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Using the power that comes with leadership ethically and effectively is a make-or-break competency, and one that's largely overlooked, according to an expert coach.

Positions of power have "a set of behavioural competencies that need to be mastered", says leadership specialist Julie Diamond, the founder of Diamond Leadership and the author of Power: A User's Guide.

"Power shapes, it normalises, it sends the message: 'this is okay'. And it's not just what a leader does, it's what they don't do," she tells HR Daily.

This includes, for example, when a leader doesn't call somebody out, or name a behaviour as inappropriate, or follow up with people, or hold them accountable...