Fatherhood Is Teaching Me to Stop Rescuing
What giving our children room to struggle can teach us about developing capable teams.
Ambitious Dads
For fathers inspired to lead in their careers AND at home with their children. Our definitions of success at work and with family are changing rapidly. I'm interviewing Ambitious Dads to share the ideas and challenges we face in feeling fulfilled at both.
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Your Family Gets What's Left
Ambitious Dads Digest #9: weekly insights on the art of fatherhood, because mastering how we lead at home shapes how we lead everywhere.
Work-life Balance is the Wrong Question
Ambitious dads don’t just need more time. We need to understand what version of us is available inside the time we already have.
One Man. One Engine.
Ambitious Dads Digest #8: weekly insights on the art of fatherhood, because mastering how we lead at home shapes how we lead everywhere.
I’m a Leadership Expert Who Interviewed 200+ Fathers. Here’s What We’re Getting Wrong About Leadership.
We keep separating the leader at work from the father at home. But we are one engine. And fatherhood may be the most overlooked leadership lab we have.
When Fixing Gets in the Way
Ambitious Dads Digest #7: weekly insights on the art of fatherhood, because mastering how we lead at home shapes how we lead everywhere.
Fatherhood is an Ego Detox
Ambitious Dads are rewarded for fixing, achieving, and staying in control at work. Our kids need something harder from us.
I Don't Have a Favorite Child. But I Do Have Favorite Seasons.
What it means when delight comes more naturally with one child than the other
Where Emotional Leadership Gets Tested at Home
Ambitious Dads Digest #6: weekly reflections, podcast clips, and prompts for dads who want more at work and at home.
Who Signed Me Up for This Emotional Leadership Lab?
Why fatherhood is where many of us first discover what dysregulates us the most
Staying Relevant at Work. Falling Behind at Home.
I carve out Sundays to study AI. My son just turned nine, and I haven’t studied that at all.
My Kid Was Rude. My Brain Wrote a Press Release.
How I learned to spot my “spin reflex” and choose curiosity over defensiveness.
Stop Asking Kids What They Want to Be
The labor market is shifting fast; if success is tied to careers, we’re building on sand.
When We Bring “Micromanager Mode” Home
Ambitious Dads Digest #5: weekly reflections, podcast clips, and prompts for dads who want more at work and at home.
Fatherhood is the Highest Stakes Leadership Role You'll Ever Have
A framework for intentional fatherhood in an age of overparenting
The Hidden Curriculum is You
Ambitious Dads Digest #4: weekly reflections, podcast clips, and prompts for dads who want more at work and at home.
Kids Don’t Follow Plans. They Follow Patterns.
The moment I realized my kid’s development plan was really a parent plan in disguise.
The Boring Stuff Is the Point
The parenting skill nobody teaches: staying present when your kid’s passion bores you to death.
When Auto-Pilot Starts Raising Our Kids
Ambitious Dads Digest #3: weekly reflections, podcast clips, and prompts for dads who want more at work and at home.
Meet Default Dad
The tired, scroll-happy version of you that your child knows best, and 3 small ways to start shifting him.