Reset: My Fight for Inclusion and Lasting Change

Reset: My Fight for Inclusion and Lasting Change

The â€œnecessary and incisiveâ€ (Roxane Gay) account of the discrimination case that â€œhas blown open a conversation about the status of womenâ€ in the workplace (The New York Times)

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2017 FINANCIAL TIMES AND MCKINSEY 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 worldâ€”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 supportâ€”Time hailed her as â€œthe face of change.â€ 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 startups, and in 2005 was recruited by Kleiner Perkins, arguably the worldâ€™s leading venture capital firm at the time. In many ways, she did everything right,Â and yet she and other women and people of color were excluded from successâ€”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 photosâ€”an action other large media sites later followedâ€”and shut down parts of reddit over online harassment. She and seven other women tech leaders formed Project Include, an award-winning nonprofit for accelerating diversity and inclusion in tech. In her book, Pao shines a light on troubling issues that plague todayâ€™s workplace and lays out practical, inspiring, and achievable goals for a better future.

Ellen K. Paoâ€™s Reset is a rallying cryâ€”the story of a whistleblower who aims to empower everyone struggling to be heard, in Silicon Valley and beyond.

Praise for Reset

â€œNecessary and incisive . . . As Ellen Pao detailed her experiences, while also communicating her passion for the work men often impeded her from doing, I was nothing short of infuriated. It was great to see a highly accomplished woman of color speaking out like this, and hopefully this book will encourage more women to come forward, give voice to their experiences in the workplace, and contribute to meaningful change.â€â€”Roxane Gay
Country USA
Brand Random House Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer Random House
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 28745132
Color White
ReleaseDate 2017-09-19
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780399591013

Country	USA
Brand	Random House Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer	Random House
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	28745132
Color	White
ReleaseDate	2017-09-19
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780399591013

Reset: My Fight for Inclusion and Lasting Change

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