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Fathers, Work and Family Issues in Super Bowl Ads: Expedia’s “Find Your...
This article was republished at the Good Men Project online men’s magazine. Follow this link to the article. I love this commercial! http://www.ispot.tv/ad/7wo5/expedia-spinning-teacups (sorry, I...
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Being a Father Makes You Better at Your Job
This article was republished at the Good Men Project online men’s magazine. Follow this link to the article. A few years ago, I was in a big, fat stinking hurry for some thing that I am sure I thought...
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Sharing Experiences: How Starting My Own Business Helped Me Balance Work and...
“Sharing Experiences” is a series of posts in which a variety of dads, all in different work-family situations, share their experiences. I hope this series can forward the important conversations we...
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Sharing Experiences: What I Learned From (Briefly) Losing My Job
“Sharing Experiences” is a series of posts in which a variety of dads, all in different work-family situations, share their experiences. I hope this series can forward the important conversations we...
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Sharing Experiences: Taking Turns to Balance Work and Family
“Sharing Experiences” is a series of posts in which a variety of dads, all in different work-family situations, share their experiences. I hope this series can forward the important conversations we...
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Sheryl Sandberg’s “Lean In” and Its Lessons For Working Dads
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg’s book “Lean In” also contains lessons for working dads I admit I haven’t yet read Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg’s book “Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead”- it was...
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Recent Pew Survey Shows Progress and Challenges for Dads’ Work-Family Balance
Recent surveys show that more dads are stepping up at home, while maintaining their commitments to their careers. In many ways, this marks progress, but also presents challenges to involved working...
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Simplifying: Living With Less Can Leave Us With More
Welcome Huffington Post Live listeners. I hope you enjoy the blog. Freeing oneself of unnecessary possessions and financial commitments can eliminate stress and open up time and energy for the more...
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Watch Me on Huffington Post Live!
I was happy to be asked to join a panel of experts and parents on HuffPost Live for a half-hour live show, “Leaning Together,” about Sheryl Sandberg’s “Lean In” and Lisa Belkin’s article about how, in...
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NCAA Tournament Coaches- Michigan’s John Beilein (Final Four!) and Belmont’s...
Coaches Beilein and Byrd took different paths to the NCAA tournament, involving different work-life trade-offs. What we could learn from their stories. I’m not a big college sports fan, but I enjoy...
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Expert Q&A with Dr. Mark Promislo on Materialism and Work-Family Conflict
(or, The Dangers of Valuing Money More than People) Mark Promislo is a husband, father of two young girls, and a management professor at Rider University (and a friend, but most importantly an active...
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What I Want My Son to Learn About Work and Family (part 1)
What lessons about work and family should we be role-modeling for our children? For me, I hope my son learns that work can bring fulfillment, meaning, and opportunities to help others- not just money....
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What I Want My Son to Learn About Work and Family (part 2): My Wife’s Career...
Our job as fathers is to equip our children to have productive, happy and meaningful lives. In my opinion, the best way to do so is by role-modeling the values, priorities and actions we hope they will...
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What I Want My Son to Learn About Work and Family (part 3): Family First
Our job as fathers is to equip our children to have productive, happy and meaningful lives. The best way to do so is by role-modeling the values, priorities and actions we hope they will aspire to. At...
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The Single Best Way To Be A Great Dad: BE THERE
“When your kids become adults, how do you want them to remember their childhoods with you?” Almost all fathers want to be remembered as being a consistent positive presence in their children’s lives....
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Regular Exercise Can Help Us Be Better Dads
Part 1 of a Series on Stephen Covey, Personal Renewal and Fatherhood Many busy dads can’t find the time to exercise. But we need to make the time to take care of our bodies, so we can be better, more...
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From Father to Son- Passing Along Life Lessons
I learned many life lessons from my father, and I sure hope I’m passing these along to my son. Last week, the fun lifestyle website DailyPlatofCrazy.com ran a feature for articles about men looking...
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There Are 168 Hours in a Week: How Are You Using Yours?
A few weeks ago, Harvard Business Review Online published my latest article, “Relax, You Have 168 Hours This Week.” This is my eighth article for them (click here to see a list of them all), and one I...
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