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What Blunt RTO Edicts Get Wrong for Everyone’s Productivity
Jamie Dimon’s gripe was remote work slows decision making. People need to be in person. What about the 300,000 employees JP Morgan has worldwide?
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When Moving Is Your Job, You Value Being Still – Michael Maberry Jr
International mobility has been Michael Maberry Jr’s career, and he’s enjoyed moving executives and their families from one locale to another. A reward has been finding ways to make their families feel comfortable when they settle in the new city. It was on a trip he took himself last year that caused Michael, our Lead […]
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Expanding the Security for Mental Health
Many people who require mental health treatment rarely receive it. Of those that do, some are receiving what they can get – but not necessarily what they need. Mike Hermus – father, entrepreneur and Founder of HaleSpring – shares his personal experienc …
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Why Google’s Ad Is A Victory for For Dads
I’ve seen some backlash over Google’s Gemini Live Super Bowl ad, about how the AI in its phone can help a dad who has been caring for his daughter and not working craft a message for a job interview. It has such a universal message for working parents that I want to push back against […]
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What Does A Taylor Swift Video, NBC Sports and Raleigh Real Estate Have in Common? Clayton Collins
Sometimes the career fits the moment in life. Or so it’s been for Clayton Collins, our Lead Dad of the Week from Raleigh, N.C. A few years ago, he and his wife Danielle decided to move to North Carolina. Her job working for Prosek, a top communications and marketing firm, and his move into commercial […]
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Uncross Your Arrows and Fly Together
I read an illustrated Op-Ed in The New York Times this weekend that had the provocative title “I Quit the Patriarchy and Rescued My Marriage.” Its solution was spot on. I end many talks with the call to OH! It stands for Openness and Honesty. At home, at work, with your spouse, with your manager, […]
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How To Start a Company and Fatherhood At The Same Time : Andy Ogburn
If not now, when? That was Andy Ogburn’s philosophy when, shortly after his son Felix was born, he left his inhouse creative job to launch his own media production company, Party Practice. Crazy? Like a fox. His wife has a job she loves working for a recycling company and tapping into her passion for building […]
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Decoding Our Children’s Behavior Through ABA Therapy
Why do kids behave the way they do? How can we as parents guide them effectively? Alisha Simpson-Watt—an expert in Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) and founder of Collaborative ABA Services—shares insights on understanding children’s behavior, and offer …
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How To Make a Tough Choice: Say It Aloud
Do I support my wife and her business at her work dinner? Or do I go to an event to talk to a group of senior female executives about how to get their husbands to be more supportive? Once I put it that way the decision was obvious. But it started off as one of […]
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Your Kids Might Tell You What You’ve Been Thinking All Along: Jamie Hopkins
As a son Jamie Hopkins had a shock that every father fears. He went to school one day and came home to learn that his dad had died, in a construction accident. “My dad was gone at my age,” said Jamie, about to turn 40. “I think about that a lot. I think about how […]
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Parents Can Advocate for Reading As A Civil Right
What if we reframed children learning to read as a civil right? Would that change how schools teach our children, particularly the 1.6 million kids in the U.S. with dyslexia? On Friday, I went to the premiere of the documentary “Left Behind”. The documentary follows a group of mothers of dyslexic kids in New York […]
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Learning What Can Wait Until Night Time – Tony Cotrupe
Realizing what parts of your work need to be when people are awake and what parts can be done when they’re asleep is one route to being a super-involved working dad. “What I do has two parts,” said Tony Cotrupe, who once worked “8 zillion hours a week for J.P. Morgan Chase” and now runs […]
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