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Senior Vice President of Operations ), gathered staff around and presented her with champagne and balloons , and she tries to pass this positivity on . “ It ’ s all about the fun moments . Life ’ s tough , we work hard , we go through a lot of challenges . The little things , like being recognised amongst your peers , make a big difference .”
At a customer event in Melbourne this year , Batka announced the promotion of Miyuki Sizuyki to helm the role of President of APJ for Cisco , on stage alongside the global head of partnerships , who is also female . “ They took a photo of three of us on stage and a lot of females were saying ‘ I was inspired by that ’. We had 1,000 people at the session and people said : ‘ wow , things have changed . Where are all the men ?’”
Being a personal mentor gives Batka extra insight into the biggest day-to-day challenges women are facing . “ A female will look at a job spec with 10 attributes and say ‘ I ’ ve only got five so I won ’ t be successful ,’ whereas a male might say ‘ I ’ ve got two attributes , I ’ ll go for it ’. I think we see a lack of embracing opportunities in females .
JULY 2018