You can have a successful career and be the dad you want to be.
Finally, we've moved past the days when providing for your family meant taking a backseat role in your children's lives. Still, many of us aren't finding the support and flexibility we need, and the time-management challenge of performing at work while being a present dad at home can feel impossible.
Advice for Working Dads will help you balance and integrate your career and fatherhood, navigate always-on work cultures, and find success and fulfillment in one of the toughest&and most important&jobs youll ever take on.
You'll learn to:
- Set reasonable expectations and limits
- Carve out quality time for family, even when you're at your busiest
- Stay true to yourself, your friends, and your personal interests
- Communicate better with your spouse or partner about careers, parenting, and chores
- Model your work and life values for your children
The HBR Working Parents Series with Daisy Dowling, Series Editor, supports readers as you anticipate challenges, learn how to advocate for yourself more effectively, juggle your impossible schedule, and find fulfillment at home and at work. Whether you're up with a newborn or planning the future with your teen, you'll find the practical tips, strategies, and research you need to make working parenthood work for you.
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Section 1 We Can Do It, Too! Burying Old Working-Dad Cliches |
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1 The Three Types of Working Father |
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Are you traditional, egalitarian, or conflicted? |
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2 What's a Working Dad to Do? |
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We need to be the change we wish to see |
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3 It's Time for Working Dads to Lead by Example |
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Rule #1: No work calls when your wife is in labor |
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4 End the "Nice Guy" Backlash |
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How men get penalized for straying from masculine norms |
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5 Dads, Commit to Your Family at Home and at Work |
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Start with an honest assessment of what's working and what isn't |
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Section 2 Planes to Catch and Bills to Pay |
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Navigating Fatherhood and Your Career |
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6 Breaking Out of the "Working Dad's Career Trap" |
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Paths to consider to be a more present father |
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7 Mastering the Dad Transition |
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Update your life story at home and at work |
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8 When Your Boss Doesn't Respect Your Family Commitments |
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Know your rights and have a plan |
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9 Why Dads Need Parenting Allies at Work |
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10 How to Identify a Family-Friendly Employer |
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Understand the organization's culture before you come on board |
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11 When a Stay-at-Home Dad Goes Back to Work |
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Plan your reentry before your exit |
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Harvard Business Review is the leading destination for smart management thinking. Through its flagship magazine, 12 international licensed editions, books from Harvard Business Review Press, and digital content and tools published on HBR.org, Harvard Business Review provides professionals around the world with rigorous insights and best practices to lead themselves and their organizations more effectively and to make a positive impact.
Daisy Dowling, Series Editor, is founder and CEO of Workparent, the executive coaching and training firm, and the author of Workparent: The Complete Guide to Succeeding on the Job, Staying True to Yourself, and Raising Happy Kids (Harvard Business Review Press, 2021). She is a full-time working parent to two young children. She can be reached at workparent.com.
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