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Bravo! Winner: Michael Coakley, managing partner, C.H. Coakley & Company
Michael T. Coakley
Managing Partner
C.H. Coakley & Co. Inc.
2151 N. Martin Luther King Dr., Milwaukee
www.chcoakley.com
Revenue: $12 million
Employees: 105
IQ Winner: SHARP Literacy Inc.
SHARP Literacy Inc.
750 N. Lincoln Memorial Dr., Suite 311, Milwaukee
www.sharpliteracy.org
Industry: Nonprofit
Innovation: Developed The Eight Building Blocks of SHARP, combining art and literacy to enhance the reading and writing skills of first through fifth grade students
Rise above the ‘goal trap’
Most of us live our life (both personally and professionally), managing it by goals and our “to do list” (initiatives). We promise ourselves to accomplish our action list and are hard on ourselves when we do not. This “to do” list becomes the measurement of our self-worth.
You can’t help but ask: Are CEOs idiots?
Kodak's CEO tells 17,000 employees that the only option for the 131-year-old company is to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The company had 64,000 employees in 2003.
Lione is Woman Executive of the Year
Gail Lione will be honored Thursday as the BizTimes Woman Executive of the Year. Lione will receive the award at the BizTimes Women in Business Breakfast, which will take place at the BizEpo.
On course: Identify tasks and analyze risks
Dan Schroeder offers suggestions for project management analysis and evaluation.
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Living with complexity
I have just returned from digitalNow, an annual executive summit that brings together 250 CEOs and volunteer leaders from some of the most influential professional, nonprofit and trade associations in America, many with a global reach.
Survey provides insights from Americans doing business in China
The American Chamber of Commerce in the People's Republic of China (AmCham China) is a nonprofit organization which represents U.S. companies and individuals doing business in China. AmCham China's membership comprises more than 2,600 individuals from more than 1,200 companies.
Women in Business panelists share insights
A panel of accomplished executives will be featured in the BizTimes Women in Business Conference to be held on the morning of Thursday, May 17, at the BizExpo at the Potawatomi Bingo Casino.
Hispanic Chamber files lawsuit
The Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Wisconsin has filed a lawsuit in Milwaukee County Circuit Court, alleging unfair business practices established by the City of Milwaukee's Ordinance 370, which provides race-based preferences in city contracts.
