Corporate Finance Chiefs' Pay Up 19%

"Chief financial officers are taking on more responsibility and getting paid more for it, as their companies come off a successful year, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. The 2010 median salaries of CFOs for S&P 500 companies increased by 19 percent from a year earlier to $2.9 million, the paper's survey showed. Pay fell 5 percent in 2009 from 2008."

Blagojevich Guilty of Trying to Sell Obama's Old Senate Seat

"The federal jury found him guilty on 17 of 20 counts of corruption. The jury deadlocked on two counts and found him not guilty of one count."

Who Really Wants to be President?

Interview with presidential historian Alvin Felzenberg, author of The Leaders We Deserved and a Few We Didn't: Rethinking the Presidential Rating Game.

Pauline Nyiramasuhuko: Profile of Rwandan Woman Killer

"Sixty-five-year old Pauline Nyiramasuhuko, who has been sentenced to life in prison, has been described as a tyrant and one of the key players in instigating the Rwandan genocide in the south-western border town of Butare."

Half of U.S. Evangelical Leaders Gloomy About Future, Study Finds

"Half the world's evangelical Protestant leaders are optimistic about the future, confident that evangelical Christians have an increasing influence in their countries and that things will be better for them in five years. The other half are pessimists, convinced they're losing influence on the life of their countries and mostly not persuaded that things will be better for Christianity where they live in the future."

Mission Critical: 15 Principles to Help Leaders Meet Their Toughest Challenges

"In his new book, The Leader's Checklist, Wharton management professor Michael Useem presents a collection of 15 principles that can help leaders navigate successfully through even the most difficult circumstances. . .Useem, who is director of Wharton's Center for Leadership and Change Management, talked with Knowledge@Wharton about his book."

The 2010 Global IBM CEO Study

The 2010 Global IBM CEO Study involved "over 1500 face-to-face interviews—the largest known study of its kind with CEOs from companies of all sizes across 60 countries, representing 33 industries." A Youtube discussion summarizing some of the results of the study is here.

Why American Management Rules the World

"The U.S. may lag at soccer, but Americans are the Brazilians of the boardroom, according to a group of European researchers."

Human Hands, God's Fingerprints

"We asked pastors and worship planners how they design times of worship that lead to Christ-likeness, not just to more hard-to-please consumers of worship services."

Access and Equity -- Worldwide

"University leaders from approximately 80 countries gathered for the triennial International Association of University Presidents conference this weekend."

Catholic Bishops Keep Abuse Prevention Policy

"The nation's Roman Catholic bishops on Thursday renewed their plan to prevent clergy sex abuse, making only minor revisions despite lapses in some dioceses that created pressure for more dramatic change."

Southern Baptists Adopt Plan to Appeal to Minorities

"With the election of a black pastor to a senior position this week and a new action plan to increase ethnic diversity in its leadership, the Southern Baptist Convention has taken its most concrete steps yet to overcome a history of racial exclusion and to broaden its appeal in a changing American population."

Workers Not as Loyal as Companies Think

"Recently, insurance and financial services firm MetLife released a new study indicating that not only is employee loyalty at its lowest point since 2008, but that some employers evidently aren't aware of this fact."

Tough Calls: How 40 CEOs Made Their Career-defining Decisions

"Motivated by his own experience, Steinbaum decided to explore similar defining moments of other CEOs. The results of his efforts have been compiled in an insightful volume titled, 'Tough Calls from the Corner Office: Top Business Leaders Reveal Their Career-Defining Moments.'"

Fortune 500 CEOs: Where Did They Go to B-School?

Interesting information both on Fortune 500 CEOs and their Business Schools and millionaires who did not attend college.