"Power is given to those individuals, groups, or nations who advance the interests of the greater good in socially-intelligent fashion. Yet unfortunately, having power renders many individuals as impulsive and poorly attuned to others as your garden-variety frontal lobe patient, making them prone to act abusively and lose the esteem of their peers. What people want from leaders—social intelligence—is what is damaged by the experience of power."
This article lays out the research on power (and blows apart Robert Greene's "48 Laws of Power" in the process).
Source: http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/power_paradox/
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