Lead Dad 101

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…

Could the government help working parents with childcare? I watched the debate on Tuesday and was enthralled. I was as excited to watch it…

I’ve already seen some amazing posts on what can be done to help parents on National Working Parents Day – suggestions for companies to do…

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…

If you’re looking for me this week, and maybe next, I’ve gone dadding. I thank the surgeon general – and Dr. Aditi Nerurkar, MD, MPH – for…

“Buy the ticket, take the ride.”That’s one lesson I’ve learned from this end of summer jumble of work, no camp, no school, lots of stuff…

Doug Emhoff’s speech at the Democratic National Convention wasn’t just another way to show his wife Kamala Harris as a three-dimensional…

As a Lead Dad, as a working parent, here’s what I’m most grateful for at the end of this week: a senior male leader who takes his job…

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 got to teach my daughters basic economic lessons this week – namely the difference between fixed costs and opportunity costs…

“Quiet time is good but gets old.” My cousin sent me that text last night, and it hit home. I’ve been away from my family the whole week…

Here’s a holiday lesson for kids on doing things you don’t want to do – and aren’t good at doing. A couple of days into a long, long…