Francine Katsoudas of Cisco Joins the BetterTM Podcast and Says Companies Need to Have a Bigger Conversation About Mental Health

OAKLAND, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#GPTWCertified–Great Place to Work®, the global authority on high trust workplace culture, recently unveiled Better^TM, a new podcast series of interviews with some of the best leaders in business.

In the latest episode, Fran Katsoudas, the Chief People Officer at Cisco, says that in the past year, mental health has been at the forefront of the company’s conservation about workplace culture. “It’s a dialogue that historically has been taboo at all companies,” she says. Recently, Cisco’s CEO Chuck Robbins sent an e-mail inviting employees to share personal stories around mental health issues, resulting in a company-wide meeting that she says helped every employee feel comfortable to be their whole selves at work.

Each episode of Better offers tips, strategy, and advice from executives at Great Place to Work-Certified companies that make their workplace culture a top priority, because they know it’s ultimately better for their people, better for business, and better for the world.

The first season of Better was recorded during the 2019 Great Place to Work For All Summit in San Francisco. Podcast episodes can be found on Apple iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, Stitcher, and TuneIn, as well as Great Place to Work’s website.

About the Great Place to Work For All Summit

At the Great Place to Work For All Summit, executives share best practices for creating and championing high-trust cultures that are better for business, better for people, and better for the world. The 2020 Summit is scheduled for March 3-5, 2020 and registration is open.

About Great Place to Work

Great Place to Work® is the global authority on workplace culture. It helps organizations quantify their culture and produce better business results by creating a high-trust work experience for all employees. Emprising®, its culture management platform, empowers leaders with the surveys, real-time reporting, and insights they need to make data-driven people decisions. The company uses its unparalleled benchmark data to recognize Great Place to Work-Certified™ companies and the Best Workplaces in the U.S. and more than 60 other countries, including Fortune’s annual list of the 100 Best Companies to Work For.

To learn more, visit greatplacetowork.com, listen to the podcast Better by Great Place to Work, and read “A Great Place to Work for All.” Join the community on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram.

Contacts

Christopher Tkaczyk: (415)-851-3692, christopher.tkaczyk@greatplacetowork.com