Betsy and Maggie’s research on women’s partnerships is featured in today’s Forbes.com
How Job Sharing May Be The Secret To Work-Life Balance.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/work-in-progress/2011/10/24/how-job-sharing-may-be-the-secret-to-work-life-balance/
While job sharing isn’t for everyone, if both job sharers are willing and able to invest in the communication, trust and accountability that makes it work, it really works and is a win/win for all…
A recent project with a long-time client gave us the opportunity to reflect on what changes came about as a result of the work we did with them on an organization-wide strategic planning project. The process was a big commitment for the leader and for many others in the organization. It involved months of bringing…
This winter, Maggie and I co-moderated a panel for a conference session called “Better Together.” This wasn’t just any panel – it was made up of employees from all departments and levels of an organization with a powerful success story to share about the inclusive, collaborative culture they had created together. This was a culture…
Best selling author and international blogger Margaret Heffernan has caught the powership bug! Read all about it in her latest B-Net post featuring Betsy Polk Joseph and Maggie Ellis Chotas of The Mulberry Partners. Also highlighted are the dynamic powership duo at AK Environmental. Check it out: http://www.bnet.com/blog/business-strategy/want-to-be-a -superstar-find-a-partner/1597
Betsy and I recently wrapped up a 7 month project with a client — a board of volunteers with very busy day jobs. Knowing how much their stakeholders relied on them, they wanted to re-imagine the way they worked together to be more organized, clearer in their vision and more focused in the actions they take to bring the vision to…
It started simple. When it hit us that our website had been created before the days of SEO, we knew it was time to build a new platform so people could find us. Just a tweak, an easy fix, right? Then we took a good long hard look at our website and realized we’d outgrown…
As I whirl around, grasping hands, it hits me that as basic as this movement is, it is precious. Inclusion like this is hard to come by when the music is off and we remember ourselves, our fears, our assumptions.
Betsy and I were called into a meeting recently with a client who was thinking about having an organization-wide event a few months in the future but wasn’t sure if it was the right timing or what exactly the content would be. Their instinct was telling them it was a good idea to bring people…
As I watch them whoosh by, I recall the old leather shoe smell and disco beat of the rollerskating rink where I spent many childhood Sundays – skating around and around, going faster and faster, feeling free.
MTC is excited to work with The Mariposa School in Cary, NC on strategic planning. We’re looking forward to supporting this innovative school which has its mission: To provide intensive instruction in a supportive environment designed to improve communication skills and therefore quality of life for children with autism and other developmental disabilities and their…