Good Power: Leading Positive Change in Our Lives, Work, and World

Former IBM CEO Jinni Rometty shares a powerful combination of memoir, leadership lessons, and big ideas about how we can all promote meaningful change. In Good Power, Jinni Rometty, who led one of the world's most iconic companies, recounts her groundbreaking journey from a difficult childhood to becoming CEO of IBM and one of the world's most influential business leaders.

In a candid and in-depth account of his life and career milestones, Rometty redefines power as a way to inspire meaningful change in a positive way for himself, his organization, and the many, not the few. Rometti's "Memoir with Purpose" combines her life-defining experiences, personal hurdles, critical decisions, and passionate advocacy with practical advice from coaching sessions to highlight the lessons that shape authentic leadership. Behind-the-scenes episodes and practical guidelines provide a blueprint for how we can all excel to advance our careers, inspire our teams, improve our companies, and create a healthier society.

The book begins with Rometti's vivid memories of her youth and early professional career, and her recollections of traumas and role models form the belief that how you lead is as important as what you accomplish. Early on, Rometty learned that superior power is a choice that anyone can make, even someone without money, status, or a respectable title. And Rometti shows us how the concept of "superior power" evolved as he grew from a first-time manager to a transformational CEO.

Told through five principles-serving others, building beliefs, knowing what to change and what to endure, managing excellence, and becoming resilient-the story shows tools that anyone can apply to make real change at any stage of life or work.

Rometty also recommends harnessing the power of excellence on a large scale to bring about urgent social change. Rometty will share insights from his own journey to create a more equitable world by leading the "Skills First" movement to connect underserved people to family-oriented jobs by transforming employment, education, and training. Filled with heart, humility, and conviction, Good Power is an inspiring and compelling guide to making meaningful change in our lives.