Leadership in the News * How the Mighty Fall - From Eliot Spitzer to Tiger Woods, leaders falling to temptation. * AIG pay issues are back again - Fresh Pay Skirmish Erupts at AIG (WSJ subscriber content) * Most Americans feel that President Obama doesn't deserve the Nobel Peace Prize (Voice of America article)

Social Media Minute * Washington Post's On Leadership section + Ed O'Malley panelist (Weekly Leader 22 and 23) * December 2009 Leadership Development Carnival at Inflexion Point Blog

Research Report of the Week * Center for Creative Leadership whitepaper: The Leadership Skills Gap: What you need and don't have when it comes to leadership talent (PDF) by Jean B. Leslie, June 2009

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Music * Intro: Trance Sends by Trance Blackman * The Future of Life by Jake Niemi