Working Fathers and the Modern Workplace

Why You Don’t Want To Manage Like a Little Dog

My dog Scooter is the little one. He is not a model employee; his management style is ineffective. Behind him are his two colleagues…

Kudos to Deloitte for equalizing parental leave (at least in the U.K.) by giving fathers 6 months of leave as well. The first sentence…

I had 30 hours in Charlotte, N.C., and I thought hard about what to do with those hours. Here’s a way to organize that time that could help…

I’ve long prided myself on doing everything anyone asked whenever they asked. Home. Work. Kids’ schools. Around town. Fun. I would get it…

I looked up from a parent-teacher conference and I saw the image every HR leader, every people leader, wellbeing officer, every person in…

To My Daughters’ Managers, Thank you. You’re leading a workforce that I couldn’t imagine in 2019 and struggled to believe would happen in…

Unlimited is a fantastic word. But unlimited PTO – all the personal time off from work that you want and need – sounds magical but can be…

If there’s one thing I’d like to see removed from shared work calendars. it’s OOO – the ubiquitous calendar filler that stands for Out of…

“Congratulations on your retirement.” Two years later this comment still sticks with me. When I wrote a final column about why I was…

So began a conference on the future of work, hosted by CharterWorks, a new media company focused on transforming the workplace and driving…

A Tale of Two Platforms. What do you want to know about being a Lead Dad? As I work to create The Company of Dads, everything starts with…