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Good power : leading positive change in our lives, work, and world

Title
Good power : leading positive change in our lives, work, and world / Ginni Rometty.
ISBN
9781647823238
1647823234
9781647823221
Publication
Boston, Massachusetts : Harvard Business Review Press, [2023]
Physical Description
1 online resource (256 pages)
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Includes index.
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 16, 2023).
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Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
"One of the world's most respected leaders, former IBM CEO Ginni Rometty overcame childhood and financial struggles to embark on a groundbreaking career that took her from entry-level engineer to eight years as the first woman CEO of an iconic global company. Forty years in business and public advocacy taught Rometty the transformative power of leadership that blends authenticity, relationships, and curiosity with vision, rigor, and conviction. In her personable yet direct voice, Rometty reveals experiences that taught her how to orchestrate change for clients, companies, and communities. Her lessons and stories offer a blueprint for how we can all drive meaningful change in positive ways-a concept she calls "good power." Good power is a purposeful, practical approach to problem-solving, available to anyone, at any time. It's a choice. The book begins with raw, vivid memories from Rometty's youth and early professional life as she reflects on the trauma and role models that influenced how she later thought about good power. Rometty then shares how she strived to use good power during her career and as a transformative CEO. Five principles-be in service of many stakeholders, build belief among skeptics, make tough choices, champion tech ethics and inclusion, be resilient-show how to navigate tension and build trust on the path to real change. She also shows how good power can scale to address urgent societal issues, even in our polarizing times. She encourages us to make a difference in ways that matter and recounts her own journey leading the skills-first hiring and training movement, providing proven solutions to connect more people to better jobs to create a more equitable future. Inspiring and edifying, Good Power offers a new approach to change that our world needs now"-- Provided by publisher.
Variant and related titles
EBSCO Harvard business publishing collection. OCLC KB.
Other formats
Print version: Rometty, Ginni, 1957- Good power Boston, Massachusetts : Harvard Business Review Press, [2023]
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 29, 2024
Contents
Introduction: What's possible
Part one The power of me: changing a life. Owning my roots
Expanding my world
Listening to my heart
Learning to learn
Being uncomfortable
Part two The power of we: changing work. Being in service of
Building belief
Knowing what must change, what must endure
Stewarding good tech
Being resilient
Part three The power of us: changing our world. Envisioning a better future for more people
Thinking systemically
Creating a movement
Closing: A letter of thanks.
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