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Andrea FelizianiHead of Commercial Market, Cisco Italy

January 26th, 2015

People-to-Leader Dialogue

Modelli (e Modi) di Gestione del Management nella Fase di Ripartenza

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“The company has the inevitable emergence of internal bureaucratic, slow response to market changes and competition.”

Have you ever heard about this?“Mediocre people are rising up the ladder and good talent is leaving for other smaller companies and startups.”

My Company is not perceived as top employer by best Schools

The majority of candidates state compensation as the reason for exiting the interview process

Late to Social Media Channel

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In Cisco we Create a different experience….

…change the paradigm looking to a “connected development”

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Cisco Friday University

“Gli analfabeti del futuro non saranno quelli che non sapranno leggere o scrivere, ma quelli che non saranno capaci di imparare, disimparare e imparare di nuovo”.

Marco Zamperini

Story Telling

External transformations’ connection

Leading Edge of innovation

CXO Relevancy

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Mid-Year DiscussionPerformance Trend & Development Mid term review

Driving to an High Performance Culture in Italy

Performance & Dev Review Discussion

Performance Assessment & Development Review

Sales Assessment (for All Employee)

Get feedback

Performance & Development Planning DiscussionGoal Setting, Alignment &

Prioritization

Development Center (for talents)

External Talents Investigation

Talent Review

Internal Talents Identification

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Some Results

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Increase in our market and social media exposure

Great Place to Work

Average increase in self assesment scores

Increased number of position internally filled

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