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• thoughtleader university… seminars and radio
• thoughts and actions… our team in action
• welcome... to our newest thoughtleaders
• thoughtleader spotlight… kudos to our thoughtleaders for their recent victories

 

thoughts and actions...
...our team in action

This month, our crack emersongroup team swung into action with a variety of thoughtleading projects, including:

• “Successfully Growing Your Consulting Practice with Publications, Presentations and Products," a panel presentation on implementing a thoughtleading strategy, featuring our West Coast Manager Patricia Coate to IMC USA’s Oregon and Southwest Washington group

• “Be Sure to Maximize the Power of Your Published Articles” by our Admin Scribe Madeline Vellturo, about how to leverage publishing victories, published in IndUS Business Journal

• “Creative Connection” by our Chief Imaginative Officer Ken Lizotte, about how to generate creativity thinking and action, published in Outdoor Advertising Magazine

• Research on book promotion strategies, currently being developed for an article by our Spring 2007 Intern Jon Schneyer. NOTE: See Jon’s bio at: http://www.thoughtleading.com/jschneyer_bio.htm

• “A Tale of Montreal” by our Summer 2007 Intern Chloe Lizotte, about her 7th grade’s group trip to Canada, published in the Concord (Massachusetts ) Journal, and winner of Sanborn Middle School ’s French class essay contest.

• “Selfless Wish: Cancer Survivor Uses Gift to Help Improve School Field” by our Summer 2005 Intern (now with Sports Illustrated) Vanessa Kitchen, about an unusual Make-a-Wish request, published on SI.com

For more info on any of these projects, or to be emailed a copy of a published article, email us at inq@thoughteadling.com

 

welcome...
...to our newest thoughtleaders

Longfellow Benefits, an insurance brokerage and consulting firm serving corporate clients in such areas as health and welfare, retirement and executive benefits with “a commitment to excellence and passion for our mission (that) passes onto our clients and differentiates us from our competition.”   

Timothy Swords, Managing Principal, T. Swords and Associates, a consulting firm that assists executives in building robust strategy, pragmatic implementation plans and high performance teams

Jim Edholm, Business Benefits Inc., an employee benefits and group insurance broker serving client companies with an eye toward helping them provide employee benefits intelligently

Ron Bourque, President, Bourque Associates International, a management consulting firm with international experience helping organizations improve performance to meet competitive challenges

• Shelley Hall, President of Catalytic Management, spoke about “Growing Your Business Through Customer Retention: 10 No-Fail Practices” for the eWomenNetwork “Accelerated Networking” dinner event

• “Is My Network Costing Me Money I’m Not Accounting For?” by Paul Cronin, Vice President of Atrion Networking, in Industry Week Online

• “New Techniques for Training and Motivating Your Multicultural Management Team” by Jinsoo Terry, Founder and CEO of Advanced Global Connections in Employment Relations Today. Jinsoo also published “Cultural Diversity Will Help Grow Bottom Line” in IndUS Business Journal.

• “Your Friend, The Angry Customer” by Chuck Dennis, Principal of Knowledgence Associates, in Executive Matters, published by the American Management Association

• “When to Use an Executive Search Firm and How to Get the Most Out of the Relationship” by Barry Shulman, Founder of Shulman Executive Search and Gordon Chiang, Partner at Shulman Associates in Employment Relations Today. Barry and Gordon also published “The Role of Communications in Corporate America: More Complex and Critical than Ever” in CEO Refresher.

• Fred Green, Chairman of The CEO Club of Boston, delivered the keynote address to the graduating class of Veterans Upward Bound, located at UMass Boston. Fred also published the article “Why CEOs Need a Watering Hole” in the April issue of CEO Refresher

• “Don’t Take Any Chances: Avoiding Liability in Establishing a Sweepstakes” by Michael A. Albert, Chair of the litigation practice group at Wolf, Greenfield, and Hunter Keeton, Associate with the same group, in New England In-House Counsel. Michael was also quoted in a Boston Business Journal story, “Domain Name Buyer Says Italian Tire Giant Off Track,” and interviewed by IP Law 360, Boston Business Journal and New England Jury Verdict Review & Analysis about a $12.5 million patent infringement decision he won for his client Diomed

• “Treating Your IT Network like A Utility? Welcome to the Here and Now” by Charles L. Nault, Chair of Atrion Networking Corporation, in School Business Affairs. Charlie also published the article “Disaster Looms! Why Viewing Your IT Systems as a “Utility” is a MUST” in CEO Refresher

• Robert A. Simpkins and Behnaz Sekechi, Principals of Global Crosswinds LLC, have signed a contract with HRD Press to publish their book, Not Just Another Pretty Binder! Strategic Planning: Creating an Integrated and Actionable Strategic Plan

• “Legacy Devices And Software Regulatory Compliance” by Bob Barrett, Principal Engineer, Intertech Engineering Associates, in Medical Design Magazine

• Ron Bourque, President, Bourque Associates International, has signed a contract with Father‘s Press to publish his new book Disturbing Questions

• “Leader Mentoring: the Magic that Builds True Leaders” by Michael Shenkman, author of The Arch and The Path: the Life of Leading Greatly (Sandia Heights Media).and President of the Arch of Leadership, and Bonnie Gorbaty, Arch’s Boston Associate, in CEO Refresher. Michael was also interviewed by Restaurant Hospitality for an article about mentoring in the restaurant industry.

• “Unit-Level Software Testing: Extra Effort Upfront Saves Time and Boosts Safety” by Dave Bernazzani, Principal Software Engineer at Intertech Engineering Associates, in Today’s Medical Developments

• “Industry Change Spells Opportunity, Not Doom” by Jeff Starfield, Founder and President of CD\Works, in IndUS Business Journal

• Chris Poe, Technology Director for Atrion Networking Corporation, was interviewed by the Providence Business News about the computer systems challenges regarding daylight savings time (DST). His comments were also recorded on Morningstar.com and other business websites.

• “Who Stays and Who Goes?” by Renate Rooney, President of RCR Associates LLC, in M&A Today

• “Leading From the Core: How to ‘Be’ versus ‘Do’ Leadership” by Nick Craig, Managing Principal of Potentia Consulting, in CEO Refresher

• Lew Green, Founder and Managing Principal of L&G Business Solutions spoke recently to the Dallas/Fort Worth Chapter of IMC USA. Lew’s talk was based on his forthcoming book Lead With Your Heart… And Your Business Will Flourish (HRD Press)

• Ilan Barzilay, Associate at Wolf Greenfield, was quoted in Sci-Tech Today in an article entitled “Vonage: No Interruptions Despite Verizon Injunction. Ilan was also quoted in an E-Commerce Times article, “Digg Users Revolt Against ‘Censorship.’”

• Jim Foster, Shareholder at Wolf Greenfield, was quoted in Boston Business Journal in an article entitled “Cases May Rob Patent Trolls of Potent Ammunition.” Jim was also interviewed by Legal Insight on the impact of the recent KSR decision.

• Robert S. Litwak, Director of International Security Studies at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington D.C., was the featured speaker on a C-SPAN program spotlighting his new book Regime Change: U.S. Strategy through the Prism of 9/11, published by the Wilson Center. He was also quoted extensively in a recent New York Times article “U.S. Debates Deterrence for Nuclear Terrorism” by David Sanger and Thom Shanker.

• Ten lawyers from Wolf Greenfield were named “Massachusetts Rising Stars” by Boston Magazine: Robert Abrahamsen, Robert Hunt, Michael J. Pomianek, Michael Rader, Michael Siekman, Joseph Teja Jr., Maryanne Trevisan, Lisa Vertinsky, Robert Walat and Patrick Waller

• Ed Walsh, Shareholder at Wolf Greenfield, was interviewed for the article “One Attorney’s Opinion” in Managing Rights Management

• “Top Performing Companies Do It Differently” by Charles Perry, Co-Founder of Insight Management Group, and Carol Bergeron, President of Bergeron Associates, in IndUS Business Journal, an article about their recent survey of CEOs. A version of this article also appeared in CEO Refresher.

• Jo Parente, a legal recruiter at Wolf Greenfield, was quoted by Boston Business Journal in its law and accounting supplement in an article entitled “Recruiting Gets Creative, But Poaching Still Popular”

• ”Inside-Out Alignment: Maximum Engagement for Superior Performance” by Dean Robb, Executive Director of the Center for Corporate Renewal, in CEO Refresher

• Sheila LeDuc, Director of Human Resources and Facilities, Wolf Greenfield, was interviewed for an article in Incentive Magazine discussing employee recognition programs

• “Eight Steps to Obtaining Speaking Engagements” by Steve Markman, President of Markman Speaker Management, in Focus e-Journal

• Bob Abrahamsen, Shareholder at Wolf Greenfield, was quoted in Chemical & Engineering News in the article “Supreme Court Rules on Patents”

• “IP Hot Buttons in 2007” by Adam Kessel, former member of Wolf Greenfield’s Litigation Practice Group, in New England In-House Counsel Magazine

• John McQuaig, author of the new book Parallel Peaks: Business Insights While Climbing the World’s Highest Mountains, was profiled in Wenatchee World

• Doug Wolf, Shareholder at Wolf Greenfield, was interviewed by the National Law Journal for an article about domain name tasting

• Tim Oyer, new Managing Partner at Wolf Greenfield, was featured in the “On the Move” section of Boston Business Journal, highlighting his career and goals for Wolf Greenfield

• “Web 2.0 Not Just Marketing Hype: It Is the Future” by Vin D’Amico, President of Damicon LLC, in his monthly column in IndUS Business Journal