In this issue:

thoughts you should know...
...nothing less

Next time you’re feeling bitter, resentful, envious or angry, consider these words from Nelson Mandela in his inauguration speech as the new President of South Africa in 1994. His sentiments followed 27 years of incarceration by a government that had been determined to keep its foot not only on him but on his entire race:

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.

“We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous?'

“Actually, who are you NOT to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world.

“There is nothing enlightening about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. And it's not just in some of us; it's in everyone.

“As we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."

Mandela had every right to be bitter, resentful and violently angry at the world. Yet he chose instead to inspire us to greatness.

Dare to be great, nothing less.

For further insights from the life and mind of Nelson Mandela, see Chapter One of The Arch and the Path: The Life of Leading Greatly by Michael Shenkman, President of the Arch of Leadership, a leader mentoring firm based in Albuquerque and Boston. Click here for more info on Michael’s book: http://www.archofleadership.com/

thoughtleader university...
...Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Thoughtleaders have been with us through the ages, so it occurred to us we should spotlight from time to time thoughtleaders from days gone by. Here’s the first one, posted on our website, Elizabeth Cady Stanton: http://www.thoughtleading.com/tlspeak/tlprof_jun06.htm

• “Making Acquired Medical Device Products Successful” by John J. Genova, Director of Business Development and Account Management for Intertech Engineering Associates, in Mass High Tech. John was also quoted in a Mass High Tech article about plans by leading US hospitals to increase their information technology budgets in 2006.

• “Speaking Well Is Defining Factor Of Successful CEO” by Suzanne Bates, President of Bates Communications, in IndUS Business Journal. Her article is based on her best-seller Speak Like A CEO: Secrets For Commanding Attention And Getting Results, which has just been accepted for translation into Russian.

• Doug Wolf, Shareholder at Wolf Greenfield, was ranked 44 th among the nation’s trademark attorneys according to NameProtect, a leading trademark research firm. Doug was also quoted in IP Law 360 in a story about trade dress challenges.

• “Navigating the Recent Ebbs and Tides of Business Method Patenting” by Edmund J. Walsh, Counsel and Daniel P. McLoughlin, Associate at Wolf, Greenfield in New England In-House

• A Manager’s Guide to Strategic Retirement Plan Management, a new book by Dan Cassidy, President of Argus Consulting Ltd, was officially published by John Wiley & Sons on May 25, 2006.

• “Businesses Lose More Than Messages With Lost E-Mail” and “With Care, Portable Devices Carry Acceptable Risk,” both by Vin D’Amico, President of Damicon LLC, in his monthly column “Virtual Business” in IndUS Business Journal

• “Why Top Professional Women Still Feel Like Outsiders” by Denise Cormier, President of Cormier Associates, in Employment Relations Today

• “The Value Of A Good Yarn-Tell A Compelling Story And Watch The Gains Multiply” by Dan Roller, Managing Partner with Performance Lab Inc., in US Industry Today. Also by Dan: “Effective Execution: Focus Trumps Balance Every Time” in Executive Insights

• “For Strategic Initiatives to Work, Try Thinking ‘Backward’” by Nick Craig, Managing Principal of Potentia Consulting, in Contact Professional Magazine

• “Solid Strategy, Sound Management: Keys To Testing Software” by David Vogel, President of Intertech Engineering Associates Inc., in Medical Product Outsourcing. Also by Dave: “Validating Software For Manufacturing Processes” in Medical Device Link, and his comments on verifying, validating and testing software, as reported by Control Engineering Magazine. These thoughts were based on Dave’s participation in conference sessions at Medical Design and Manufacturing West 2006.

• Ed Walsh, Counsel at Wolf Greenfield, was quoted in an article on business method patents in IP Frontline.

• “Ignore Your Audience! Appeal to The CEO’s Ego! How To Guarantee Your Press Releases Will Be Completely Ignored” by Henry Stimpson, our PR Czar, in Public Relations Tactics

• Vanessa Kitchen, an emersongroup summer 2005 intern, has been accepted by Columbia University for its Summer Publishing Program this year and by NYU School of Journalism for a master’s program starting in the fall.