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How To Make Two Things True At Once for Fathers

A phrase I say often is: Two things can be true at the same time – even if people don’t always believe that to be the case. Like, companies can support working parents and be profitable. Or, HR departments can have programs for both Working Moms and Lead Dads and supporting one doesn’t mean the […]

Guiding Kids (and Parents) Through College Admissions

Applying to college is stressful – for students and parents. But does it really need to be? This week, Paul sits down with Lindsay Tanne, founder of LogicPrep, a globally recognized educational consultancy she started as a student at Harvard, growing a …

What’s Scarier at a Beach? Sharks or Bad HR Policies?

Every time my daughter asked if there were sharks in the water, if jelly fish were going to sting her, if there were fish biting her toes, I said no. At this beach, I said she needed to worry about angry, mini-Bernadoodles running along the bottom of the ocean floor and nipping at her! When […]

Season 2 Episode 5: The Secret Sauce Behind Thriving Workforces

How do you design benefits that actually work—for everyone? In this episode, Alyssa Friedrich, Chief People Officer at United Therapeutics, shares how flexible, inclusive benefits like childcare, backup care, and mental wellness support are driving ret …

Why Mom Doesn’t Need To Be Called When Dad Is There

When my daughter finished her checkup at the orthodontist, I moved toward the front desk to schedule the next appointment. “Should I call mom?” the receptionist said, smiling, proud, like she was saying something clever. “That’s a bit sexist, isn’t it,” I said. “Well, you’d be surprised.” No, no, I wouldn’t be surprised. Not at […]

Why This Is The Best Round of My Golf Year

If you’re going to succeed – and ultimately be happy – as a Lead Dad, you get one hobby. Event Dads can master more and dabble in many, from racquet sports and golf, to skiing and boating, to running or cycling with some occasional hunting and a fishing trips thrown in here or there. As […]

Scottie Scheffler: What The Son of A Lead Dad Knows

Scottie Scheffler, the best golfer in the world, said something ahead of this week’s British Open that made headlines in the sports world: he’d rather be a great father than a great golfer, and if being a father ever interfered with playing golf, he’d chose his family over the sport. Now he said he loved […]

How To Do Relax and Do It Well

“How did you live like that?” This was my eight-year-old’s response when I told her that I grew up in a place, at a time, when Starbucks wasn’t ubiquitous in towns like ours. She and I had walked alone into town to get a smoothie bowl – also something I’d never heard of, if it […]

The Company of Dads on The Today Show

Season 2 Episode 4: Care Isn’t a Cost—It’s Capital

What if care wasn’t a perk—but the foundation of a thriving workforce? In this episode of The Work Life Equation, Blessing Adesiyan, founder of The Care Gap, shares how supporting caregivers boosts productivity and retention, why flexible policies create real equity, and how care is no longer a “nice to have”—it’s a business imperative. Through […]

Teach Your Kids The Randomness Of Life

Trips with kids are meant to expand their minds, to show them something different. We took our three daughters to Paris where we stayed at a friend’s apartment. It was also their first time to Europe. That alone would have been mind expanding. But we had three random encounters that got them thinking about how […]

The Power of Preemptive Communication – Jay Lee

Here’s a story many couples know: Two careers on the fast track and then there’s a child. There’s some logistics with pick up and drop off but it all seems manageable, if expensive, and life keeps moving along. Then another child comes along and managing two kids and two careers becomes a juggle. Bigger opportunities […]