What will you learn from this book
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Diversity and Inclusion in Tech: Sheds light on the challenges of achieving diversity and fostering inclusion, particularly in the tech industry, and advocates for systemic change.
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Gender Bias and Workplace Inequality: Addresses issues related to gender bias, discrimination, and systemic inequalities in the workplace, particularly in high-tech environments.
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Glass Ceiling and Leadership: Explores barriers, such as the glass ceiling, that hinder women and underrepresented groups from advancing into leadership roles.
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Organizational Culture: Discusses the role of organizational culture in perpetuating biases and exclusionary practices, highlighting the need for cultural shifts.
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Advocacy for Change: Advocates for changes in policies, practices, and corporate cultures to promote fairness, equity, and diversity in workplaces.
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Challenges of Speaking Out: Narrates personal experiences and challenges faced when speaking out against discrimination and inequality within the workplace.
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Support Networks and Allies: Emphasizes the importance of support networks and allies in driving change, promoting diversity, and challenging biases.
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Accountability and Transparency: Discusses the need for accountability and transparency in addressing bias, discrimination, and fostering inclusive environments.
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Empowerment and Resilience: Encourages individuals to empower themselves, stand up against injustice, and build resilience in the face of adversity.
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Strategies for Change: Offers strategies and insights for individuals and organizations to effect meaningful change towards inclusivity and diversity.
| Language | English |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10 | 9780399591013 |
| ISBN-13 | 9780399591013 |
| No of pages | 274 |
| Font Size | Medium |
| Book Publisher | Spiegel & Grau |
| Published Date | 29 Dec 2017 |
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Shortlisted for the 2017 financial times and McKinney business book of the year. Named a best fall book by Elle and bustle.
In 2015, Ellen K. Pao sued a powerhouse Silicon Valley venture capital firm, calling out workplace discrimination and retaliation against women and other underrepresented groups. Her suit rocked the tech world—and exposed its toxic culture and its homogeneity. Her message overcame negative PR attacks that took aim at her professional conduct and her personal life and she won widespread public support—Time hailed her as “the face of change.” Though Pao lost her suit, she revolutionized the conversation at tech offices, in the media and around the world. In Reset, she tells her full story for the first time.
The daughter of immigrants, Pao was taught that through hard work she could achieve her dreams. She earned multiple Ivy League degrees, worked at top start-ups and in 2005 was recruited by Kleiner Perkins, arguably the world’s leading venture capital firm at the time. In many ways, she did everything right and yet she and other women and people of color were excluded from success—cut out of decisive meetings and email discussions, uninvited to CEO dinners and lavish networking trips and had their work undercut or appropriated by male executives. It was time for a system reset.
After Kleiner, Pao became CEO of reddit, where she took forceful action to change the status quo for the company and its product. She banned revenge porn and unauthorized nude photos—an action other large media sites later followed—and shut down parts of reddit over online harassment. She and seven other women tech leaders formed Project Include, an award-winning non-profit for accelerating diversity and inclusion in tech. In her book, Pao shines a light on troubling issues that plague today’s workplace and lays out practical, inspiring and achievable goals for a better future.
Ellen K. Pao’s Reset is a rallying cry—the story of a whistle-blower who aims to empower everyone struggling to be heard, in Silicon Valley and beyond.