Lead Dad 101
3 Reasons Why Employee Resource Groups for Dads Would Be Good For Everyone
How often do men put “Taking child to pediatrician” or “Lunch with daughter” on their work calendar? We put parental milestones – middle…
Read moreChip Kelly – London, England
Chip Kelly is our LeadDad of the Week – and no he’s not that Chip Kelly, the football coach (though this Chip Kelly has a story about…
Read moreA Plea From Working Parents to the World’s Planners
A plea from Working Parents to all the planners of the world. Look at my calendar and you might think my wife and I were playing a game of…
Read moreShaun Emerson – Chicago, IL
Introducing our Lead Dad of the Week, Shaun Emerson, president of the board of MenLiving, a Chicago nonprofit that helps men forge…
Read moreWorking Parents Need To Remember Their RSCs!
My wife and I – working parents with three daughters, three dogs and two remote desk set-ups at home – went away for 5 days this week. It…
Read moreRage Day – Honolulu, HI
Aloha to our Lead Dad of the Week, Rage Day, an all-around positive, happy husband and father who has settled in Honolulu, Hawaii – after…
Read more“Who else had to work so you could be here today?”
So began a conference on the future of work, hosted by CharterWorks, a new media company focused on transforming the workplace and driving…
Read moreDiego Matamoros – Philadelphia, PA
Introducing Diego Matamoros, the first Lead Dad of the Week identified in action during a family vacation! Diego is a former opera singer…
Read moreIn A Work From Home World, It’s What Your Kids See, Not What You Say, That Matters
A year ago, my final column ran in The New York Times after an unimaginably great 13-year run. On the one-year anniversary, I was sitting…
Read moreMike Warren – Saratoga, CA
We’re introducing Mike Warren as our Lead Dad of the Week.Mike and his wife Kim, a senior executive at Apple, moved from Westport…
Read moreThe One Thing For Men To Know About Mental Health: You’re Not Alone
Men’s mental health is much talked about except by the people struggling with it the most: men.I’m seeing it in The Company of Dads’…
Read moreBrent Surratt – Charlotte, N.C.
This week’s Lead Dad of the Week is Brent Surratt, father of four athlete kids and husband to a hospice nurse. He has some lessons for…
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