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…
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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…
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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
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Money | 03/08/2010 When business is personal: Guide to working with family and/or friends Carolyn Kepcher Combining your work life and personal life can be a combustible brew. Even people whove done it successfully would have to acknowledge the potential pitfalls that could damage or destroy family relationships or friendships.
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It’s everywhere: reflection on the past 40 years of women in the workforce. Time’s cover story this week – “The State of the American Woman: a new poll shows why they are more powerful, but less happy.” The Time article hits it home once again: having a partner in work and a powership I can count on allows me to buck the trend of rising power and falling happiness. Through powership both are possible.
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From Maggie Yesterday was not a happy day. I was home with my son who has developed pneumonia after a week of the flu. He was cranky and tired; I was cranky and tired. Neither of us was much fun to be around. Luckily, Stewart Little 3 was on NetFlix and I had a stack of…
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