Better Together

出版者:Wiley

作者:Jonathan Sposato

页数:208

出版时间:2017-12-11

价格:0

装帧:精装

isbn号码:9781119452188

具体描述

It is the year 2017 and gender equality and women thriving in 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 Profits offers 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. 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 CEO’s and executives who have been brave in sharing stories of their own personal struggles and triumphs, 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 that’s not only the right thing to do, but the smart thing to do economically.

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 with Better Together you 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-performing player on the first Xbox and Xbox games business, he’s gone on to add numerous awards for innovation, voted “CEO of the Year” for Picnik.com, receiving the University of Washington’s “Man of Integrity” award, and becoming the only person to sell two companies to Google. He recently promised all his future investments to female-founded companies—another first in the technology industry.

在2017年，性别平等和女性 在工作场所蓬勃发展而不担心性骚扰或歧视是我们这个时代尚未解决的社会问题。

更好地结合：与女性合作的8种方式导致非凡的产品和利润 通过专家的视角提供罕见和惊人的商业世界视角，并绘制所有类型的企业如何获得竞争优势并超越竞争对手在领导团队和员工中简单地培养男女平等的融合。它侧重于强大且可实施的解决方案，任何CEO，经理或团队负责人都可以使用这些解决方案来确保女性在组织内成长，从而使业务更加成功，客户更快乐，员工更加满足。

作者Jonathan Sposato了解女性在创业科技和风险投资方面面临的挑战，因为他专门建立了自己的公司，没有这些障碍。他认为他的企业在其性别平衡文化的品牌上取得了前所未有的成功，并且在这本完全实用的指导书中，他以其着名的团队建设风格，将他的八个秘密放在手中，通过多样化获利。这些秘密不仅适用于科技公司，也适用于任何行业的团队和公司。

这是对影响工作场所性别平等（或缺乏性别平等）的许多问题进行广泛研究的结果，与许多强大的女性首席执行官和高管进行了详尽的访谈，他们勇敢地分享了他们自己的个人斗争和胜利的故事，以及作为乔纳森自己作为男性企业家，首席执行官和天使投资者的经验，支持女性在商业中的进步。这本书还向我们展示了为什么这不仅是正确的事情，而且是经济上聪明的事情。

凭借同样的娱乐和信息传递使他成为全球广受欢迎的演讲者，Jonathan将指导您调整自己的文化，以开启您的员工的全部潜力。

数据会令您惊叹，现实世界的声音将激励您，通过 Better Together， 您可以在团队中为更多女性取得更多成功。如果你关心包容性并击败阻止它的力量，你会想要阅读这本书。

关于作者; Jonathan Sposato是Geekwire，PicMonkey和WeCount.org的主席兼联合创始人，总的来说，他是一位连续创业公司。自从他成为第一个Xbox和Xbox游戏业务的高绩效玩家以来，他继续为创新增添了无数奖项，被Picnik.com评选为“年度最佳CEO”，获得了华盛顿大学的“诚信之人” “奖励，成为向Google出售两家公司的唯一人。他最近承诺将来对女性创办公司的所有投资 - 这是科技行业的又一次投资。

作者简介

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-performing player on the first Xbox and Xbox games business, he's gone on to add numerous awards for innovation, voted "CEO of the Year" for Picnik.com, receiving the University of Washington's "Man of Integrity" award, and becoming the only person to sell two companies to Google. He recently promised all his future investments to female-founded companies—another first in the technology industry.

JONATHAN SPOSATO是Geekwire，PicMonkey和WeCount.org的董事长兼联合创始人，总的来说，他是一位连续创业公司。自从他成为第一个Xbox和Xbox游戏业务的高绩效玩家以来，他继续为创新增添了无数奖项，被Picnik.com评选为“年度最佳CEO”，获得了华盛顿大学的“诚信之人” “奖励，成为向Google出售两家公司的唯一人。他最近承诺将来对女性创办公司的所有投资 - 这是科技行业的又一次投资。

目录信息

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, 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. 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—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
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用户评价

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我必须承认，这本书的阅读体验是有些“耗能”的，它要求你全身心地投入，毫不懈怠。它探讨的主题非常沉重，涉及到了记忆的不可靠性、身份的流动性以及伦理困境的选择。作者毫不避讳地将人性中那些灰暗、自私甚至有些扭曲的部分暴露出来，但高明之处在于，他并没有将角色“妖魔化”。相反，通过深入挖掘他们做出错误选择背后的动因——那些源于创伤、恐惧和无力感——使得即便是最令人发指的行为，也带上了一种悲剧性的合理性。这迫使我作为一个读者，必须不断地审视自己的道德底线，思考在极端压力下，自己又会做出何种选择。这本书真正的高明之处在于它对“同理心”的挑战。它没有试图让你爱上这些角色，但它极力要求你去理解他们，去原谅那些难以原谅的过错。这种阅读过程带来的情感冲击力是巨大的，读完之后，那种久久不能散去的思考的余韵，比读完一本情节刺激的小说要深刻和持久得多。

这本书的语言美学达到了一个令人惊叹的高度。它不是那种华丽辞藻的堆砌，而是一种极简主义的美学，如同上好的书法，看似寥寥数笔，却蕴含了无穷的力量和韵味。作者对动词的运用尤其精妙，每一个动词都精确地传达了动作的力度、速度和意图，使得场景的画面感非常立体。例如，他描述“等待”的方式，不是简单的“等”，而是用一系列细微的身体动作和感官变化来表现时间的凝固和内心的焦灼。而且，这本书的音乐性极强，句子之间存在着一种内在的韵律和节奏，即使是阅读中文译本，也能感受到原著在结构上的对称与呼应。这种对语言形式的极致打磨，使得即便是最平淡的日常对话，也散发着一种独特的光泽。我个人非常偏爱这种追求文字本质和节奏感的作品，它让我意识到，好的文学作品，其文字本身就是意义的一部分，是不可被替代的载体。它不仅讲述了一个故事，更是在用语言雕塑一种情绪，一种氛围，一种阅读的仪式感。

我很少遇到一部作品能够如此精准地捕捉到“疏离感”这种现代都市人的集体情绪。这本书最引人注目的一点，在于它对人与人之间那种微妙界限的解剖。它不是在讲述一个宏大的故事，而更像是在记录一系列擦肩而过、却又深刻影响了彼此的“瞬间”。作者的语言风格非常克制和精准，用词考究，很多句子读起来有一种哲学思辨的味道，但又不失文学性。举个例子，书中有一段描写主人公在深夜的地铁车厢里观察陌生人的场景，那种既想靠近又害怕被打扰的矛盾心理，被描绘得入木三分，让人感同身受。它探讨了连接（Connection）与孤独（Isolation）的悖论——在这个信息爆炸的时代，我们似乎比以往任何时候都更容易“连接”，但真正的、深层的理解却越发困难。这种主题的探讨是内敛的，没有大声疾呼，而是通过人物内心独白和留白处理，让你自己去填补那些未言明的空白。对于喜欢那种需要读者主动参与思考、解读文本深层含义的读者来说，这本书绝对是盛宴。它不喂给你答案，而是给你工具，让你自己去构建对人际关系的理解。

这本书的叙事节奏把握得简直太到位了，读起来完全停不下来。作者似乎对人性的细微之处有着异乎寻常的洞察力，笔下的人物都不是那种脸谱化的符号，他们有各自的挣扎、矛盾和不为人知的柔软角落。尤其欣赏的是，故事并没有急于给出简单的答案，而是将复杂的情感纠葛层层剥开，让你跟着主角一起去体验那种摸索前行的过程。那种感觉就像是，你以为你已经看透了某个角色的动机，下一秒，一个意想不到的转折又让你对他的看法彻底颠覆。情节的推进不是那种生硬的“为了反转而反转”，而是水到渠成的，每一个关键节点的爆发都建立在前期细腻的铺垫之上。比如，开篇对于那个老旧社区的描绘，那种光影、气味、乃至日常的喧嚣声，都构建了一个极为真实可感的背景板，让你仿佛真的置身于那个充满烟火气的环境之中，这种环境感为后续人物命运的张力提供了坚实的土壤。我特别喜欢作者处理冲突的方式，不是那种剑拔弩张的直接对抗，而是渗透在日常对话和沉默之中的暗流涌动，那种“此时无声胜有声”的张力，比任何激烈的争吵都更令人心悸。读完后，我花了好长时间才从那种沉浸感中抽离出来，感觉自己像是陪着这些虚构的人物经历了一场漫长而真实的人生洗礼。