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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.

• Learn how Mary Barra's willingness to take on diverse assignments helped steer her career trajectory
• Examine the fine details of Barra's management style and her ability to relate to colleagues
• Discover the qualities and experiences Barra had that drove her to lead this male-dominated profession
• Study the valuable lessons Barra learned at each stage in he rprofessional life, and why they stuck with her throughout her journey to the top

Barra is most certainly a pioneer for women in business, but she's also a living lesson as to how far the right outlook, skills, and drive can take you in your career. Road to Power explores the talent and the mindset that got her all the way to thetop.

"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

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.

	Preface
	Acknowledgments
	Introduction. Dodge’s La Femme: Women and Cars	1
1	The Firebird: A Childhood Dream	7
2	The Red Chevette: Driving Lessons	15
3	The Fiero: Trial by Fire	23
4	Chevy Blazer: Groundbreaking Laws	35
5	Chevy Malibu: Expanding Vistas	43
6	Buick Skylark: a View from the Top	51
7	Oldsmobile Intrigue: Hearts and Minds	63
8	Buick Le Sabre: Fixing Hamtramck	71
9	Chevy Avalanche: the Road to Ruin	81
10	The Volt: Shocked into Action	87
11	Chevy Cruze: ‘No More Crappy Cars’	97
12	The Chevy Cobalt: End of the Honeymoon	107
13	Cadillac Escalade: Climbing Back	121
14	Buick Encore: Finding the Next Mary Barra	135
	Afterword
	Appendix
	Bibliography
	About the Author
	Index

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