Former IBM CEO: 3 rules for leaders

Former IBM CEO: 3 rules for leaders | Ginni Rometty

Рет қаралды 80,753

Күн бұрын

Former IBM CEO Ginni Rometty reveals the secret to “good power.”
Join us for a live Q&A with Ginni on learning to lead ► bigthink.plus/3ThljNV
Subscribe to Big Think on KZfaq ► / @bigthink
Up next, Up next, Don’t chase happiness. Become antifragile ► • Don’t chase happiness....
In her book "Good Power," former IBM CEO Ginni Rometty challenges the negative connotations often associated with the concept of power. She argues that power can be a force for good, and that building belief is at the heart of good power. Building belief involves creating an environment in which people voluntarily want to do something, rather than being ordered to do so out of fear. Rometty suggests that co-creating the future with others, rather than dictating it, is a key element of building belief. It is important to make the process personal by showing empathy for those involved and being authentic and honest about the challenges ahead.
Rometty draws on her own experiences to illustrate these principles. For example, when IBM acquired PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting, she acknowledged the risks involved and showed empathy for the changes employees would have to go through. Ultimately, Rometty believes that building belief and empowering others - rather than attempting to sway them with money - is key to being a successful leader. She urges leaders to focus on building their own power first and then using that power to influence and inspire others toward a common goal.
Read the video transcript ► bigthink.com/series/the-big-t...
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
About Ginni Rometty:
Ginni Rometty was the ninth chairman, president, and CEO of IBM. Under her leadership, the 100-year-old company reinvented 50% of its portfolio, built a $25 billion hybrid cloud business, and established leadership in AI and quantum computing.
Rometty also drove record results in diversity and inclusion and supported the explosive growth of an innovative high school program to prepare the workforce of the future in more than twenty-eight countries. Through her work with the Business Roundtable, Rometty helped redefine the purpose of the corporation. She has been named Fortune's #1 Most Powerful Woman three years in a row, is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, and was honored with the designation of Officier in the French Légion d'Honneur.
Today Rometty serves on multiple boards and cochairs OneTen, a coalition committed to upskilling, hiring, and promoting one million Black Americans by 2030 into family-sustaining jobs and careers.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Read more of our stories on leadership:
15 leadership training topics for forward-thinking organizations
► bigthink.com/plus/leadership-...
How to develop emotional intelligence training for leaders and managers
► bigthink.com/plus/emotional-i...
Interpersonal skills training: 5 lessons for building people skills
► bigthink.com/plus/interperson...
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
About Big Think | Smarter Faster™
► Big Think
The leading source of expert-driven, educational content. With thousands of videos, featuring experts ranging from Bill Clinton to Bill Nye, Big Think helps you get smarter, faster by exploring the big ideas and core skills that define knowledge in the 21st century.
► Big Think+
Make your business smarter, faster: bigthink.com/plus/?...
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Want more Big Think?
► Daily editorial features: bigthink.com/?YouT...
► Get the best of Big Think right to your inbox: bigthink.com/subscribe/?...
► Facebook: BigThinkdotc...
► Instagram: bigthinkers...
► Twitter: bigthink/?...
► LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/theb...

Пікірлер: 85

@bigthink Жыл бұрын

How do you think people can use power for good?

@emmanuelweinman9673 Жыл бұрын

Simply, the power of my mind can make a joke that makes people smile. This effect can be amplified as far as the mind can imagine.

@heinousanus9352 Жыл бұрын

Elon Musk.

@tamirhayat 8 ай бұрын

she is a great woman! a source of inspiration, it is the exact formula to be a sublime leader. resemble goodness, make bonds with people, help and push, uplift good values. people think that to be a leader is to work hard or be manipulative, but in a good society with goodhearted people it is a enormous misconception. the dependency is : better person better leader. i say it from experience, and horde of books in this subject. thanks for this jubilant video. 💚 from israel 🙂 🕍 to any one.

@tamirhayat 8 ай бұрын

of course you can always improve and learn more but it is the foundation stone.

@rodolfomscardoso Жыл бұрын

2:46 1. Don’t dictate, co-create 3:15 2. Make it personal 4:14 3. Be authentic

@eriicamcmanus Ай бұрын

Genious!! Thank you!! I loved this one ❤ is going to be very helpful for my comittee meeting on Monday 🎉

@dheerajpatel2339 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for inspiring us😊

@willbenamedrora5723 Жыл бұрын

Thanks

@north_star8 Жыл бұрын

Emotional intelligence is the cornerstone of a great leader harnessing power for good. And being a leader is in truth being a servant at heart.

@kendralewis2258 Жыл бұрын

0:42 - I really like what she had said. Especially, at this point in the video.

@kendralewis2258 Жыл бұрын

Awe👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

@emmanuelweinman9673 Жыл бұрын

I think the most important quality to have, and also the hardest to maintain, is to admit we don’t know everything. Say what we know and admit what we don’t, otherwise we’ll stay in our own fabricated world.

@ddc5872 Жыл бұрын

Former IBM CEO Ginni Rometty reveals the secret to “good power.” In this video, she talks about how to lead with empathy and how to use power for good. She also shares her experience of being a woman in a male-dominated industry and how she overcame challenges. Here is an outline of the video: Introduction Ginni’s experience as a woman in a male-dominated industry How to lead with empathy How to use power for good

@gorka9020 Жыл бұрын

You mean empathy, like firing "babydinosaurs" , divesting R&D units and running the company into the ground?

@RBIndTexas 6 ай бұрын

❤ it!!!

@pyeitme508 Жыл бұрын

CIA: "Yeah we use power in different ways..."

@D_2peu Жыл бұрын

All do

@brainstemriff Жыл бұрын

Nsa : "I'm gonna go ahead and need you to use these alphabet agencies and numbers stations because reasons"

@tacticalgenius8813 Жыл бұрын

Lmao

@bankuflex7163 Жыл бұрын

Inspiration, wow, okay. Love it!

@pyeitme508 Жыл бұрын

Useful video

@heinousanus9352 Жыл бұрын

Hey 0:30 momma got the heavy bags. 😛

@tugcebalta86 Жыл бұрын

Yeah! Thank you for all...

@nerd26373 Жыл бұрын

We find this video inspiring. Keep up the good work.

@IAn0nI Жыл бұрын

Excellent video.

@DavidByers1eye Жыл бұрын

Thank You . . . 1 Eye . . .

@kirandeepchakraborty7921 Жыл бұрын

Excellent

@LordBrittish Жыл бұрын

“With great power comes great responsibility” -Ben Parker/Stan Lee

@sunilgoyal2957 Жыл бұрын

With great responsibility comes great power

@Catlily5 Жыл бұрын

Both probably.

@trex1517 Жыл бұрын

By has to be or have to be, I was out. Knowing she is gonna talk about her ilussions of her mind( that Changes weekly)

@mummynapkin. Жыл бұрын

@Bill0102 6 ай бұрын

Your content is compelling to the core. A book I read with similar lessons had a life-altering impact. "The Hidden Empire: Inside the Private Worlds of Elite CEOs" by Adam Skylight

@pyeitme508 Жыл бұрын

Seriously IBM, yeah that's some 'good power' u have...

@alriktimo644 Жыл бұрын

The very quote Micheal Angelo hit my nervous system to hit that like

@yan007e4 Жыл бұрын

That's why IBM not #1 IT compamy anymore. It's even not in top 20 NASDAQ!

@robertjansen9237 Жыл бұрын

Thanks. You made my day.

@skycbs Жыл бұрын

IBM isn’t listed on NASDAQ

@ThunderKat Жыл бұрын

Power is simply the ability to manipulate outcomes better than others (a measure), the end. Superman has so much power it can bend even the future of human kind and the Sun has even more as a power source for all living creatures that find balance around it.

@godbear2930 Жыл бұрын

Great advice 👍🏾

@stevemyers2092 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Ginni - these lines of thinking communicating and implementation are very important for young and older manager/owners alike. You can teach an old dog new tricks, old dogs can adapt, new dogs are knowledge hungry. I am soon to be 69 and I learn something every day...new startup launching soon, no reason to stop when its still fun and it's only (still) fun due to attitude. Be well.

@tamirhayat 8 ай бұрын

a great woman! a source of inspiration, it is the exact formula to be a sublime leader (of course you can always improve and learn more but it is the foundation stone). resemble goodness, make bonds with people, help and push, uplift good values. people think that to be a leader is to work hard or be manipulative, but in a good society with goodhearted people it is a enormous misconception. the dependency is : better person better leader. i say it from experience, and horde of books in this subject. thanks for this jubilant video. 💚 from israel 🙂 🕍 to any one.

@byronhotchkiss3254 4 ай бұрын

why? she failed and cost many people their livelihoods.

@banehog Жыл бұрын

Warning! Platitude overload!

@TEMG31 Жыл бұрын

😍🤩😘

@hishamdahud Жыл бұрын

3:44 Nailed it - as I veered into young adulthood and even now at 35 I always have this insecurity I’m blowing it at managing money. Even as I have a savings, investments, bitcoin, passive income… somehow everyone else who appears to be doing better than me, surely MUST be more savvy than me. Nice to know I’m not alone.

@PhantomRaspberryBlower Жыл бұрын

This is pure unadulterated self aggrandisement. This is not thinking this is propoganda

@lorenzoplaserrano8734 Жыл бұрын

I am interested, how so?

@PhantomRaspberryBlower Жыл бұрын

@@lorenzoplaserrano8734 I do good power. Everything i do is good and positive. I make people believe. Everything was bad in Japan then i turned up and did nothing (despite being CEO of a massive company) i mean seriously? I bought a well known consultancy firm and made them feel wonderful. Then be authentic. I mean come on. This is just guff.

@lorenzoplaserrano8734 Жыл бұрын

@@PhantomRaspberryBlower I definitely agree with you, especially when she said, "I could do nothing but listen..." But I do think her advice about building beliefs within people and focusing on the emotions we invoke is extremely valuable.

@vkrgfan Жыл бұрын

Good people do not seek power.

@jaylamare7082 Жыл бұрын

Such as BLACK POWER 🔥🔥 most powerful of them all !!

@stoicism1239 Жыл бұрын

ummm no.

@NikomaGrob Жыл бұрын

Lolwtf calm down Blitler.

@sniperking6321 Жыл бұрын

racist

@ineedtoeatcake Жыл бұрын

What if we cooperated without self-inflicted division by race?

@PerceptionVsReality333 Жыл бұрын

In your dreams 😂

@morgandecker3983 Жыл бұрын

No CEO of a company this large can be a good person, people must be stepped on along the way. “Good” power, what a joke

@arj-sid Жыл бұрын

Power brings change, unless it is to please anyone or any-other it is just and good.

@robertjansen9237 Жыл бұрын

It's power that brings change therefore cultivates the brain's neuro cortex. Thank you

@falconeagle3655 Жыл бұрын

Did it ever work on anybody apart from young girls trying to impress their lovers? Flowery words doesn't help solve real problems.

@thatguyjp2047 Жыл бұрын

Love this. It's so true, don't treat people like slaves or property and you'd be amazed what people can do (we have a saying here called pay peanuts get monkies.) as in people need to reign in their un achievable expectations treat me like a person make me feel welcomed and like I belong and they'll return the feeling 10 fold

@zamolxezamolxe8131 Жыл бұрын

For leaders: "By this axe, i rule". End of story.

@alienvisitor131 Жыл бұрын

Nice in theorie but idiots and assholes will break your spirit

@invox9490 Жыл бұрын

Look, you don't need all these "points", you only need one: Lead by example. That's it. Everything else in bs.

@brunodesrosiers266 Жыл бұрын

Why banal statements, mere common sense becomes ‘Big Think’ just because it got out from a former IBM CEO’s mouth!?

@vercingetorix444 Жыл бұрын

Exactly, and dozens of commenters with these platitudes. This is all overwhelmingly obvious.

@dqskymagne2762 Жыл бұрын

I've known people who believe that I should hold the opinion of them that they hold themselves- but I've learned that saying that you're "good" doesn't mean that you ARE good. Ignoring the grey area between good and white for a moment, I found a lot of the things that she said to be somewhat creepy. I looked at her Wikipedia page and discovered she was a driving force behind artificial intelligence. Artists and writers have been warning us against the dangers of AI for decades if not longer. I tend to be a bit fearful of anyone who doesn't have a fear of technology. Most of the darker predictions are coming true and I just don't see that there's a huge light side to the ongoing tech evolution. It's evolving faster than we are and that scares me. I listen to her and think that for all her talk about good power, she's more a part of the problem than the solution. The meek may inherit the earth but only after tech geeks and clueless corporate types have destroyed it.

@iamstartower Жыл бұрын

do not forgwt to be evil...

@avinashdas1013 Жыл бұрын

If you are the coach, your listners are really efckd.

@GabrielVelasco Жыл бұрын

She led us through 20-something consecutive year-over-year quarterly losses. The bleeding didn't stop until she left. She was one of the worst CEOs and IBM's history. Too much focus on woke crap instead of IBM's technical competencies.

@BigGahmBoss Жыл бұрын

I wonder what her opinion is of IBM's involvement in the holocaust

@georgesoros4223 Жыл бұрын

Bruh, she isnt even born yet when the holocaust happened

@BigGahmBoss Жыл бұрын

@@georgesoros4223 I will let you know when I care. Go ahead and hold your breath

@byronhotchkiss3254 4 ай бұрын

like 24 quarters of revenue loss. Here's the only rule you can learn from her: don't be her. But she did somehow personally made millions as her company failed. So I guess listen if you want to learn how to grift. What a joke.