thoughtleader spotlight...
...kudos to our client thoughtleaders for their recent victories

• “Trickle Termination: Consider A Gradual Approach To Closing A Frozen DB Plan” by Tom Sablak, a consulting actuary with Cassidy Retirement Group, in Employee Benefit News

• Meghan Cooper, Senior Consultant at Longfellow Benefits, was profiled in a feature story titled “The New Invincibles” in Best’s Review

• A new book EM=C2: A New Formula For Enrollment Management by Jack Maguire, Founder, and Larry Butler, Senior Consultant, Maguire Associates, has just been published by Trafford Publishing

• “10 Years Later…Let’s Hope The Courts Don’t Tinker Too Much With Business-Method Patents” by Steve Henry, Shareholder, Wolf Greenfield, in Inventors Digest. Steve was also quoted in a Law360 article entitled “Business Method Inventors Await Decision In Bilski” and by Lexpert Magazine on the subject of “reining in business method patents”

• “Six Steps To A Grounded Vision” by Jay Vogt, Founder/CEO of Peoplesworth, in Consulting Today. Jay’s article is based on his forthcoming book, Grounded Visioning, just published by Praeger Press

• “Linking New Product Development To Strategy” by Gary Getz, Managing Director of Strategos, and Pedro do Carmo Costa, Iberian Office Managing Director of Strategos, in ManageSmarter.com

• “Seven Secrets Of Successful HR Leaders Who Speak Well” by Suzanne Bates, President of Bates Communications, in IndUS Business Journal, an article based on Suzanne’s best-selling book Speak Like a CEO (McGraw-Hill). Suzanne’s second book Motivate Like a CEO is due out from McGraw-Hill any day now

• Chris Allen, Senior Consultant with Jim Mooradian and Associates Inc., was quoted in The Boston Sunday Globe column “Job Doc” on the topic of disability coverage. Meanwhile, Jim was quoted extensively on the topic of voluntary benefits in HR Wire

• Dave Vogel, President of Intertech Engineering Associates, signed a contract with Artech House Publishers to publish his new book Software Verification -And Validation- For Medical Devices

• “Collaborative Partnerships Aid Growth” by Paul Cronin, Senior Vice President at Atrion Networking Corporation, in Indus Business Journal

• “Promises, Promises: When You Or Your Client Say One Thing But Do Another” by Shelley Hall, Principal and Managing Director of Catalytic Management, in Sales And Service Excellence Magazine. Shelley also published “Drive Results With Process Improvement” in Women’s Business

• Risk-Free Technology: A Non-Technical Small-To-Medium Business Guide To Stemming Huge Productivity Losses From Poor Performing Information Technology by Charlie Nault, Chair of Atrion Networking Corporation, is due to be published in early 2009 by Global Professional Publishing

• “Achieve Competitive Advantage Through A Strategically-Aligned Talent Strategy” by Carol Bergeron, President of Bergeron Associates, reprinted as a “Best of 2008” selection in CEO Refresher

• “Transforming Vision Into Value” by Renate Rooney, President RCR Associates, reprinted as a “Best of 2008” selection in CEO Refresher

• “Innovating Management: Reinvent How You Invent” by Peter Skarzynski, Founder/CEO, and Amy Muller, Director, both of Strategos, a strategy and innovation firm, reprinted as a “Best of 2008” selection in CEO Refresher. Peter's latest book Innovation to the Core has been published by Harvard Business School Press

• “Bringing Human Resources Back Into Strategic Planning” by Robert Simpkins, Principal of Global Crosswinds LLC, in CEO Refresher, in Employment Relations Today. This article is based on Robert’s upcoming book, Not Just Another Pretty Binder! Strategic Planning That Actually Works (HRD Press), co-authored by Behnaz Paknejad, also a Principal with Global Crosswinds

• "HR Can Help Ensure The Success Of Family Businesses— From Mom/Pop Stores To Wal-Mart And Ford" by Darrell Beck, Founder/President of Darrell Beck & Associates, in Employment Relations Today

• “America: Export Nation” by Tom Schinkel, President of Thomas Schinkel and Associates, in Industry Week Online. Tom also published a version of this article in Indus Business Journal

• It was reported in various on-line sources that Joe Gray, Managing Principal at Longfellow Benefits, has been named a chartered financial consultant. It was also noted that Longfellow Benefits marked its 10th anniversary in business this year.

• “Stand Out And Have An Impact On Your Next Conference Call” by Paula Lyons, Senior Communications Consultant with Bates Communications, in The Independent Consultant. Paula also published “Wow Audiences” in Women’s Business

• “Why IT ROI Needs To Be Rethought” by Steve Lipka, Principal, Avatar Strategic Partners LLC, in The Independent Consultant

• “Five Common Mistakes In Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plans” by Lisa Silva, Senior Vice President of Executive Benefits with Longfellow Benefits, in Employee Benefit News

• “Leader Mentoring” by Michael Shenkman, President of Arch of Leadership, in ManageSmarter.com. This article is based on Michael’s new book Leader Mentoring: Find, Inspire And Cultivate Great Leaders (Career Press)

• “Micro-Blogging Changes Business Communication” and “Don’t Be Shortsighted: IT Cuts Save Little In End,” both by Vin D’Amico, President of Damicon LLC, in his monthly column in IndUS Business Journal

• Kevin Gazda, Associate Director of Employee Benefits at Longfellow Benefits, was quoted in an article “Opt-In Coverage: Voluntary Benefits Add Options To Retailer’s Health-Care Menu” in Chain Store Age

• “Is Your Website Invaluable?” by Julie Ellenberger, editor/scribe with emerson consulting group, in Women’s Business

• “Health Savings Accounts: Cost-Saving Mechanism And An Executive Benefit” by Jim Edholm, President of Business Benefits Insurance (BBI), in Construction Business Owner. Jim was also interviewed on employee benefit issues by Time.com and published a guest column on benefits issues in Mass Lawyers Weekly

• Ron Lizotte, Founder/President of the Clayton NJ Touchdown Club, was inducted into the Clayton High School Hall of Fame

• “Energy, Clean Tech And IP: Protecting Innovation” by Joe Teja and Michael Pomianek, both Shareholders at Wolf Greenfield and Co-Chairs of the Clean Tech Group, in Inside IP Law. Their article “Intellectual Property In The Clean Energy Industry Isn’t Clean-Cut” appeared in Mass High Tech. Joe was also quoted in an IP Law & Business article entitled “Green IP: A Thorny Challenge”

• “Ride Internet To Marketing Success” by Maggie Sutherland, editor/scribe with emerson consulting group, in Indus Business Journal

• It was announced in Women’s Business Magazine that Jennifer Whitney has joined Longfellow Benefits as a Senior Consultant

• Robert M. Abrahamsen, Shareholder at Wolf Greenfield, was quoted in a Law360 article titled “Patent Re-Exams Are Growing As Key Defense Tactic”

• Pran Tiku, Founder/President of Peak Financial Management, spoke at the CEO Club of Boston, about concepts in his book Six Sizzling Markets: How To Profit From Investing In Brazil, Russia, India, China, Mexico And South Korea (Wiley). Pran was also interviewed by Indus Business Journal and many TV finance news programs on the current world economic crisis