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thoughts and actions...
...our new west coast manager!

From Seattle to San Diego, and even parts of the Rockies, emersongroup is sprouting wings. Say hello to our new “West Coast Manager,” Patricia Coate, a veteran of more than 25 years in editing, writing, business communications, public relations. Patricia’s now hard at work extending our reach from coast to coast! Click here to meet her: http://www.thoughtleading.com/pcoate_bio.htm

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

• “Disaster Awaits! Why IT Systems Have Become the New ‘Utility’” by Charles L. Nault, Chief Executive Officer, Atrion Networking, in Providence Business News

• Maggie Melanson, President, Gimme the Skinny, has accepted an offer from HRD Press to publish her forthcoming book Fly Fit… and Stay Fit on the Ground Too!

• “He Keeps an Eye on Clients’ Good Names,” a feature article in the Boston Sunday Globe profiling trademark expert Doug Wolf, Shareholder, Wolf Greenfield

• Rob Litwak, Director of International Security Studies at the Woodrow Wilson Center and author of the forthcoming book Regime Change: US Strategy Through the Prism of 9/11, was quoted extensively in a New York Times column by Tom Friedman called “A Choice for Rogues”

• “Bull in a China Shop: Agile Programming in a Regulated Environment” by Dave Vogel, President of Intertech Engineering Associates, in Designfax Online. A second article by Dave called “Recipe for Risk Management” ran in Reedlink.com

• “Senior Leaders:  What's Next?” by Michael Shenkman, President of the Arch of Leadership, in Personal Excellence Magazine. Michael is author of the book The Arch and The Path: The Life of Leading Greatly (Sandia Heights Media).

• “You May Already Be a Loser! Avoiding Liability in Setting Up a Sweepstakes” by Michael Albert, Chair of the Litigation Practice at Wolf, Greenfield, and Hunter Keeton, an associate in that group, in The Journal of Payment Systems Law

• “Communicating Vision and Values: How Leaders (and Organizations) Articulate Big Ideas and Move People in One Direction” by Suzanne Bates, President of Bates Communications, accepted for publication in Employment Relations Today. Suzanne is author of the book Speak Like A CEO: Secrets For Commanding Attention And Getting Results (McGraw Hill).

• “Facing Down the Dragon: How American Firms Can Compete with Fast-Developing Chinese Competition” by Brooks Fenno CMC, President of SALESMARK, in the members-only section of the American Management Association information site

• “Megatrends in Retirement Planning” by Dan Cassidy, President of Argus Consulting Ltd, accepted for publication by Employment Relations Today. Dan is author of the new book A Manager’s Guide to Strategic Retirement Plan Management (Wiley).

• Jeff Starfield, whose company CD\Works produced a set of PUMA-sponsored CD packets for World Cup attendees, was quoted in reports on the achievement in Forbes.com, Morningstar.com and other major business sites

• “Intellectual Capital Focus Can Increase Value to VCs” by Mike Oleksak, Principal of Trek Consulting LLC, in IndUS Business Journal. Mike is an expert in the field of intellectual capital and one of the founders of the IC Knowledge Center.

• “Are You Prepared to Deal with a Violent Scenario in Your Workplace?” by Linda Watson, President of the Whirlaway Group LLC, in her monthly column for HR Fact Finder. Also by Linda: “Cultural Diversity in the Workplace: A Panacea and Potential Problem,” in her monthly column for Managing Diversity

• Dan Gainsboro, President and Chief Executive Officer of genesis planners, inc., was featured in an article on how to prepare healthcare building projects in a special supplement of Healthcare Financial Magazine

• “Grid Computing Not Mainstream Yet, But It Will Be” by Vin D’Amico, President of Damicon LLC, in his monthly column for IndUS Business Journal

• “When Strategic Implementation Efforts Fall Flat… Think “Backwards” by Nick Craig, Managing Principal of Potentia Consulting, in Employment Relations Today

• “Companies Sigh Relief from Supreme Court's eBay Decision” by Jim Foster, Senior Member of the Litigation Practice Group of Wolf Greenfield, in Mass High Tech. Jim also shared his thoughts on the topic of contingency fees in IP Law 360.

• Comments by Michael Albert, Chair of the Litigation Practice at Wolf, Greenfield, appeared in an article entitled “High Court’s eBay Decision Seen Reining in the Trolls” in Boston Business Journal. Michael’s thoughts on recent major IP decisions also appeared in IP Law 360, Managing Intellectual Property (UK), the National Post (Canada), MSNBC.com and FT.com (website of Financial Times).

• “Create the Vision that Your Company Needs” by Renate Rooney, President and CEO of Renate Chisholm Rooney Associates LLC, in IndUS Business Journal

• Balancing Work and Family, a book by Ken Lizotte (our CIO) and Barbara Litwak (our CVO), has been translated into Portuguese

• “Keep Your Customers from Revolving Doors” by Shelley F. Hall, Principal of Catalytic Management Consulting, in IndUS Business Journal

• Michael Rader, IP litigation expert at Wolf Greenfield, was quoted in an article on the Genentech case in Inside Counsel Magazine

• “Boston vs. New York — It's Not Just About Baseball,” an article about financial patents in Boston Business Journal, quoted Steve Henry, Chair of the IP Transactions Group, and David Gesmer, Technology Specialist, both of Wolf Greenfield. Steve’s comments on major IP developments were also published in PCWelt ( Germany ) and CIO Magazine.

• Comments on patenting methods by Ed Walsh, Counsel, Wolf Greenfield, appeared in Management Consulting News

• Comments on lawyer training by Bob Hunt, Shareholder, Wolf Greenfield, appeared in Boston Business Journal

• Henry Stimpson, our PR Czar, was quoted in an article called “The Feminization of Public Relations,” published in O’Dwyer

• "Treasured Ireland" by Maureen Costello, our Querymaster, in MSNBC.msn.com