Got a Decision to Make? Have Some Sugar, Study Says

"If you're about to try to negotiate a pay rise, it might be a good idea to have a sugary drink beforehand, according to a study published this week in Psychological Science."

The Leadership Triangle

"Learn how to solve the three kinds of problems your church faces."

Latest CEO Accessory: A Chief of Staff

"These days it's a chief of staff, a top-level adviser who's part confidant, part gatekeeper, and part all-around strategic consultant. While that has long been a key position in politics, many top executives are now adding this person to the payroll."

Embarrassing Things That Didn't Stop People From Getting Elected

"Scott Brown won the Senate race in Massachusetts in spite of a nude pictorial in a 1982 Cosmopolitan magazine spread that made his detractors titter. Here's a look at other politicians who emerged victorious despite past indiscretions."

Bad Bosses: What Kind Are You?

This slideshow presents many different ways in which a boss can be bad.

The Status Report: Assessing the Obama Administration’s First Year

"During the presidential transition, Brookings scholars wrote a series of policy recommendations in 12 memos to incoming President Barack Obama. In January 2010, one year into the new presidency, our experts rated the progress of the new administration on those same issues in The Status Report, a series of daily commentary and video."

Workplace Blame Is Contagious and Detrimental

"Blaming mistakes on others is socially contagious, according to a new study. Just watching someone pawn their failures off on another can make you do the same to protect your self-image."

White House, CEOs Talk Management

"Mr. Obama last Thursday took time out from the Haiti crisis and health-care negotiations to welcome 50 chief executive officers from an array of companies including soft-drink giant PepsiCo Inc., apparel maker Liz Claiborne Inc. and farm-machinery maker John Deere & Co. to discuss how to make the government run more efficiently."

Recession Takes Toll on University President Pay

"A survey released Monday by the Chronicle of Higher Education showed compensation packages of chief executives at public schools leveling off in 2008-2009, rising a relatively modest 2.3 percent. One in 10 saw their pay decline. Some who did get raises or bonuses gave the money back to their schools."

Obama After One Year: The Loneliest Job

". . .But the real loneliness of the office does not come from old friends preening and new ones pretending. It comes from the nature of the job. Dwight D. Eisenhower recalled how as a general, before D-Day, he had to decide whether to send two paratroop divisions into a sector where 9 out of 10 would probably be slaughtered. . ."

Martin Luther King Article

"No Christian played a more prominent role in the 20th century's most significant social justice movement."

MLK-LBJ Phone Chats Resonate in Obama Era

"As the USA celebrates the first King holiday with a black president, University of Virginia scholars are poring over 1965 telephone conversations between Martin Luther King and President Lyndon Johnson that foreshadowed President Obama's election."

Pastors' Work Hours Tallied in New Survey

"Protestant pastors in America are working long hours, sometimes at the expense of relationships with church members, prospects, family and even the Lord, according to a LifeWay Research study released Jan. 5."

Business Guru Daniel Pink on What Fuels Good Work Read more: http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1952993,00.html?CNN=YES#ixzz0cWeB8X9m

"Motivating people by dangling money in front of them doesn't always work. Nor do a host of other traditional business incentives. Instead, argues Daniel Pink, an author who worked as a speechwriter for Vice President Al Gore, people are often fueled by intrinsic motivations — like the simple desire to do good work. . ."

Dopamine Levels in Brain 'Influence Decision Making'

"Dopamine, a chemical with a key role in setting people's moods, could have a much wider-ranging impact on their everyday lives, research suggests."

Blinded to Self by Rose-Colored Glasses

"The study, published in NeuroImage, found subjects who had accurate views of themselves showed four times more frontal lobe activation than the most extreme 'rose-colored glasses' wearers."

Studies: Powerful Easier on Themselves Than Others

"Power makes people stricter in moral judgment of others but less strict on their own behavior, Dutch and U.S. researchers suggest."

Small-College Presidents Hear Tips on Building a Leadership Team

"A gathering here this week sponsored by the Council of Independent Colleges was a chance for the 355 small-college presidents who attended to share tips and exchange success stories as well as concerns. The association's Presidents Institute is the largest meeting in the country of college presidents all year."

Peter Drucker's Revolutionary Teachings Decades Old But Still Fresh

"His philosophy on business management and the corporation's role in society need to be relearned by company leaders every few years."

GQ - Three Leaders Top Worst-Dressed Men List

"Prime Minister Gordon Brown has received a pre-election kick in the pants, being named the worst-dressed man of the year by GQ magazine. Brown, who faces a gruelling battle at this year's general election, beat off competition from French President Nicolas Sarkozy, comedian Russell Brand and reclusive North Korean leader Kim Jong-il for the title."

A Report Card on Obama's First Year

"While the nation's 44th President has not been overmatched, he has not yet mastered the role either. A look at five things Obama is doing better than you may realize — and five things he is doing worse."

Leadership Article on Germany's Angela Merkel

"Now, as the emboldened leader of Europe's most populous nation and most powerful economy, Merkel has the ability to make her personality and priorities count on a global stage. But what, exactly, does she want to do with her power? And how will she go about doing it?"

Holiness Fire-Starter (Phoebe Palmer)

"Transformed by her child's fiery death, Phoebe Palmer lit the flames of revival on two continents."

A Decade of Technology Unites, Divides the World

"As we ring in a new decade, what should we wish for? Perhaps to pay closer attention to how advances in technology can not only instantly change our lives but also drive our history."

Business Psychoanalyst: Raise Your Communication IQ

Alexander Stein, Ph.D., is a business psychoanalyst in New York City and a principal in the Boswell Group and Triad Consulting. He gives insights for better business communication.

Interview With Author on Francis Asbury

John Wigger explains how Francis Asbury left his fingerprints all over American Christianity."