The Trial of Pope Benedict XVI

"The crisis facing the church is deeply complicated by the fact that in 1980, as Archbishop of Munich, the future Benedict XVI appears to have mismanaged the assignment of an accused pedophile priest under his charge. . ."

The 2010 TIME 100 Most Influential People

In our annual TIME 100 issue we name the people who most affect our world.

Britain's Gen Y Guy

"Born in 1966, Prime Minister David Cameron has an approach to leadership that mirrors the values of his generation."

Biden's Political Blunders

This article provides a "list of Biden's political blunders."

These Companies Managed to Make a Comeback

"Looking at companies that have come back after business downturns, product problems or corporate scandal, several experts on corporate reputation and crisis management helped Forbes identify 10 companies that have made, or are making, turnarounds after corporate hard times."

Book Excerpt: Open Leadership

"In her new book, Open Leadership, Charlene Li explains how social media is just one force that is requiring leaders to cede control in order to succeed."

How To Punish Leadership Negligence

"Disasters on the scale of the BP oil spill are bound to happen as long as we fail to hold business leaders to an appropriate standard, says author Michael Watkins."

Britain's Gen Y Guy

"Born in 1966, Prime Minister David Cameron has an approach to leadership that mirrors the values of his generation."

10 CEOs Employees Love The Most (Slideshow)

"A new ranking lists the nation's 10 most popular bosses."

Study: Reality Shows Emphasize an Autocratic Leadership Style

"For those who like an autocratic leadership style, U.S. reality programs deliver, with NBC's 'The Apprentice' topping the list, researchers say."

Sources of Worker Dissatisfaction

"The Conference Board reported recently that just 45 percent of workers are satisfied with their jobs, down from 61 percent in 1987. The findings, based on a survey of 5,000 households, show that the decline goes well beyond concerns about job security. Employees are unhappy about the design of their jobs, the health of their organizations and the quality of their managers."

BP's CEO Responding to the Gulf Oil-Spill Disaster

"For CEOs in crisis, the playbook includes a proper appreciation of the gravity of the situation, a sense of calm urgency, and confidence-building rhetoric backed by confidence-building action. So far, Hayward is zero for three."

At Home With Britain's New Power Couple

"The two men have something else in common, which may perhaps derive from their ego-nurturing backgrounds. Both give the strong impression of not being in politics merely to survive or slither to the top. Rather, both have always seemed determined to do something big—buoyed by the innate confidence that they can, and also by a sense that they can always bugger off and do something else if they fail."

How to Stop the Blame Game

"Playing the blame game never works. A deep set of research shows that people who blame others for their mistakes lose status, learn less, and perform worse relative to those who own up to their mistakes. Research also shows that the same applies for organizations. Groups and organizations with a rampant culture of blame have a serious disadvantage when it comes to creativity, learning, innovation, and productive risk-taking."

CEOs' Strategies Outlast Recession

"The recession forced many CEOs to find new ways to run their business—and many are relying on those changes to help fuel growth in the recovery."

Corporate Crises Impact Employees

"Company calamities like the ones playing out at firms such as BP, Goldman Sachs and Toyota do more than just impact a firm’s reputation and bottom line. They also do a number on employees."

Women CEOs Beat Men in Pay in 2009

"While the average earnings for women still lag behind those of men, they're turning the tables in the most exclusive corporate club of all. A new report from Bloomberg News, the leading provider of business news worldwide, shows that women who head the nation's largest companies are earning substantially more than their male counterparts. Their average annual pay over the last few years? Just over $14 million dollars."

The Incredible Shrinking CIO

"Technology leaders no longer have the president's ear at some campuses, and that could spell trouble, they say."

Some Indian Villages Prefer to Put Women in Power

"India’s government caused an uproar in parliament last month when it voted to introduce a new quota system to reserve at least a third of seats in national, state, and local governments for women."

Historical CEO Compensation Chart

Historical CEO Compensation Chart

America's Best-Performing Bosses (Business)

"These 10 chief executives have given shareholders the biggest bang for the buck."

CEO Compensation, 2010

Complete List (500 CEO’s)

Autocratic Bosses Increase Health Costs

"Top-down management -- an autocratic boss who does not listen to employees -- increases healthcare costs, researchers in Spain said."

Obama Wrestles With Growing Stack of Crises

"Many successful presidential candidates like Obama 'go to Washington to change the way Washington does business,' [Presidential Scholar] Cronin said. 'The fact is, once you're there, your agenda gets changed and shaped more than you are the shaper. This again shows that events shape leaders more than leaders shape events.'"

The Fortune Visionaries

"We polled writers, editors and sources to come up with the inaugural list. Here are 8 leaders who see far beyond the borders of their jobs or organizations."

Study: More Attractive CEOs Paid More

"U.S. researchers found chief executive officers who appear competent -- who look the part -- earn more money than less competent-looking CEOs."