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When We Are Seen: How to Come Into Your Power--And Empower Others Along the Way

When We Are Seen: How to Come Into Your Power--And Empower Others Along the Way

By Denise Young

"From one of the first and few women of color to reach the C-suite in Silicon Valley, Apple's former chief of HR, co-creator of the Apple Store culture, and first VP of inclusion and diversity, comes a. . . story of growing up Black and female in a world with little regard for either and a practical road map for embodying the best in yourself and emboldening others along the way"--.

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Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Publish Date: 05/21/2024
Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780593239292
ISBN-10: 0593239296
Language: English

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From one of the first and few women of color to reach the C-suite in Silicon Valley, Apple's former chief of HR and first VP of inclusion and diversity, comes a heartfelt story of growing up Black and female in a world with little regard for either and a practical road map for embodying the best in yourself and emboldening others along the way. "You will enjoy reading this book and benefit as a business leader but mostly as a member of the human race."--Ron Johnson, business leader Apple, Target, JCPenney For her work as a co-creator of the Apple Store cultural experience, Denise Young has been deemed by leadership experts as one of the most emotionally intelligent leaders of her era. In this stirring narrative, part-memoir, part blueprint for action, she shares her vision of what it means to be truly seen at our places of work. As a "first and only" woman of color in boardrooms and leading roles across the Bay Area's booming tech industry, Denise was a trailblazer in a business that was never built for her. The first black and female senior executive under both Steve Jobs and Tim Cook, Denise was often in "the room where it happened." But within a white male-centric professional culture, she still had to work harder, smarter, and differently to be heard. In When We Are Seen, Denise shares insights on using your own story, empathy, and intuition to unlock the potential in yourself and others. Her story serves as both solace and strategy for anyone who has ever felt left out, unseen, or ostracized; anyone interested in upending cycles of exclusion; and for those interested in reclaiming our agency in the ongoing quest to thrive and belong. Denise argues that bringing your truest self to work--from wearing your beloved locs to sharing your artistic passion--and, in turn, holistically seeing the attributes others have to offer is not a passive experience; it is a specific skill we can and should build. And the result is a deeper understanding of what it means to be inclusive and powerfully human on the job.

About the Author

After more than a two-decade career at Apple in a series of executive roles, including the company's first Black chief of human resources and first VP of inclusion and diversity, Denise Young then served for three years as executive-in-residence at Cornell Tech in New York City.

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