Partnering for Goal: A Yr in Focus

December 19, 2023

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That is sometimes the time of 12 months once we take time to mirror, and looking out again, 2023 has been a beautiful 12 months of achievement and goal for me, particularly in my position main Partnering for Goal. A worldwide Cisco initiative, Partnering for Goal works to align our dedication to an inclusive future throughout our enterprise relationships. It’s designed to make it simpler for our companions, prospects, and suppliers around the globe to collaborate with Cisco to speed up and amplify our collective optimistic impression in our communities.

Whereas the Partnering for Goal initiative was formalized in 2022, the reality is that we’ve been doing this type of work for years, and this initiative serves to outline a simplified framework. Very similar to our Cisco Validate Designs (CVDs), it supplies a blueprint with examined and documented approaches to assist jumpstart purpose-driven social and environmental actions.

Progress and Successes

In our first 12 months, Partnering for Goal has grown right into a motion that’s increasing to our channel companions globally. In actual fact, they’re keenly partaking, sharing their tales, their improvements, and finest practices to amplify and develop our goal work collectively.

I’ve had the privilege to see first-hand our Cisco groups and our companions innovate and create, with the intention to drive optimistic change.

Listed below are just some examples and highlights from the previous 12 months:

Reimagining the Subsequent Era of Cyber Warriors: Greatest follow sharing at Cisco Reside US with our associate ePlus to spotlight how our shared goal helps to chart a path for younger women to stay with STEM topics. Learn extra: GRIT – Ladies Re-Imagining Tomorrow, creating the following era of Cyber Warriors
Connecting Certifications to Goal: In 2023, Cisco Black Belt Academy launched “Black Belt Certification for a Motive,” a one-of-a-kind marketing campaign that addresses enterprise targets and aligns to the essence of giving again to society. In Vietnam, an revolutionary crowd funding mannequin helped the distant Aur Lang village. Learn extra: Cisco “Black Belt for a Motive” reveals how small contributions make a huge impact
Environmental Sustainability Certification for a Sustained Future: Cisco and distributor Ingram Micro united to launch the primary Cisco Partnering for Goal Initiative in Australia the place individuals might earn Black Belt Sustainability Certifications and provides again to the group. Learn extra: Embracing Sustainability: Embark on the Journey to a Extra Sustainable Future!
A Week of Group Impression/Giveback: In June we launched into every week of giveback actions with our associate group throughout the US, Canada and LATAM. Partaking over 100 associate staff and over 300 Cisco staff we recorded greater than 1300 volunteer hours for quite a lot of worthy causes, organizations, and endeavors.
Cisco and Orange Enterprise Crew’s Inexperienced Day: Account groups from Cisco, ThousandEyes, and Orange Enterprise collaborated to placed on a day of studying and data alternate on addressing local weather change and environmental stewardship and exploring how know-how and their mixed experience might assist their prospects obtain their social and environmental sustainability targets. Learn extra: Constructing a greener tomorrow: the ability of partnerships
International Companion Innovation Problem: Honoring the investments companions are already making, and to drive an even bigger impression and handle what issues to them and our collective prospects, we included a Partnering for Goal class into the 2023 Companion Innovation Problem. The outcomes have been superb. Learn extra: sixth Annual Companion Innovation Problem: Outstanding Development, Excellent Winners

Aspirations and subsequent steps

2023 has, by all accounts, been a profitable first 12 months for Partnering for Goal, and we are going to proceed to be each strategic and aspirational within the coming 12 months. Taking finest practices and integrating them into the work our companions and prospects are already doing, we are going to proceed to drive engagement and discover new methods to develop. We’ll seize and share extra of your tales, proceed to develop the Partnering for Goal facet of the Companion Innovation Problem, and present up in different new and thrilling methods.