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Facebook won the most-shared-story week with its $1 billion purchase of Instagram. Of the Top 10 articles shared by professionals, four were about the purchase. But on a much more personal level, the social network also made news. This time, though, it was COO Sheryl Sandberg’s admission that she leaves work at 5:30 p.m., has been doing so since she had her first child, and is no longer ashamed to admit it.

Top 5 most-shared articles by LinkedIn members (April 5, 2012 — April 12, 2012) Follow @LinkedInToday

Here’s an idea for a new game: Would You Rather, The Business Edition. Here goes: Would you rather work for Han Solo or Don Vito Corleone? Pros and cons of Han: Goes out of his way to help you when you’re stuck (in a cave with a hungry wampa, for example), but also a selfish boss who shoots first (you’re fired). On the Corleone front: Your manager has so much respect that every project you work on gets plenty of resources and support. On the other hand: You quake in fear of ending up on his bad side. The topic of fictional, troubled heroes as leadership icons comes thanks to Forbes and Fast Company, which coincidentally both dug into the issue recently, winning two of the top 5 most-read-story of the week slots. Here’s the full list:

Top 5 most-shared articles by LinkedIn members (March 21, 2012 — March 28, 2012) Follow @LinkedInToday

Today, I was going to create a venn diagram comparing the Five Personalities of Innovators and the Six Habits of True Strategic Thinkers in order to find the Three Habits You Need To Become a Strategic Innovator. Would have made a great blog post. But then I realized that I had worked well beyond 40 hours this week and as the second most-shared story of the week points out the chances of the output being any good were dangerously low. This is something managers of the Mad Men era once knew, but the link between long-hours and lost-productivity has been lost in the information age. First, the list:

Top 5 most-shared articles by LinkedIn members (March 21, 2012 — March 28, 2012) Follow @LinkedInToday

You may think you’re prepared for every question that could come up in a job interview. But here’s a new one: “what’s your Facebook password?” In one of the most widely shared stories on LinkedIn this week, the Associated Press reports that companies are getting aggressive about peeking at your social networking profiles. Many job hunters have tightened their Facebook privacy settings so that the details of their personal lives don’t jeopardize a potential job. But some employers are trying tactics to bypass those obstacles, including asking potential new hires to log in at the job interview, or “friend” human resources managers to get around those settings.

Top 5 most-shared articles by LinkedIn members (March 16, 2012 — March 22, 2012) Follow @LinkedInToday