She changed roles at least a dozen times at Cisco. This is her advice to people considering a career transition.

Liz Centoni thought she would be at Cisco for three years max when she joined in 2000 — she didn’t expect to be on the executive leadership team 25 years later. “My brain worked more as a linear thinker,” Centoni said in an interview with Business Insider. “And, you know, careers are not …