Ask people for feedback, and they sometimes tell you what you want to hear...
Ask them about blind spots, and they're more likely to tell you what you need to hear...
Gains in self-awareness often begin with the question: What do other people know about me that I might not realize?
... He has made his money so if Cisco fails no biggie he is set for life. ...
The problem with making as much money as our CEO does, once you start living the lifestyle he apparently does judging by the famous people in his Rolodex, you can't survive when your income suddenly ends and you have to live off your investments/savings.
How many athletes & singers end up broke after making millions at the peak of their careers?
But I will be the first to say that there's something wrong with a capitalist system where the top make more in a day than the average worker in their company make in a year. Some of these 1%'ers make more in an hour than we make in a year. It ain't right.
I could see them making the yuuuge bucks if they bore the risks when they make the wrong decisions and it costs them. Instead, they can make mistakes and cost the company millions or billions of $'s and they lose a small percentage of their BONUS, but they still get their outrageous pay and get their golden parachutes to leave when they fail.
Chuck has and always will put himself first. He has made his money so if Cisco fails no biggie he is set for life. Chuck and Race Track Maria need to go NOW!
As far as CEOs go, Chuck's not that bad and there are many other CEOs that are much worse than Chuck. Is it all about Chuck? Well - every leader has an ego and varying degrees of narcissism.
Just have a look at HP's history - I lived through the Carly F. years and reflecting on that s-how, Cisco has it very good with Chuck.
Nature and business. One in the same.
At one time, a flourshing civilization lived on Easter Island.
Suddenly the population used up all of the island's resources. Factions started fighting each other over what was left. Eventually no one was left on the island.
Cisco is starting that portion of its lifecycle.
LOL
Are you telling me that the comments section of the all hands is not 100% unfiltered feedback?
I have reviewed and am grateful for all your feedback. Stay tuned to the next Check-in for an extra special guest.
Have you met people from BCG at Cisco? They are PowerPoint gurus that only care about self-promotion. Chuck already hired a bunch of people from BCG. Turns out they are glorified Wall Streeters... certainly not technologists
If I were Chuck, I'd first fire the EN and DC engineering leaders. If they can't work together, then something is fundamentally wrong with the organization. And hire a Consulting company like BCG to figure out your Cloud Strategy. If you want to be a software company, then think like one and set up all your systems - Sales, CRM, ERP - like a software company.
The one with tone deaf cognition is Mama CX
Narcissistic personality disorder — one of several types of personality disorders — is a mental condition in which people have an inflated sense of their own importance, a deep need for excessive attention and admiration, troubled relationships, and a lack of empathy for others.
Probably the only thing Chuck aspires to is life membership of Augusta.
Chuck only cares about Chuck. Not Cisco, not employees. He's a textbook psychopath.
Do you really want him to pretend to have human emotions?
Are you telling me that the comments section of the all hands is not 100% unfiltered feedback?
I do not he thinks about self-awareness at all...