Study Shows U.S. Bank CEO Pay Dwarfs Rest of World

"Jiang, chairman of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, made just $234,700 in 2008. That's less than 2 percent of the $19.6 million awarded to Jamie Dimon, chief executive of the world's fourth-largest bank, JPMorgan Chase & Co. The contrast illustrates the massive differences in pay among the CEOs of the world's top banks. The compensation of the CEOs of the largest U.S. banks towers above what's paid to banking chiefs in other parts of the world, according to a Reuters analysis of pay at the 18 biggest banks by market value."

Brain Scans 'Provide Clue to Leadership Skills'

"A U.S. professor claims he has identified the parts of the brain that help to make someone a good leader. Pierre Balthazard, an associate professor at the Carey School of Business at Arizona State University, also says he can use neuroscientific techniques to help people improve the skills that play a part in leadership. Balthazard uses electroencephalography (EEG) to produce a "brain map" of his subjects. By attaching electrodes to their heads, he says he can measure electrical activity generated by neurons in their brain."

Managers Find it Hard to Make Demands

"As a manager, you're expected to make demands of other people. So why do many find it so hard? Ron Ashkenas, managing partner at Robert H. Schaffer & Associates in Stamford, Conn., and author of the upcoming book 'Simply Effective: How to Cut Through Complexity in Your Organization and Get Things Done,' says it stems from an innate desire to be liked. . ."

A Declaration of Inconclusiveness

Interesting article about how DNA evidence is inconclusive as to whether Thomas Jefferson fathered any children of Sally Hemmings.

Twenty Tips for CEOs

This is a slideshow from Businessweek: Twenty Tips for CEOs

50% of Female Supervisors Experience Sexual Harassment

"Fifty percent of women supervisors, but one-third of women who do not supervise others, reported workplace sexual harassment, U.S. researchers said."

Peter Guber on Sharing Stories, not Just Information, to Communicate Effectively

Knowledge Wharton Article - Peter Guber on Sharing Stories, not Just Information, to Communicate Effectively

The Mindset of a Problem-Finder

Knowledge Wharton Article - The Mindset of a Problem-Finder

Forbes List - 100 Most Powerful Women

Forbes List - 100 Most Powerful Women

The Secret Source of Unlimited Leaders

Neil Cole Article - The Secret Source of Unlimited Leaders

10 Ways to be a Better Thinker

CNN Article - 10 Ways to be a Better Thinker

Ten Ways to Judge a President

Ten Ways to Judge a President article from Knowledge Wharton.

World Leaders - An Online Directory

"The CIA publishes and updates the online directory of Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments regularly. The directory is intended to be used primarily as a reference aid and includes as many governments of the world as is considered practical, some of them not officially recognized by the United States." (Refdesk.com)

USA Today: Presidential Approval Tracker

"The Gallup organization first started asking Americans how they approved of the job the president was doing in the 1940s. See how each president since then has fared in the approval poll, look at some news events that influenced public opinion and compare how approval ratings evolved for each president." The Presidential Approval Tracker is A USA Today feature.