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Understanding and Interactions
"We, men, sometimes don't understand something because we don't live it" ~ Jorge Rosillo, CEO and General Manager, Galapagos Ecological Airport as part of the UN Global Compact to Target Gender Equality in support of the #HeForShe movement. Men, we need to try...
Call me a Friend, rather than an Ally
This may sound a bit controversial, but please don't call me an Ally. I have always felt uncomfortable with the word 'Ally' and 'Allyship'. I understand the intention of the terms, and they are used broadly in contexts to signal connection between someone...
Why doesn’t Brittany want our sympathy as fathers?
If you are struggling with appreciating this point of view, you are not alone. It is tempting and 'well intended' for men to react to what is being discussed by Brittany Higgins and Grace Tame, with genuine sympathy. Sympathy that may come from our experience of...
Working Parents and societal change
This week has been a week of transitions in my household, as it probably has been for many working parents. Our eldest son started back at school, and our younger son is back at daycare. PLUS, coincidently, my wife has returned to her practice this week, after taking...
The Parental Leave Gap – Let’s change the narrative
What if hiring managers valued periods of parental leave rather than seeing them as a gap in employment history? I was chatting with a recruiter this week about her experience and regularly witnessing hiring managers discounting candidates (consciously or...
I wouldn’t have behaved that way
There is a difference between "I wouldn't have behaved that way" and telling someone else "they shouldn't have behaved that way". I think we should remember this. At all times. Telling other people how they should behave, positions us as the expert in behaviour...
7 Tips for managing the school holidays
How do you manage through the school holidays? School holidays are not a holiday. Sure there are some great times. But the struggle is real. There are tears, tantrums and tough times. We need circuit breakers to help us through mentally. What are your circuit...
This episode of Bluey™ is called Gender Lens
There are many reasons to love Bluey. Even if you don’t have young kids, you should watch it. It’s helping to shape the next generation. My eldest son wanted to play ‘Lucky’s Dad’s Rules’ for pass the parcel at his birthday party, my youngest son does ‘tactical wees’...