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Ginni Rometty is an American business executive best known for her tenure as Chairman, President, and CEO of IBM from 2012 to 2020. She was the first woman to lead the company and is recognized for her work in advancing technology-driven transformation and advocating for responsible leadership.
Known for: Good Power: Leading Positive Change in Our Lives, Work, and World
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Good Power: Leading Positive Change in Our Lives, Work, and World
In Good Power, former IBM CEO Ginni Rometty argues that power is one of the most misunderstood forces in modern life. It is not automatically corrupting, nor is it valuable simply because someone possesses it. Its real meaning depends on how it is used: to protect, elevate, include, and create opportunity—or to control, exclude, and serve narrow interests. Blending memoir, leadership philosophy, and practical management lessons, Rometty traces how her own life shaped this conviction, from a childhood marked by hardship to leading one of the world’s most influential technology companies through major transformation. Along the way, she reflects on resilience, accountability, trust, ethical decision-making, and the responsibility leaders carry when their choices affect employees, customers, and communities. What makes this book especially relevant is that Rometty does not present leadership as a title or a status symbol. She presents it as a discipline of courage and service. Drawing on decades at IBM and her work expanding economic opportunity through OneTen, she offers a grounded, experience-based guide to using influence well—in business, in institutions, and in everyday life.
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Adversity Can Become Leadership Training
Some of the strongest leadership lessons arrive long before anyone has formal authority. Rometty begins with her early life, shaped by instability after her father left and her mother had to raise four children alone. What she observed was not self-pity but determination. Her mother found work, rest...
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Entering Big Systems Requires Initiative
Large institutions rarely hand you a clear path; you earn one by stepping into ambiguity. When Rometty joined IBM, she entered an organization with deep technical excellence, a strong identity, and a legacy of influence. But like many established companies, IBM was also facing disruption and interna...
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Leadership Means Becoming More Than Expert
The skills that win individual success are not the same skills that sustain leadership. Rometty describes leadership evolution as a shift from personal achievement to institutional responsibility. Early in a career, people are rewarded for expertise, reliability, and execution. But as scope expands,...
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Transformation Demands Courageous Strategic Bets
Organizations do not transform by celebrating their past; they transform by confronting what the future requires. One of the book’s central leadership stories is Rometty’s role in helping reshape IBM as technology markets shifted. Rather than protecting legacy businesses at all costs, she pushed IBM...
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Trust Is Built During Difficult Change
People do not need leaders most when everything is smooth; they need them when the path ahead is unclear. Rometty highlights that leading through change is fundamentally a trust challenge. Strategic plans matter, but change succeeds only when people believe that leadership is credible, honest, and c...
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Empathy and Inclusion Strengthen Performance
Empathy is often mistaken for softness, but in Rometty’s framework it is a strategic capability. To lead well, you must understand how decisions land on real people with different backgrounds, constraints, and opportunities. Inclusion is not merely about representation in a headcount report. It is a...
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About Ginni Rometty
Ginni Rometty is an American business executive best known for her tenure as Chairman, President, and CEO of IBM from 2012 to 2020. She was the first woman to lead the company and is recognized for her work in advancing technology-driven transformation and advocating for responsible leadership. Afte...
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Ginni Rometty is an American business executive best known for her tenure as Chairman, President, and CEO of IBM from 2012 to 2020. She was the first woman to lead the company and is recognized for her work in advancing technology-driven transformation and advocating for responsible leadership. Afte...
Ginni Rometty is an American business executive best known for her tenure as Chairman, President, and CEO of IBM from 2012 to 2020. She was the first woman to lead the company and is recognized for her work in advancing technology-driven transformation and advocating for responsible leadership. After retiring from IBM, she co-founded OneTen, a coalition focused on creating career opportunities for Black Americans.
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