Better together 8 ways working with women leads to extraordinary products and profits

"This book provides powerful and implementable solutions to fostering gender equality in your business. As a result, your business will be more successful, your customers will be happier with better products/services, and your employees will be much more fulfilled. Women are one half of our spe...

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Main Author: Sposato, Jonathan
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken Wiley 2017
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505 0 |a Machine generated contents note: Foreword ix With Grace Kahng xi About the Author xiii Introduction xv Sister, Where Art Thou? xv What Do I Know about Women? xvii It's Personal xix I Know We Can Do Better xxiii Straight Talk: Maria Hess xxiv Chapter 1 Men Must Change 1 Welcome to Man Island 3 The Sad Truth of the Here and Now 4 And It's Complicated 8 The Bigger Picture 10 One Small Step for Womankind 11 Night of the Living Bros 15 Women Don't Get Funded 16 Getting Harassed Is Part of the Hustle 18 Men Must Be Part of the Solution 24 Be a Change Master 26 Straight Talk: Lisa Conquergood 28 Chapter 2 Solution 1: Not Enough Women? Look Harder 29 Look Harder Part A: Top of the Funnel 30 What's in a Name? Anonymize Resumes 30 Look Harder Part B: Minding the Gap 32 Stacking the Loop and Mining for Diamonds 35 Set Explicit Diversity Goals,  
505 0 |a Then Mirror Your Interview Loop to Match 37 Pay Big Bonuses for Employee Referrals of Candidates from Underrepresented Backgrounds 40 Mining for Diamonds and "Custom Grooming" 41 Straight Talk: Lisa Maki 47 Chapter 3 Solution 2: In It to Win It: Supporting Women's Development 49 Reverse Mentoring 49 Increasing Female Visibility 54 Straight Talk: Eugenia Harvey 63 Straight Talk: Maria Hess 64 Chapter 4 Solution 3: Listen Louder 65 Dragon Slayers and Deliberators 66 Star Shooters and Stratosphere Blasters 68 Identical Pitches Yield Biased Results 70 How Men Can Change the Way They Listen 72 Straight Talk: Karen Cooper 80 Straight Talk: Susannah Malarkey 81 Chapter 5 Solution 4: Creating a Family-Forward Culture 83 One: No Meetings before 9:00 a.m. 86 Two: Men Should Take Just as Much Parental Leave as Women 89 Three: Shut Down Email at Night 92 Four: Create Family-Friendly Spaces, Not Bro-Friendly Spaces 96 Straight Talk: Christina Watt 105 Straight Talk: Dr.  
505 0 |a Because Your Country Didn't 121 Revenge of the Housewife 124 Revive the Equal Rights Amendment: Ratify Now 129 All Is Not Lost 132 Straight Talk: Melody McCloskey 135 Chapter 8 Solution 7: Stand Together or Fall Apart 137 Touching the Third Rail 139 Great Expectations: Case Study 142 It's Really Not Personal 145 Come Together: Right Now! 147 Our Unique Strengths as Women 148 Straight Talk: Debbie Landa 151 Straight Talk: Shelley Ross 152 Chapter 9 Solution 8: The Future: Raising Better Men 153 Show That Mom Is Incredible and Strong 156 Communicate Differently at Home 157 Break Out of the Man Box and Call Out Bro Behavior 158 Show Him That Things That Are Traditionally "Feminine" Are Not "Less Than," or Off-Limits 159 Show Him New Heroes, Stories That Include Women and Girls 160 Straight Talk: Grace Kahng 162 Chapter 10 Final Thoughts 163 A Note from Niniane Wang 165 Endnotes 167 Acknowledgments 169 The Better Together Pledge 171 Index 173 
505 0 |a Tejal Desai 106 Chapter 6 Solution 5: Just Say No: High Performance Should Not Trump Bad Behavior 107 Caught between a Rock and a Hard Place 108 How Long Has This Been Happening? 109 Reid Hoffman 112 The Cost of Ignoring the Problem 113 D & I: Hire a Diversity and Inclusion Director 114 Words Can Change the World: Say "No" to Bad Behavior Regardless of Performance Level 115 But Wait, There's More 118 Straight Talk: Laura Parmer Lohan 120 Chapter 7 Solution 6: Adopt the ERA at Your Company --  
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520 |a "This book provides powerful and implementable solutions to fostering gender equality in your business. As a result, your business will be more successful, your customers will be happier with better products/services, and your employees will be much more fulfilled. Women are one half of our species and over half of the earth's population. There is no product or service women don't buy. And yet, today only twenty-four women CEOs lead America's Fortune 500 companies"-- 
520 |a He recently promised all his future investments to female-founded companiesanother first in the technology industry."-- 
520 |a "It is the year 2017 and gender equality and womenthrivingin work place without fear of sexual harassment or discrimination is the #1 unsolved social issue of our time. Better Together: 8 Ways Working with Women Leads to Extraordinary Products and Profitsoffers a rare and startling look at the business world through the lens of an expert looking in and plots out how ALL types of businesses can gain a competitive advantage and excel past competitors by simply nurturing an equal blend of men and women on leadership teams and staff. It focuses on powerful and implementable solutions that any CEO, manager, or team leader can put to use to ensure that women thrive within the organization, leading to the business being more successful, customers happier, and employees more fulfilled. Author Jonathan Sposato knows the challenges facing women in startup tech and venture capital today because he specifically builds his companies with-out those obstacles.  
520 |a He credits the unprecedented success of his businesses on his brand of gender-balanced culture, and in this fully practical guidebook to his celebrated style of team building, he puts his eight secrets to profiting through diversity in your hands. These secrets are not just for tech companies, but for teams and companies in ANY industry. It is the culmination of extensive research on the many issues that affect gender equality (or lack thereof) in the workplace, exhaustive interviews with many powerful female CEOs and executives who have been brave in sharing stories of their own personal struggles andtriumphs, as well as Jonathan's own experiences as a male entrepreneur, CEO, and angel investor in supporting the advancement of women in business. The book also shows us why thats not only the right thing to do, but the smart thing to do economically.  
520 |a With the same entertaining and informative delivery that makes him a sought-after speaker worldwide, Jonathan walks you through adjusting your own culture to open the FULL potential of your workforce. The data will amaze you and the real-world voices will inspire you, and withBetter Togetheryou can achieve more success with more women on your team. If you care about inclusivity and beating the forces that prevent it, you will want to read this book. About the Author;Jonathan Sposato is chairman and co-founder of Geekwire, PicMonkey, and WeCount.org, and in general, a serial startup founder. Since his early days as a high-performingplayer on the first Xbox and Xbox games business, hes gone on to add numerous awards for innovation, voted CEO of theYear for Picnik.com, receiving the University of Washingtons Man of Integrity award, and becoming the only person to sell two companies to Google.