I saw this point on LinkedIn from Leise Passer Jensen and it resonated with me… powerfully.—
No-one could have warned me about this prior to my first leadership job:
𝙄𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙥𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙢𝙖𝙮 𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛.
This is scary:
Contemporary research now shows that…
… everyone is predisposed to abusing power. So that includes you and me.
The most dangerous threat for leaders is …power.
Power corrupts and may change your brain.
Its consequential behavior can harm ourselves and others.
Few people were told this before they accept an appointed leadership role. That can be dangerous for us as leaders as well as for those who are subjected to our leadership.Power changes the brain!