how somebody is doing right now, linked to the work that we need to do,” is the intent of these weekly conversations, explains Sam Oliver, vice president of people and communities for the networking-equipment company’s Europe, Middle East, and Asia regions.