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Road to Power: How GM's Mary Barra Shattered the Glass Ceiling Laura Colby 
 Format: Hardcover, 192pp. ISBN: 9781118972632 Publisher: Bloomberg Press/Wiley Pub. Date: March 9, 2015 Average Customer Review: 
For Bulk Orders Call: 626-441-2024  Description and Reviews From The Publisher: Follow a pioneer's journey from factory floor to CEO Road to Power is the story of how Mary Barra drove herself to the pinnacle of a company that steers the nation's wealth. Beginning as a rare female electrical engineer and daughter of a General Motors die maker, Barra spent more than thirty yearsbuilding her career before becoming the first woman to ever lead a global automaker. With $155 billion in sales and 200,000 employees,GM is widely considered to be a proxy for the U.S. economy, making Barra's position arguably the most important corporate role a woman has ever held. This book describes the personal character, choices, and leadership style that enabled her to break through the glass ceiling. 52-year-old Mary Barra was named CEO of General Motors in 2013, only people outside of the company were surprised. She had done everything from working on the factory floor to overseeing manufacturing, from improving union relations to paring down bureaucracy, and from running human resources to helping drag the company back from its 2009 bankruptcy. This book details each step of her career, and the lessons she learned along the way.
Reviews "Fascinating ... It's a must-read for those who want to understand more about Barra's rise." —Detroit Free Press With a journalist's keen eye for fascinating details, Colby's biography shows how Mary Barra found her fascination with cars, developed her leadership style, and maneuvered through the corporate obstacle course to the very top of a challenging, changing industry. Barra's compelling story is sure to help women everywhere gain the confidence to reach higher. —Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Harvard Business School professor and best-selling author of Confidence Mary Barra may have been under the radar nationally, but she for many years was excelling in every position to which she was assigned at GM. As Laura Colby so well documents, Ms. Barra is well prepared for every challenge and may well emerge as one of the most effective leadersin this storied company's history. —Mary Sue Coleman, President Emerita, University of Michigan
About the Author Laura Colby is a reporter at large for Bloomberg News in New York, covering women in the global economy and education. Prior to 2013, she was the managing editor of Bloomberg Markets, the monthly global finance magazine. Laura has also worked for The Wall Street Journal, Fortune, and the International Herald Tribune. Table of Contents
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