Betsy and Maggie are the founders of Mulberry Tree Consulting, an organization development practice in North Carolina that specializes in the design and facilitation of strategic planning, leadership coaching and team development for community-focused organizations. They are currently writing The Partnership Solution: Success and Sanity for Entrepreneurial Women, a guide to creating and leading business partnerships based on stories shared by 45 successful women entrepreneurial partners across the country. Before starting Mulberry Tree Consulting, an organization development practice that works with organizations that are striving to make a positive difference for their employees and their communities, Betsy Polk was a consultant in the Washington, DC area. She received a B.A. degree from the University of Massachusetts – Amherst and an M.S. in Organization Development from the American University/NTL Graduate Program. She lives in Chapel Hill, NC with her husband Marc and children, Michael and Annie. Prior to creating Mulberry Tree Consulting, Maggie Ellis Chotas was a teacher, administrator and consultant to public and independent schools in Philadelphia, New York City, Charlotte and Durham, NC. She earned a B.A. from Swarthmore College and an M.A. from St. John’s College in Annapolis, MD. Maggie lives in Durham, NC with her husband Harrell and children, Georgia and Nicholas.
Maggie and I have finally answered a question that’s haunted us. In developing the proposal for our nonfiction book, Success and Sanity: The Partnership Solution for Entrepreneurial Women,...
Let’s say you’ve been in a successful business partnership for 5 years with someone who’s been a close friend for 25. You both enjoy this partnership so much that you decide to...