Executive Dad helps working fathers, their families, and their employers, to understand what’s preventing men from feeling fully fulfilled at home and at work. Executive Dad helps men balance their own needs with those of their families and organizations.
In this episode we discuss charity, freedom in giving, as well as the use of talents and gifts.
In this episode we discuss the inspiration and benefits of dreams, and process of dreaming itself.
In this episode we discuss ways of engaging with messaging - messages and messengers and the interplay between parties.
In this episode I discuss a revelation I had in preparation for a Leadership course about the power and durability of our memories and perspectives.
This episode - indeed recorded in a German cemetery - contains reflections on life, death, and the impacts of culture on the way see things large and small.
In this episode we'll discuss the arch of my understanding of, and experiences with, talk therapy. This includes direct benefits to me, and to many others around me.
This episode explores and challenges the notion that logic and emotion are opposites bs interconnected entities that build on and influence each other.
In this episode we discuss the power and impact of compassion, even when dealing with people whose behavior is clearly problematic. We also discuss how to think about and deal with aggression towards us, starting with humility.
In this episode we discuss; the definition of mentorship, how it differs critically from sponsorship, how to find and be a good mentor and sponsor, who to mentor, when to end a mentorship, and even how to mentor yourself.
In this episode, we discuss How to Win Friends & Influence People through listening, and asking the right questions of others and ourselves. We discuss why interruption is a valuable, powerful, and sometimes dangerous tool. We also discuss how to tune our ears to the right frequency at work, at home, but especially in listening to ourselves.
We discuss a range of topics, including: the Fraud Triangle, greed, how to think about enough, how to recover from mistakes, and what we will and won't emulate in fatherhood.
In this episode, we discuss symmetry and balance, why our perspectives on them may be too narrow to be truly helpful (and what we can do about it).
In this episode, we discuss:How new fathers (and others) may experience change What changes I've experienced and what I've learned as a result The roll grief plays in helping us manage change How celebrating change and marking milestones supports our friends and families, not just ourselves
In this episode, we discuss:What I learned from meeting Dave ChappelleThe credibility to establish Executive DadMy initial perspective on paternity leave, along with the phone call that changed everythingWhat I learned from my recent conversation with a well-known CEOLinks:Afloat, Atop A Marbled Sea - https://www.amazon.com/Afloat-Atop-Marbled-Kenyada-Meadows/dp/0978535340LinkedIn Article - https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/mirror-clock-inside-joke-kenyada-meadows-cpa-cia-cfe-cams
In this episode, we discuss:The importance of establishing Executive Dad and why now is such a critical time to support men in balancing their lives and ambitionsKey pillars of Executive DadMan's complicated and at times abusive relationship with strength What we can learn from women, children, and even ourselves as childrenWhat you can expect from future episodes