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Good Power: Leading Positive Change in Our Lives, Work, and World
A Wall Street Journal Bestseller
Former IBM CEO Ginni Rometty delivers a powerful combination of memoir, leadership lessons, and big ideas on how we can all drive meaningful change.
Ginni Rometty led one of the world's most iconic companies, and in Good Power she recounts her groundbreaking path from a challenging childhood to becoming the CEO of IBM and one of the world's most influential business leaders. With candor and depth, Rometty shares milestones from her life and career while redefining power as a way to drive meaningful change in positive ways for ourselves, our organizations, and for the many, not just the few-a concept she calls "good power."
Rometty's "memoir with purpose" combines the experiences that defined her life-personal hurdles, high-stakes decisions, passionate advocacy-with the actionable advice of a coaching session to highlight lessons that shape authentic leadership. Behind-the-scenes stories and practical guidance offer us a blueprint for how we can all use good power to advance our careers, inspire our teams, improve our companies, and create healthier societies.
The book begins with raw, vivid memories from Rometty's youth and early professional years as she recalls the trauma and the role models that formed her belief that how we lead is as important as what we achieve. She learns early on that good power is a choice available to everyone, even to those without money, status, or impressive titles.
Rometty then shows us how her concept of good power evolved as she grew from a first-time manager to a transformative CEO. Stories told through the lens of five principles-be in service of others; build belief; know what must change and what must endure; steward good tech; be resilient-reveal tools that anyone can apply to achieve real change at any stage of their life and work.
Rometty also encourages us to use good power at scale to bring about urgent societal change. She shares insights from her own journey to create a more equitable world by leading the SkillsFirst movement, which connects underserved populations with family-sustaining jobs by transforming hiring, education, and training.
With heart, humility, and conviction, Good Power offers an inspiring, compelling guide to creating meaningful change in our lives.
Former IBM CEO Ginni Rometty delivers a powerful combination of memoir, leadership lessons, and big ideas on how we can all drive meaningful change.
Ginni Rometty led one of the world's most iconic companies, and in Good Power she recounts her groundbreaking path from a challenging childhood to becoming the CEO of IBM and one of the world's most influential business leaders. With candor and depth, Rometty shares milestones from her life and career while redefining power as a way to drive meaningful change in positive ways for ourselves, our organizations, and for the many, not just the few-a concept she calls "good power."
Rometty's "memoir with purpose" combines the experiences that defined her life-personal hurdles, high-stakes decisions, passionate advocacy-with the actionable advice of a coaching session to highlight lessons that shape authentic leadership. Behind-the-scenes stories and practical guidance offer us a blueprint for how we can all use good power to advance our careers, inspire our teams, improve our companies, and create healthier societies.
The book begins with raw, vivid memories from Rometty's youth and early professional years as she recalls the trauma and the role models that formed her belief that how we lead is as important as what we achieve. She learns early on that good power is a choice available to everyone, even to those without money, status, or impressive titles.
Rometty then shows us how her concept of good power evolved as she grew from a first-time manager to a transformative CEO. Stories told through the lens of five principles-be in service of others; build belief; know what must change and what must endure; steward good tech; be resilient-reveal tools that anyone can apply to achieve real change at any stage of their life and work.
Rometty also encourages us to use good power at scale to bring about urgent societal change. She shares insights from her own journey to create a more equitable world by leading the SkillsFirst movement, which connects underserved populations with family-sustaining jobs by transforming hiring, education, and training.
With heart, humility, and conviction, Good Power offers an inspiring, compelling guide to creating meaningful change in our lives.
Editorial Reviews
"By using a purposeful, practical approach to problem-solving, Rometty demonstrates how to blend authenticity, relationships, and curiosity with vision, rigor, and conviction as she did during her time as the first female CEO of an iconic global company." - INC magazine
Named one of "7 Books by Women Leaders That Will Accelerate Your Success" by CHIEF
"An emotive journey of overcoming adversity in life and the exercising of ethical power in managing change." - Irish Tech News
Named one of "4 of the Most Anticipated Business Books You Need to Read in 2023" by Inc. magazine
Advance Praise for Good Power:
"Rometty's practical wisdom is refreshingly honest and inspiring. Her book will change your definition of power, your relationship to it, and the path you take to earn and deploy it." - Mary Barra, Chair and CEO, General Motors
"Ginni Rometty championed stakeholder capitalism, ethical tech, and inclusion years before they were movements. What will you champion? This book will inspire you to find out and act." - will.i.am, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and artist
"Good Power is a wonderful read, revealing Rometty's personal journey and outlining a movement to reinvent education and create more inclusive and equitable economies." - Indra Nooyi, former Chairman and CEO, PepsiCo
"Ginni Rometty is an inspiring leader who knows that you have what it takes to succeed and improve the world. Her story can be your playbook." - Ray Dalio, #1 New York Times bestselling author, Principles; founder, Bridgewater Associates
"An insightful read that I recommend to anyone interested in how an individual can come to influence the world." - Walter Isaacson, author, Steve Jobs and The Code Breaker
"In Good Power, one of the world's most admired leaders reveals pivotal principles that propelled her success. It's a refreshingly personal, re...
Named one of "7 Books by Women Leaders That Will Accelerate Your Success" by CHIEF
"An emotive journey of overcoming adversity in life and the exercising of ethical power in managing change." - Irish Tech News
Named one of "4 of the Most Anticipated Business Books You Need to Read in 2023" by Inc. magazine
Advance Praise for Good Power:
"Rometty's practical wisdom is refreshingly honest and inspiring. Her book will change your definition of power, your relationship to it, and the path you take to earn and deploy it." - Mary Barra, Chair and CEO, General Motors
"Ginni Rometty championed stakeholder capitalism, ethical tech, and inclusion years before they were movements. What will you champion? This book will inspire you to find out and act." - will.i.am, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and artist
"Good Power is a wonderful read, revealing Rometty's personal journey and outlining a movement to reinvent education and create more inclusive and equitable economies." - Indra Nooyi, former Chairman and CEO, PepsiCo
"Ginni Rometty is an inspiring leader who knows that you have what it takes to succeed and improve the world. Her story can be your playbook." - Ray Dalio, #1 New York Times bestselling author, Principles; founder, Bridgewater Associates
"An insightful read that I recommend to anyone interested in how an individual can come to influence the world." - Walter Isaacson, author, Steve Jobs and The Code Breaker
"In Good Power, one of the world's most admired leaders reveals pivotal principles that propelled her success. It's a refreshingly personal, re...
Readers Top Reviews
JPLukaszRobert Mo
Imagine a world without the Internet, a time when algorithms didn't rule the world and warp our minds. That's the time Ginni came up in. Despite confidence issues and limiting beliefs, Ginni harnessed support from family, colleagues, and from IBM itself to build great success selling enterprise computing in the 70s through 90s (hard sell, right?). Yes, Ginni is a Boomer that won success by avoiding complete incompetence. As Ginni chronicles opportunity after opportunity, you might find yourself wondering, "Where's the layoffs? Where's the fight against greed? Where's the struggle against incompetence? Where's the lies and corporate oppression?" Instead, Ginni tells how leaders helped her to develop the skills and competence necessary to avoid failure in the torrent of career breaks they threw her way. Yes, Ginni worked hard. Yes, Ginni's childhood wasn't ideal. Ginni also built a career in a time where hard work and skill was rewarded, not exploited. Ginni's memoir underlines the Boomer experience, for whom success was a choice (their choice). As a young Gen Xer, Good Power reads like a fairytale of green fields and rainbows and pots of gold. It details how today's corporate overlords came to power. It reveals how special they think they are, how easy they had it, and how they attribute nothing to the rising tide of technology that lifted their boats. Their success? It's all about them. There's inspiration in these pages, but not the kind Ginni may have intended.
Chris NicosiaChri
The story is well structured, engaging and inspiring. If in leadership, even if leading a home, this is a great message we can all learn from!
barbara ritsemaCh
I highly recommend this book, whether you are at the beginning of your career, or at the end. So many wonderful life lessons to be learned, both personally and professionally.
Sandra thompsonba
I am not a reader but I sat down and read two chapters without putting it down and cannot wait to pick it up again. This book is amazing and so interesting and inspiring. I will be getting many more copies to give to it my friends and family to read. It’s a “Win with Gin”! Thanks Ginni!
R DSandra thompso
Many of us that have worked with Ginni know her to be a charismatic, driven leader that asked herself and the team to only give the best for the clients and the larger world that they serve. This book gives an authentic, behind the scenes, first person view of Ginni's humble beginnings and her life experiences that shaped her thinking, as she grew from a line manager to a CEO that has led IBM through multiple transformations. My preordered book came in the mail yesterday and I am almost done reading - it's a fast read!
