Power rewires the brain in subtle, often damaging ways—a hidden error code behind many leadership failures. Unsplash

Power changes everyone. We often associate it with the rich and famous, but anyone in a supervisory, managerial or leadership role or who has influence or control over someone or something has power. And this power does things to us, not just in a skin-deep way. Power changes us neurologically and physiologically—at the level of brain cells and hormones—in ways that affect how we think, feel and act. And while these changes can literally empower us, helping us to be effective as leaders, they can also make the job of being a leader much harder.

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