Lead Dad 101
A Call For Companies To Create Care Days
Here’s a Monday idea for companies that say they care about Working Parents: What about creating a bucket of Care Days? Name them. Promote…
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Work Arounds When Lead Dads Get Left Out
Monday PSA, from a near miss.Working Moms – we need your help. Please tell the mothers who email birthday party invites only to you to stop…
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Did a Four-Month Old Spark a Fatherhood Change?
Congressman Jimmy Gomez told me that personal experience had long informed his politics. So, I wasn’t surprised to see him taking the lead…
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What Emotions From The Bleachers Tell Us
I take any opportunity to be present for my daughters – walking and talking, sitting and playing, and yes, going to their athletic events…
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The Risks of Logistics In Love
I get a thrill out of sequential tasking. Not multitasking, where I’m trying to do more than one thing at once. But sequential tasking…
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A New Year’s Day To Remember
Every time I’ve been somewhere warm on New Year’s Day, I’ve played golf. But this year was different. I’ve been playing golf since I was 10, when my maternal grandfather took me to the public course he played with his retired post office buddies. I’ll …
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The Worst Thing I Learned From a Healthy Month
I recently went through a month of being super healthy, and what I learned was not at all what I expected. I share this now as we wade…
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Blindsided by Societal Norms
People say I’m crazy Doing what I’m doing Well, they give me all kinds of warnings To save me from ruin When I say that I’m okay, well they look at me kinda strange “Surely, you’re not happy now, you no longer play the game”People say I’m lazy Dreaming …
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How I Became a Lead Dad
How does one become a Lead Dad? For me, it was by accident. My Lead Dad story began in 2012. I had a successful marketing career. I had…
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2 out of 3 Types of Leads Dads Don’t Get Counted
Asking the right questions around men, work and caregiving often matters more than the answers.Consider two recent news stories – one in…
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What a Real Life “Finding Nemo” Story Shows About Parenting and Corporate Action
Here’s a two-fer on parenting and corporate leadership – from a real-life version of “Finding Nemo”. The story of Nemo is that of a…
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One Conversation Starter For a Holiday Weekend
When your wife thanks you as publicly as mine did this week, it’s wonderful. I am in awe of what she has built over the past decade – and…
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