How leaders use power matters. The effective use of power is key to influencing and leading others, yet research tells us that many women have difficulty in seeing themselves as powerful.  They often associate power with control over others and distance themselves from that type of leadership, preferring to think of themselves as ‘effective’ and ‘influential’.

In reality, how leaders use power effectively is a complex matter and has a direct impact on workplace culture, employee motivation and performance.  

Our research at Hult International Business School (awaiting publication) looked at how women can develop a positive relationship with their own power, and particularly at whether they could learn to see the value of relational power in the workplace using avatars (a digital representation of self), in a virtual reality environment. 

Read more at: https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/develop/talent/how-avatars-in-virtual-worlds-enable-womens-leadership-development