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The Company of Dads PodcastEP147: Guiding Kids (and Parents) Through College AdmissionsInterview with Lindsay Tanne / Founder of LogicPrepHOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANApplying to college is stressful - for students and parents. But does it really need to be? This week, Paul sits down with Lindsay Tanne, founder of LogicPrep, a globally recognized educational consultancy she started as a student at Harvard, growing a team of advisors, coaches, and tutors who’ve helped thousands of families successfully navigate the college admissions process. She discusses the most (and least) helpful ways parents can support their kids, and protecting mental and emotional health during th...
2025-09-0220 min
The Company of Dads PodcastEP134: The Company Of Dads – Holiday RecapPaul Sullivan’s final thoughts on 2024HOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANAs we wrap up 2024, Paul reflects on the progress The Company Of Dads has seen - highlighting a few key experiences as a Lead Dad both personally and professionally. He and Skip Cherryholmes discuss what they look forward to in the coming year, and the ultimate goal of finding more ways to bring dads together in 2025. Here’s to another great year, and the ever-growing community of Lead Dads across the world!---Get our free newsletter cove...
2024-12-2419 min
The Company of Dads PodcastEP87: How To Raise A Child Who Becomes An Independent AdultInterview with the Authors of Raising A Kid Who CanHOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANA psychiatrist, a psychologist and a child therapist all walk into a parenting group, and... it's a good set-up for a joke, but it's the feeling you might get listening to Catherine McCarthy, Heather Tedesco and Jennifer Weaver, three experts and friends, who wrote a book about creating independent kids - and less cloying, worrying and meddling parents. They're as wise as they are funny. Listen in. ---Get our free newsletter covering a...
2023-09-1930 min
The Company of Dads PodcastEP86: How One Company Created Parenting Equity at WorkInterview with Deanne Aussem / Wellbeing Leader At PWCHOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANCreating a wellbeing platform for a large, multinational company like PwC, the professional services firm, has been a decade in the making. But it positioned the company well in the post-Covid shift to how, where and when we're working. The company's Parenting Inclusion Network offers equal benefits for mothers and fathers - but more than that, it works with parents (and caregivers more broadly) to integrate work and life. Listen to Deanne Aussem, who heads the firm's wellbeing initiative...
2023-09-1233 min
The Company of Dads PodcastEP85: What Working At Summer Camp Taught This DadInterview with J.R. Havlan / Emmy Award Winner & First Time Camp WorkerHOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANJ.R. Havlan got an offer he couldn't refuse: come work as the communications director at sleepaway camp. The eight-time Emmy Award-winning writer might seem a tad overqualified for the job but he jumped at the chance: he'd be around his two kids and fully focused on one job - a rarity in a world of disruptions. But he learned some things that he - and any Dad - could use in the school year...
2023-09-0536 min
The Company of Dads PodcastEP84: Want Your Kids To Work In the Family Business?Interview with Doug Patton / Inventor and DadHOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANDoug Patton is an inventor with over 200 products to his name, ranging from a biomedical device used worldwide for eye surgery to an electric candle sold by Disney. But he’s always been an involved father, to his daughter Heather and his son Sean. When she was a baby and a restless sleeper, he would get up early with her and sketch inventions with her rocking on the kitchen table. His son, who just graduated from college, has worked with him since he was 12. The th...
2023-08-2934 min
The Company of Dads PodcastEP83: Want To Raise Smart, Resilient Kids? Don't Do ThisInterview with Jennifer Wallace / Author and Advocate for AdolescentsHOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANIt's all or nothing. Harvard or bust. A's may not be enough. This is achievement culture and it's hurting kids. Jennifer Wallace, author of “Never Enough: When Achievement Culture Becomes Toxic--and What We Can Do About It”, has a plan to help adolescents and their well-meaning but intense parents change the dynamic. Listen to her tips.---Get our free newsletter covering all things fatherhood delivered straight to your inbox: https://thecompanyofdads.com/thedad/
2023-08-2236 min
The Company of Dads PodcastEP82: How a CEO's Life Prepared Him For WFH LeadershipInterview with Chris Michalak / Healthcare CEO and Lead DadHOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANIn one year, Chris Michalak lost his marriage, his job and his dog. He became a single Lead Dad with custody of his sons. He kept it secret at work - it was a different time. Fifteen years later, he became CEO of VIrgin Pulse, a healthcare company, in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. His personal experience years earlier informed how he led - and allowed him to lean into remote work for everyone's benefit. Listen to...
2023-08-1526 min
The Company of Dads PodcastEP81: How Do You Measure Time As A Father?Interview with Jay Rosenblatt / Filmmaker and FatherHOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANHow do our kids change as they age? All fathers observe it in real time but Jay Rosenblatt recorded it. Starting when his daughter was 2, he interviewed her on camera every year on her birthday until she was 18. The result is a beautiful record of a father-daughter bond. Listen to what we can all learn from his endeavor.---Get our free newsletter covering all things fatherhood delivered straight to your inbox: https://thecompanyofdads.com/thedad/
2023-08-0830 min
The Company of Dads PodcastEP80: What Are The Three Cords Of Fatherhood?Interview with Rocco Carreiro / Author and Financial AdviserHOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANThe three cords are work, family and self. And author Rocco Carreiro said all three need to be bound together for men to be happy and productive as Lead Dads, entrepreneurs or employees, and spouses or partners. No surprise: it's not easy to give your all to your business, your family and yourself? There are tradeoffs; it's hard. Listen as we unpack this.---Get our free newsletter covering all things fatherhood delivered straight to...
2023-08-0127 min
The Company of Dads PodcastEP79: Challenging Myths and Lies About DadsInterview with Linda Nielsen / Professor and Expert on Fathers & DaughtersHOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANDo babies really bond better with moms? Do dads sacrifice less than moms? Are dads less empathetic, less compassionate, and less skilled at communicating than moms? These are all myths that hold fathers back, says Linda Nielsen, a professor at Wake Forest University. She's been researching the subject for 30 years. Listen to how to correct the record.---Get our free newsletter covering all things fatherhood delivered straight to your inbox: https://thecompanyofdads...
2023-07-2539 min
The Company of Dads PodcastEP78: Lessons On Inclusive Leadership From a Naval AviatorInterview with Professor David Smith / Naval Aviator, Gender Rights ExpertHOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANA Naval Academy graduate, David is an associate Professor at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School where he focuses on inclusive leadership and gender in the workplace. His life in academia started after his stint as a Naval aviator, flying combat missions in Iraq and Afghanistan. How did he come to his research? He saw his wife, a fellow Naval Academy graduate, struggle far more than he did, despite being just as well educated and trained. Learn...
2023-07-1838 min
The Company of Dads PodcastEP77: How To Be A Better Ally To Working MomsInterview with Reshma Saujani / Advocate For Women and GirlsHOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANReshma Saujani is an amazing force for working parents, an advocate for girls and a thinker on work today. She founded the nonprofit Girls Who Code, which worked to close the tech gap for women by teaching girls to be programmers. In the pandemic, she started a second nonprofit called the Marshall Plan for Moms, now known as Moms First. It advocates for child care, paid leave, and equal pay. Want to know what Lead Dads can do...
2023-07-1130 min
The Company of Dads PodcastEP76: What's It Mean To Be DadAwesome?Interview with Jeff Zaugg / Advocate For Fathers And The FatherlessHOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANJeff Zaugg is the founder of DadAwesome, a nonprofit that’s all about helping fathers embrace their role as dads and be more present. Why? Because kids are watching us and they know when we are loving being their dad - and when we're distracted. Jeff also started Fathers for the Fatherless – a nonprofit that stages a series of 100-mile bike rides to bring fathers together to raise money for children who don’t have fathers. Listen and be...
2023-07-0427 min
The Company of Dads PodcastEP75: What Does An Epic Life Mean For Dads?Interview with Justin Breen / Entrepreneur, Lead Dad, Date Night ProHOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANJustin Breen is a communications innovator from Chicago and the author of Epic Life: How To Build Collaborative Global Companies While Putting Your Loved Ones First. The book details what makes entrepreneurs not just great but happy and fulfilled. (Hint: it's not more stuff.) He is also a marathon level romantic – having orchestrated 52 dates in 52 weeks with his wife Dr. Sarah Breen - and without their kids. Listen for his insight.---Get ou...
2023-06-2734 min
The Company of Dads PodcastEP74: How To Get Clarity As a DadInterview with Brooks Barron / The Inheritance of Good Fatherhood ExamplesHOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANBrooks Barron was destined for a high-achieving corporate life. He graduated from Princeton University as his father had and went on to Stanford's business school. Enormous wealth and professional accolades were his for the taking. But there was something about his Colorado childhood, its inspiring lessons, that called to him. He took a different path, working outdoors in teaching and leadership roles built around the natural world. A young father, Brooks has thoughts on how to help...
2023-06-2037 min
The Company of Dads PodcastEP73: Fatherhood Is Funnier Than You ThinkInterview with Todd Detwiler / Illustrator and Author of How To DadHOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANThere is no shortage of books on parenting but they're written for mothers - only to be read by the rare father. Todd Detwiler set out to change this with his illustrated - and funny - book: How To Dad. It begins with his own Covid parenting stumbles as he worked to figure out what he should do, and when and how to do it. Of all the dadding advice, the section on air travel with...
2023-06-1332 min
The Company of Dads PodcastEP72: How Two Baseball Dads United for Men's Mental HealthInterview with Shawn Lesser and Brent Herd / Men's Mental Health AdvocatesHOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANShawn and Brent are fathers who have had professional success and family success. But like many men, they’ve also had mental health struggles. Brent’s came first. Shawn, who was bringing together investors in some of the nicest places in America, had his crisis last year. When it happened, Shawn's wife reach out to Brent. They'd been youth baseball buddies but that light friendship was enough for Brent to help Shawn through a dark period. From...
2023-06-0630 min
The Company of Dads PodcastEP71: How To Save Your ChildInterview with Kevin Olmsted / Author and Advocate for Anorexia AwarenessHOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANKevin Olmsted wrote the book "Scared Dad Feeding: How My Daughter’s Anorexia Took Me To Hell and My Guidebook for How I Got Back" about his family's experience. But he was moved to write it to help other dads get through what his family is still navigating: helping a child who lost 30 pounds in 60 days and is still working through the mental health struggles of anorexia. To get her the care she needed, Kevin left his ca...
2023-05-3034 min
The Company of Dads PodcastEP70: Smile More? How To Dismantle Gender Bias At WorkInterview With The Band of Sisters / Advocates For ChangeHOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANThe Band of Sisters are six senior female executives who have seen it all and not all that they’ve seen has been good. They've written “You Should Smile More: How to Dismantle Gender Bias in the Workplace" - the title a phrase all six women were told in their careers. Listen to two of the sisters, Angelique Bellmer Krembs and Lori Tauber Marcus, give actionable ways to eliminate the lazy bias of corporate America.---...
2023-05-2348 min
The Company of Dads PodcastEP69: What Working Couples Need To Know To Make It WorkInterview with Jaclyn Wong / Expert on Career, Relationship & Family DecisionsHOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANBalancing the competing pressures of modern work and caregiving roles is hard for everyone. Professional couples fall into three categories that may not be good for them long term. Consistent compromises. Autonomous actors. Tending traditional couples. Learn what each one means for you and also understand how far you can go to change this dynamic when there are structural and cultural issues aligned against couples switching up roles.---Get our free newsletter...
2023-05-1636 min
The Company of Dads PodcastEP68: How Dads Get Support for Parental BurnoutInterview with Kelly McGinnis / President of the Working Parent InstituteHOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANParental burnout is only recently a topic that is getting talked about openly. All parents can struggle with it but Lead Dads and Working Moms are juggling working, parenting, living, being a spouse and a friend every day. Kelly McGinnis is leading a reevaluation as the president of Incredible Family, which supports working parents and aims to prevent parental burnout, and the Working Parent Institute, which is a resource for companies looking to do better. Learn some...
2023-05-0929 min
The Company of Dads PodcastEP67: How To Be a Conscious Dad in 4 StepsInterview with Jeff Siegel / Health and Wellness Coach for MenHOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANBeing a father is loaded with expectations - many stemming from how society pushes men into a certain way of being a father. Jeff Siegel, a health and wellness coach with Harvard credentials and mindfullness training, is pushing back against those assumptions. He wants men to let go of heroic images of fatherhood and be the best dad they can be. Learn his 4 ways men can become conscious dads.---Get our free...
2023-05-0230 min
The Company of Dads PodcastEP66: 3 Things Dads Can Do To Help Their Kids LearnInterview with Charlie Rosier / Founder of Babbu, Childhood Learning ExpertHOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANWhat do you do when you want to entertain your toddler with something educational but you don't know where to go or whether the resource you find will be any good? Stuck at home during the pandemic, Charlie Rosier, a single parent with a toddler, pondered this question. The result is Babbu, an early child resource. Listen to 3 ways it can help Lead Dads - and their young children.---Get our free...
2023-04-2522 minThe Company of Dads PodcastEP65: How Parents Can Maximize Work and HomeInterview with Sara Madera / Relationship Coach, Parent ThinkerHOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANWhat comes first: Gender equity at work or at home? In this week's podcast, I discuss the issue with Sara Madera, founder of Plan Creatively, which works with working moms to manage the demands of career and parenthood. We talk about the role Lead Dads play in this at home and in the workplace. Listen to what we agreed and disagreed on.---Get our free newsletter covering all things fatherhood delivered straight to your...
2023-04-1824 min
The Company of Dads PodcastEP64: A Hollywood Hero's Lessons On Being a Lead DadInterview With Brett Edwards / Hollywood Actor, Dallas Lead DadHOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANBrett Edwards plays tough guys on screen. He was in American Sniper, the film based on a Navy Seal's life. He's been in CSI, Narcos and Westworld. But the hypermasculine roles he plays on screen are just that, roles. At home, he is a Lead Dad to his two daughters and his wife, who runs her own consulting firm. Listen to why separating the two personas is so important to him.---Get our...
2023-04-1132 min
Beyond the FieldHow Elevate started and where it is at now - CEO Niko Mokanos, COO Paul Sullivan, Head of Marketing/NIL Marc HernandezIn this episode of Beyond the Field, we sit down with the CEO of Elevate Sports Media, Niko Mokanos, the COO Paul Sullivan, and the head of marketing and NIL, Marc Hernandez. Elevate Sports Media is a rapidly growing sports marketing and media company that specializes in helping athletes and sports organizations build their brand and expand their reach.
During the interview, Niko, Paul, and Marc share the story of how Elevate Sports Media got started and how the business has grown and evolved over time. They discuss the challenges they've faced and the strategies they've used...
2023-04-1041 min
The Company of Dads PodcastEP63: Why A Senior Tech Exec Gives Credit To Her HusbandInterview With Alison Graham, Global Exec, Lead Dad AdvocateHOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANAlison Graham, a native Australian, came to the States 25 years ago and has had a remarkable career in tech - Unisys. Computer Associates. IBM. Salesforce. Amazon Web Services. She credits her Lead Dad husband - who was also working in tech - with being the go-to parent when she was traveling at different times in her career. Hear what he did that mattered. ---Get our free newsletter covering all things fatherhood delivered straight t...
2023-04-0429 min
The Company of Dads Podcast[BONUS] GDC EP1: Introducing The Global Dads Council Podcast(This is part 1 of a 6 part mini-series: The Global Dads Council.)Four Fathering Groups, Four Countries, One Unified MissionHow universal are the joys and challenges of being a father around the world? That word can mean different things - a caregiver, a Lead Dad, a husband, a provider, a friend. To find out, we've created The Global Dads Council, whose founding members are: Paul Sullivan, founder of The Company of Dads (US), Rupesh N. Bhambwani, founder of Cool Dads' Club (India), Han-son Lee, founder and chief executive of Daddlife (UK)and Bryan...
2023-04-0113 min
The Company of Dads PodcastEP62: How To Work Smarter And Be Present As A DadInterview with Travis Parry / Efficiency Expert and Lead DadHOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANWork too much? Struggle allocating time to home, work, your community, yourself? This was Travis Parry, a father of seven, who had a revelation when his father passed away suddenly. He wanted to find a better way to do things. So he founded the Make Time Institute and now consults with business owners on how to reprioritize their lives. Listen to his actionable tips for any dad.---Get our free newsletter covering all...
2023-03-2845 min
The Company of Dads PodcastEP61: What's Fair Play Mean for Working Moms and Lead DadsInterview with Eve Rodsky / Fair Play Advocate, Bestselling AuthorHOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANEve Rodsky is changing the way working couples coexist. Starting with her bestselling book "Fair Play: A Game Changing Solution for When You Have Too Much To Do and More Life to Live," Eve is helping couples find a better way to divide up the tasks of life, of parenting, of the house, of the chores, and of all the stuff that isn’t fun. She created the Fair Play Institute to bring this method to more people. Li...
2023-03-2141 min
The Company of Dads PodcastEP60: What Does Fathering Together Mean?Interview with Brian Anderson and John Badalament / Change MakersHOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANFathering Together is a nonprofit that works to make fathers agents of positive change. One of its missions is to give dads the tools to try to be the best fathers they can be. Their mission is supported with research and data that shows that more involved fathers benefit the whole family. Listen to what any dad can easily do better.---Get our free newsletter covering all things fatherhood delivered straight to your...
2023-03-1439 min
The Company of Dads PodcastEP59: How To Combine Family and Career as A Working DadInterview with Roman Gaida / Business Leader Setting An ExampleHOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANLead Dads need examples at work. They need to see senior leaders being Full Parents at Work - not Event Dads who leave early for a game or a performance. Roman Gaida came to understand this when his sons were born five years ago. He runs Europe, the Middle East and Africa for Mitsubishi Electric - some 160 employees - and he has instituted work policies to allow parents to fulfill their potential. He writes about his leadership strategy...
2023-03-0729 min
The Company of Dads PodcastEP58: How One Employer Understood A Lead DadInterview with Colin Haupt / Widowed Lead Dad Of ThreeHOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANColin Haupt was always a Lead Dad. When his children were young and he was a rising HR executive, he was the one to leave work when his kids needed him. His wife's job in financial services didn't have that flexibity. It continued when he joined a start-up insurance company that was growing quickly but had a CEO who put family first. Five years ago, Colin's wife died from breast cancer and the company's support allowed him to...
2023-02-2839 min
The Company of Dads PodcastEP57: How To Find Work-Life Balance, from a B-School ProfessorInterview with Stew Friedman / Director of The Wharton Work/Life Integration ProjectHOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANWhen his first child was born, Stew Friedman, then a young professor, started researching how companies could think differently about their employees' work and home lives. His colleagues thought he was sabotaging a promising career. Instead, Ford Motor Company hired him and that stint spawned Total Leadership, a Wharton Business School course and a consulting company. Listen to why he's optimistic about companies "opening up so much experimentation and innovation - out of necessity!"
2023-02-2141 min
The Company of Dads PodcastEP56: How a Hollywood Couple Made Parenting and Career WorkInterview with Bill Masters / Legendary Sitcom Writer and Creator, Lead DadHOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANBill Masters is a comedy-writing legend. He parlayed stand-up into writing for "Seinfeld". He created "Caroline in the City" and "Raising Dad". His wife Gail Berman is a legend in her own right, having run Paramount Pictures and Fox Broadcasting's entertainment division. More recently she produced the Netflix hit "Wednesday" and the film "Elvis". Yet when it came to their twins, now 30, Bill was the Lead Dad, working his writing around the family's schedule so he...
2023-02-1431 min
The Company of Dads PodcastEP55: Why Expectations Are The Key To Parenting SuccessInterview With Sue Groner / The Parenting MentorHOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANAll the myriad questions that parents have about their children can be boiled down into one, single issue: expectations, says Sue Groner, aka The Parenting Mentor. Coming out of The Wharton School, Groner didn't imagine that her career would take her into a world of coaching parents to manage - or in corporate speak, right-size - their expectations for their children. But coaching led to a book - Parenting With Sanity and Joy - and a career where she helps...
2023-02-0728 min
The Company of Dads PodcastEP54: What Divorced Lead Dads Need To KnowInterview With Drew Soleyn / Dad Coach and Founder of Connected DadsHOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANBefore coaching Dads, Drew Soleyn was a sports coach turned corporate coach. Coaching executives was important but what if the the then-father of three could connect more deeply with Dads? What if he could coach them to learn to lead themselves, and through that to become better fathers and men? His change was informed by his own experience as a father and then a divorced Lead Dad. Listen to Drew talk about the Four A's and...
2023-01-3135 min
The Company of Dads PodcastEP53: What a U.S. Congressman Can Do For DadsInterview with Jimmy Gomez (& his infant son) / America's Most Famous Lead DadHOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANCongressman Jimmy Gomez, who represents Los Angeles in the House of Representatives, put his 4-month-old son Hodge into a baby sling and voted with him for Speaker of the House - again and again. What began as a proud father moment at the start of the week of voting became a family necessity for the Democrat: his wife, a deputy mayor for the city of L.A., had to go back to work and the...
2023-01-2442 min
The Company of Dads PodcastEP52: Who Teaches You To Be a Dad at Work?Interview With Rob Taylor / Corporate Dad TrainerHOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANCompanies are starting to give men paternity leave at work. It's a start. But there's still a macho culture that can make taking that leave difficult. That same culture can also quiet men who want be open about being caring, engaged fathers - while also being workers. As Rob Taylor says, "They don't teach Dad in school." He's doing work to change that. Listen to our discussion on what companies can do better to lead and support the Dad conversation.
2023-01-1733 min
The Company of Dads PodcastEP51: How To Mix Crime Fighting and FatherhoodInterview With Trevor Kempner / Assistant District Attorney, Lead DadHOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANTrevor Kempner, assistant district attorney, a cappella singer, thirtysomething Lead Dad, is a fascinating study of human complexity. He went to Yale where he studied theater and then onto Stanford Law School where after graduating he became a business litigator. It didn’t take, and he moved to the San Francisco District Attorney’s office where vice president Kamala Harris once worked. When the courts closed and work went remote he found himself assuming the role of Lead Dad...
2023-01-1049 min
The Company of Dads PodcastEP50: The 3C’s Working Parents Need To HaveInterview with Deborah Porter / Working Parent CoachHOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANDeborah Porter is an influential voice on parenting. She runs Porter Systems and is a consultant to organizations and businesses to provide support beyond parental leave for working parents. At a time when working parents are trying to negotiate how and when to ask for a different way of working, she has some concrete advice to get the time they need while still being great workers. It starts with the 3C’s: Clarity, Confidence and Courage. She also has advice fo...
2023-01-0330 min
The Company of Dads PodcastEP49: Looking Back and AheadPaul Sullivan Talks About What He Learned as a First-Time Founder and What The Company of Dads Has PlannedHOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANWe launched The Company of Dads in February, and our Paul Sullivan has told the story of how he came up with the idea many times. Now, for the first, he reflects on what went right and wrong in the first year, what still bothers him (and what still makes him smile), and what The Company of Dads has in store for 2023 and beyond. ---
2022-12-2926 min
The Company of Dads PodcastEP48: A Year of Fatherhood ExpertsHighlights from Kirstin Shockley, Jamie Ladge, Kenneth Braswell, Dana Suskind, Jay Lauf & Jeff ForteHOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANWelcome to The Company of Dads year-end review. The majority of our podcasts focused on Lead Dads and their stories. But we also sought out experts on all sorts of things that relate to men as fathers, husbands, earners, and people. There were academics who studied pandemic parenting and men at work. There were advocates for fathers and experts on the social forces that influence dads navigating The Next Normal. Listen to quick...
2022-12-2721 min
The Company of Dads PodcastEP47: The Year In Lead DadsHighlights from Mike McKee, Tony Maws, JR Havlan, Tino Ricci and Max RiveraHOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANWelcome to The Company of Dads Christmas highlights from five podcasts this year – Mike McGee, husband of famous golfer Annika Sorenstam; Tony Maws, award-winning Boston chef; JR Havlan, Emmy Award winning comedy writer; Tino Ricci, my childhood best friend and a long-timne Home Depot employee; and Max Rivera, a New York City Firefighter. Listen to some funny, interesting and useful insights from each one.---Get our free newsletter covering al...
2022-12-2026 minThe Company of Dads PodcastEP46: Leading By Example – and Calendar – at WorkInterview with David Newson / Chief Marketing Officer, Working Parent AdvocateHOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANDavid Newson has risen to the upper echelons of the marketing world. He’s a leader in his field. As a husband and a father, he does something so simple but important for other Lead Dads in the corporate world. He blocks out two hours each morning to get his son ready for school – and he keeps it sacrosanct. It’s not hard yet it’s impactful. As a partner and member of the management committee of his firm...
2022-12-1332 min
The Strong CastRashed Belhasa a.k.a Moneykicks talks boxing and Floyd Mayweather.MoneyKicks sits down with Paul Sullivan and pro boxer Jake Ridgewell and talks aboutshifting his focus from Youtube onto his boxing career, who he looks up to and how he’dfare fighting major fighters like Floyd and AJ. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2022-12-0928 min
The Company of Dads PodcastEP45: A Savvy Pig’s Lessons on Kids and MoneyInterview with Michael Beacham / Co-Founder of Money Savvy GenerationHOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANInflation may be tough on the family budget but it’s a remarkable time to talk to your kids about money. Take the grocery bill and show your kids how much basic necessities cost today versus last year, says Michael Beacham, president of Money Savvy Generation – a financial education firm for children founded by his wife Susan. He and his wife are the creators of the popular and pragmatic Money Savvy Pig – a porcine savings bank divided into four c...
2022-12-0629 min
The Company of Dads PodcastEP 44: Where is Your Chair? A Better Way for Dads to WorkInterview with Eric Arthrell / Researcher on The Changing Desires for Fathers At WorkHOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANEric Arthrell, a long-time management consultant, was the lead author on Deloitte’s “The Design of Everyday Men Report” – a look at how top-performing fathers want to work differently and what the best companies have done to retain and support them. Key finding: inclusive work cultures do better in terms of both financial performance and innovation. But he also found that without senior managers modeling this behavior men were unlikely to be open at work abo...
2022-11-2933 min
The Company of Dads PodcastEP43: Lessons on Embracing The Role of Lead DadInterview with Mark Tamhane / International broadcast Journalist with Kids 4 to 24HOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANMark Tamhane is a father of six in Melbourne, Australia. His children are 24, 21, 18, 7, 5, and 4. Australia had one the world's strictest lockdown policies during Covid and that time taught him perspective. Trained as a journalist, Mark worked in radio, tv and print, in Australia and in London, for 33 years. He has written about his experiences Lead Dadding for the Australian Broadcasting Company. He’s also found a different perspective the second time around. Listen to his thoughts on "fa...
2022-11-2234 min
The Company of Dads PodcastEP42: How To Train a Dad for Work and HomeInterview with Ian Dinwiddy / Corporate Coach and Founder of Inspiring DadsHOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANBusinesses are starting to emphasize parental leave for fathers as well as mothers. No complaints there – as long as the corporate culture makes men feel that taking leave won’t be a penalty. But what many companies are not doing is helping fathers (and mothers) reenter the workforce and thrive in a world that’s different from what it was before kids. It’s something Ian Dinwiddy knows well. He was a management consultant until he had chil...
2022-11-1535 min
The Company of Dads PodcastEP41: How Far Would You Go To Be Your Child’s Dad? - Part 2Interview with Marvin Avilez who Spent 7 Years Securing Fatherhood RightsHOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANMarvin Avilez’s story to be a father to his daughter continues. The former counter-intel Marine turned technologist became a father in 2015 in New York City – when the mother of his child was in the United Kingdom. After talking his way into the country in 2020, he was fortunate to have an attorney who worked at a capped rate to get him residency. He had no such luck with the legal bills to secure fatherhood rights, racking up subs...
2022-11-0826 min
The Company of Dads PodcastEP40: How Far Would You Go To Be Your Child’s Dad? - Part 1Interview with Marvin Avilez who Spent 7 Years Securing Fatherhood RightsHOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANMarvin Avilez has one of the most captivating stories about becoming a Lead Dad I’ve ever heard. A former counter-intel Marine turned technologist, Marvin became a father in 2015 in New York. His daughter's mother, who lived in London at that point, wanted to control all aspects of his involvement in his daughter's life. He refused to be erased, and so began a seven-year odyssey traveling between New York and London to secure his rights as a fa...
2022-11-0130 min
The Company of Dads PodcastEP39: 7 Lessons You Need From An O.G. Lead DadInterview with Dan Kadlec / Early Remote Worker and 1990s Lead DadHOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANDan Kadlec was a Lead Dad when silence about his role was the way to maintain his ability to work remotely and parent his children as his wife’s career became more demanding. That was the 1990s when working from home was a euphemism for slacking off. But after discussions with his wife, they realized his job as a magazine columnist was more portable, so he raised his hand to be the Lead Dad for their th...
2022-10-2514 min
The Company of Dads PodcastEP38: What Working Dads Can Ask For: An Attorney’s AdviceInterview with Michael Cohen / Employment lawyer, Philly sports fan, Lead DadHOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANWhen Michael Cohen’s first daughter was born, some 20 years ago, he was afraid to take paternity leave. Not super shocking in the early 2000s – unless you know that Coach Mike, as his daughters and their friends call him, is an employment lawyer who helps companies craft their workplace policies – including around parental leave. Back then, he was afraid to ask the senior partners at his firm for time off when so many of them boasted about...
2022-10-1830 min
The Strong CastCourtney Rose - The Middle Easts’ Strongest woman under 80kg.Episode of The Strong Movement features Courtney Rose, one of The Middle East’s strongest women.Goes in deep with Mark Boyd and Paul Sullivan about her background and her journey with crossfit training and how she got to the top. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2022-10-1829 min
The Company of Dads PodcastEP37: What Makes An Equal Partner?Interview with Kate Mangino / Gender Expert, Researcher, AuthorHOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANSplitting up work at home equally doesn’t mean you do the dishes and I take out the trash. It means both partners share the mental load of running a house, raising children and tending to all the things that crop up. Kate Mangino spent time with 40 men who are equal partners to their spouses – as verified by their spouses – to write her new book Equal Partners: Improving Gender Equality at Home. What she found was the upbringings of the 40...
2022-10-1133 min
The Company of Dads PodcastEP36: A Frank Talk About Suicide and FatherhoodInterview with Andrew Jensen / Pro Athlete, Mental Health Advocate, Suicide SurvivorHOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANAndrew Jensen was an elite athlete all through the junior and university ranks. Handsome, fit and charming, he nearly reached the pinnacle of his sport, falling just a few notches short of playing on the PGA Tour. Throughout it all, Andrew was struggling with his sense of self-worth and hanging everything on his professional golf performance. Under that pressure, he played worse, and his mental health declined. He tried to take his own life three times...
2022-10-0446 min
The Strong CastAlex Kurdecha, Arm Wrestling Pro & 6ft 6 GiantAlex sits down with Mark Boyd and Paul Sullivan and walks them through how a pro arm wrestling match goes down and the mind games played in matches to beat your opponent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2022-09-3023 min
The Company of Dads PodcastEP35: Lead Dad or Modern Husband: DiscussInterview with Brian Page / Founder of Modern Husbands, Financial Literacy ExpertHOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANFor our first joint podcast, Paul Sullivan, founder of The Company of Dads, and Brian Page, founder of Modern Husbands, come together to discuss what the two groups have in common and where we differ. No competition here, just two men discussing one set of key issues that have come out of the pandemic: what it means to be a Lead Dad or Modern Husband in this changing world of work and home life. Listen to...
2022-09-2736 min
The Company of Dads PodcastEP34: Parenting Allies Can Change the WorkplaceInterview with Han-Son Lee / Founder of Daddilife, Leader in HR Change in the UKHOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANHan-Son Lee, the founder of Daddilife, a parenting website for fathers in the United Kingdom, is working to change the way companies treat working dads. Human resources departments can be there to facilitate changes and help create Working Dad Groups, but the only way men are going to come on board is if there are effective mentor groups. Listen to Han-Son talk about how to create these groups and why a lot of...
2022-09-2033 min
The Strong CastToby Richards Ex Royal Marines Command and Pro Bodybuilder tells his storyListen to Mark Boyd and Paul Sullivan's latest episode of Strong with Toby Richards out now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2022-09-1630 min
The Company of Dads PodcastEP33: Family Life with a World-Famous AthleteInterview with Mike McGee / Marketing Guru, Lead Dad to Annika Sorenstam HOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANMike McGee was a sports marketing guru in his own right before going to work for Annika Sorenstam, one of the greatest golfers of all time. About 15 years ago, their relationship turned romantic, and he’s now a Lead Dad to Annika and their children Will and Ava. Growing up in a golf family – his father was PGA Tour winner and Ryder Cupper Jerry McGee – he learned from his parents about what it meant to live in a t...
2022-09-1324 min
The Strong CastUFC: A BOUT Last Night - 11th SeptemberPaul Sullivan and Karl Keller round up yesterday's UFC 279 event. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2022-09-1116 min
The Company of Dads PodcastEP32: The Emperor of All Lead DadsInterview with Bruce Feiler / Creator of The Council of Dads, thinker on family and friendsHOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANBruce Feiler is best-selling author, sought-after speaker and contemporary thinker on fatherhood, family and work. He may be best known as the creator of The Council of Dads, an idea and a book he conceived when he was diagnosed with a cancerous tumor in his leg. He wanted to recruit other dads to be there for his daughters if he wasn’t, and the council was born. He’s also written The Secr...
2022-09-0644 min
The Strong CastLee Ryan 5-time Guinness World Record holder elite runnerAdidas' "The Running Man" Lee Ryan speaks with Mark Boyd and Paul Sullivan discussing his biggest achievements in and out of running and what has kept him going during his darkest times. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2022-09-051h 00
The Strong CastJohn Mitchell - professional MMA fighter (4-1-0)Episode of the Strong Movement features John Mitchell, professional MMA fighter who gives the low down on his aspiration to become one of the best in the industry. Speaking with Mark Boyd and Paul Sullivan, he discusses how he became a professional fighter, his mindset, and his overall goals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2022-08-3031 min
The Company of Dads PodcastEP31: How Men Can Advocate for Women at WorkInterview with Paula Ratliff / Tech Leader, Workplace Thinker, Kentucky ColonelHOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANMen far outnumber women in tech, but Dads have the ability to even the playing field for working moms, says Paula Ratliff, president of Women Impact Tech, which helps women thrive in the tech space. She talks about the “He’s for She’s” that helped her in her own career and can help women today. What’s needed she said is more mentors for working mothers and also great appreciation and understanding for working parents – who have proven...
2022-08-3031 min
The Company of Dads PodcastEP30: How Fathers Can Get Help Being FathersInterview with Kenneth Braswell / National Expert on Responsible FatherhoodHOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANWhat’s a big lesson for fathers? Having patience – and the understanding that none of us can do it all, says Kenneth Braswell a leader in the responsible fatherhood movement. Kenneth is the chief executive officer of Fathers Incorporated, a widely recognized nonprofit that supports fathers, researchers, and policymakers. His group focuses on providing services to thousands of organizations working to ensure that fathers can contribute to the healthy well-being of their children. He is also the author of t...
2022-08-2343 min
The Company of Dads PodcastEP29: Lessons from the Global Fatherhood FrontInterview with Gary Barker / Leader in the Global Men’s Movement / O.G. Lead DadHOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANGary Barker is a leading global voice in engaging men and boys in advancing gender equality and creating a positive view of masculinity. He is the CEO and founder of Equimundo, which has worked for 20 years in more than 40 countries - starting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He’s also the founder of MenCare, a global campaign working in 50 countries to promote men’s involvement as caregivers. Gary co-created and leads the Intern...
2022-08-1643 min
The Company of Dads PodcastEP28: Financial Wisdom Equals Family HarmonyInterview with Carrie Schwab Pomerantz / Expert in Family FinancesHOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANCarrie Schwab Pomerantz is an absolute expert in family finance. She has served two White House administrations. She advised the Council on Financial Literacy under President George W. Bush, and was later appointed by President Barack Obama to the President’s Advisory Council on Financial Capability. She knows first hand that investing fads never work. When she asked her dad, legendary mutual fund pioneer, Charles Schwab, what to invest in, he didn’t give her a hot stock tip...
2022-08-0934 min
The Company of Dads PodcastEP27: Want Your Kids To Excel? Join The Parent NationInterview with Dana Suskind / Surgeon, Author, Child Development ExpertHOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANDana Suskind is an acclaimed pediatric surgeon at the University of Chicago and the author of “Parent Nation: Unlocking Every Child’s Potential, Fulfilling Society’s Promise.” What’s a parent nation? It’s a group that values and supports the labor and love of raising the next generation, particularly in the early years. The health and well-being of those children is very much dependent on what parents can do. But is it all on Lead Dads – or Lead Moms to f...
2022-08-0237 min
The Company of Dads PodcastEP26: Lessons from a Later-in-Life Lead DadInterview with Jay Lauf / Thinker on the Future of Work, Reformed Daily CommuterHOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANJay Lauf is the co-founder and president of Charter, a news site going deep on the future of work. He’s had a great career in magazines and media. He was the chairman and publisher of Quartz, the publisher of The Atlantic and the publisher of Wired. But for 20 years, the constant was his daily commute: he was veteran of Metro North, the train that took him from Fairfield, Conn, to New York City. It...
2022-07-2645 min
The Company of Dads PodcastEP25: Feeding Time – How To Make It Fun, Not FrustratingInterview with Jill Castle / Expert on Feeding Kids For Maximum Health and HappinessHOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANParenting is some combination of exhausting and exhilarating. Making healthy meals can fall into the exhausting category. And it’s complicated: if Daddy is drinking a rum punch and attacking a basket of fried seafood, can he really tell his kids to skip the Shirley Temples and chicken fingers? Jill Castle, childhood nutrition expert and founder of The Nourished Child, has some answers. She worked at Massachusetts General Hospital and Boston Children’s Hospital befo...
2022-07-1929 min
The Company of Dads PodcastEP24: The Role Dads Need To Play in a Kid’s EducationInterview with Jeffrey Forte / National Advocate for Families / Special Ed AttorneyHOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANJeff Forte is special education attorney in Connecticut and advocate for parents and children. He runs one of the few law practices in the state dedicated entirely to helping families navigate the state’s special education laws to insure their children get an appropriate education. Sometimes this means negotiating with a school district to get more services for a child who may be struggling with reading or math; other times it means suing that district to pa...
2022-07-1235 min
The Company of Dads PodcastEP23: A Real History of Lead DadsInterview with Stephanie Coontz / Expert on Contemporary Families and MarriageHOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANHow have husbands and wives balanced working, parenting and being together throughout history? Stephanie Coontz, the director of research and public education at the Council on Contemporary Families, says it’s generally not how most of think about it today. If anything, the past 50 or 60 years are an historical aberration – since it used to be more egalitarian. So now, employers assume when women become mothers they will be less committed to the job and therefore they’re more r...
2022-07-0538 min
The Company of Dads PodcastEP22: A ‘Stunt Guitarist’ Talks About Choices & ContentmentInterview with Chris Bell / Musician, Lead Dad of Two, Guitar MasterHOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANA New Hampshire guy originally, Chris Bell has called Austin, Texas, home for almost two decades. A classically trained musician, he used to teach but now he is, what he calls, a ‘stunt guitarist’! He and his wife knew each other since they were kids but they reconnected 20 years ago. He’s the Lead Dad to their two boys. Most recently, he’s made a reputation for himself as a ‘luthier’ – a word I’ve been dying to use in...
2022-06-2844 min
The Company of Dads PodcastEP21: When You Have Choices, Choose WiselyInterview with Nick Brophy / Bakery Owner, Career Supporter, Wise ManHOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANToday my guest is Nick Brophy, father of five children, ages 7 to 24. Nick played football at Princeton and the team won the Ivy League championship his junior year. Then he took a traditional path to Wall Street. He loved it and excelled at it for nearly 20 years. His wife Sarah was also enjoying a thriving career. Then they started having kids. In 2013, after adopting their third child, Nick’s wife found out she was pregnant. They were at...
2022-06-2128 min
The Company of Dads PodcastEP20: The Internet’s Dad Shares His TipsInterview with Rob Kenney / Creator of "Dad, How Do I?"HOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANRob Kenney came up for the idea for “Dad, How Do I?” during the pandemic. He wanted to provide what he calls “Dadvice,” to kids who didn’t have a dad. He knew that role personally, growing up without a father – his mom died and his dad left the family when Rob was 14. Little did he know that his first video on how to tie a tie would strike a cord. In a little over two years, he’s gone fr...
2022-06-1435 min
The Company of Dads PodcastEP19: The Funniest Lead Dad in America Shares His SecretsInterview with JR Havlan / 8-Time Emmy Award-Winning Comedy Writer, Lead DadHOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANA funny thing happened on the way to J.R. Havlan using his college degree to get a job on Wall Street: the stock market crash of 1987. With every offer evaporating, he did the next logical thing and went into comedy. While he surely would have been the funniest guy at the water cooler, he also was legit, All-Pro funny. After doing the rounds at New York’s comedy clubs – and faxing, yes, faxing, jokes into show...
2022-06-0747 min
The Company of Dads PodcastEP18: How All Working Husbands Can Become Lead Dad MaterialInterview with Lara Bazelon / Lawyer, Author, Honest Assessor of DadsHOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANLara Bazelon is an attorney and author of the book Ambitious Like A Mother: Why Prioritizing Your Career is Good for Your Kids. Her book is about this moment in time, when we’ve come out of the pandemic where whole groups of people have been able to work from home, and that has allowed spouses to see exactly what the other one was doing and when. Listen to her thoughts on shaking off lingering stereotypes – like who’...
2022-05-3125 min
The Company of Dads PodcastEP 17: What You Say When You’re Asked What You DoInterview with Franco Finstad / Jazz Trumpeter, City Dad, Quick-witted StorytellerHOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANFranco Finstad is a dad-at-home in Manhattan, as he calls it on his LinkedIn profile. He has twins, a boy and a girl. Before they were born, he was a software engineer and a musician – trumpet being his instrument. But a funny thing happened on the way to being the Lead Dad to his twins. While he and his wife – a financial adviser – were in agreement that this was what worked for their family, it’s not been wit...
2022-05-2434 min
The Company of Dads PodcastEP 16: Deadlines and Car LinesInterview with Kamau High / Journalist / Kid Pickup Pro / Lead DadHOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANKamau High is a senior editor at The Baltimore Sun, where he helps shape the news agenda and manages a team of reporters. It’s been an interesting path to get where he is. He married his high school sweetheart. They moved to New York, they had fun, they worked – she is a cardiologist, he was a reporter at the Financial Times. And then they had a daughter and a different life beckoned. Today, Kamau is the dive...
2022-05-1727 min
The Company of Dads PodcastEP 15: Restaurant Life vs. Family LifeInterview with Tony Maws / Award-Winning Chef, Restauranteur, Lead DadHOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANFamed chef, Tony Maws was a central part of the Boston food scene for more than two decades. He won a slew of chef honors, including the highest – a James Beard Award. One of his restaurants, Craigie on Main, attracted a loyal foodie following who gathered around his famed chef’s table. (He also had a more casual burger joint because, well, who doesn’t love a good burger?) But being the chef-owner and being...
2022-05-1032 min
The Company of Dads PodcastEP 14: Wisdom from The Delivery RoomInterview with David Weinstein / Legendary Baby Doctor – At Nearly 11,000 BirthsHOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANDavid Weinstein has delivered nearly 11,000 babies in the New York area—most at Stamford Hospital in Connecticut. He’s one of the all-time greats. Stories of his grace and coolness under pressure are legion. High-risk pregnancies? No problem. Record deliveries in a day? 12 – out of 600 a year for him and his partner in their prime. Time with his own family? Turns out he had a streak of delivering most of his babies while his kids...
2022-05-0328 minThe Company of Dads PodcastEP13: Firefighting, Fraternity and FamilyInterview with Max Rivera / New York City Firefighter, Lead DadHOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANAfter the September 11 attacks, Max Rivera knew he wanted to be a New York City firefighter. It’s not an easy job to get but he was determined to do it. It took him over a decade to accomplish his goal. But he made it and was assigned to a storied fire house in Flatbush, Brooklyn. He’s now part of an elite special operations squad that backs up other fire houses. While he can leave the job...
2022-04-2626 min
The Company of Dads PodcastEP12: Prepping Lead Dads To Be Ready From The StartInterview with Keegan Albaugh / Founder of Dad Guild, Educator, Lead DadHOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANKeegan Albaugh readily admits that his wife, a grad student and stand-up comic, pushed him into starting what became Dad Guild. But after he gathered with a handful of other new fathers in Burlington, Vermont, he realized what he was striving to do was no joke. Normalizing fathers taking care of their babies was serious business. Tons of funny moments ensued along the way. Imagine a gaggle of dads with babies strapped to their chests walking...
2022-04-1931 min
The Company of Dads PodcastEP11: How To Balance Two Careers Without ResentmentInterview with Michael Teager / Jazz saxophonist, Early Remote Worker, Lead DadHOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANMichael Teager is a renown saxophone player with multiple recordings who was gigging several times a week before his son was born. His wife, a musician and teacher, needed to return to work fairly quickly, so he stepped up to take over childcare duties. He felt he could make it all work. He stopped teaching, reduced his gigs, and asked to shift the hours of his job as a business manager to nights. But it came...
2022-04-1245 min
The Company of Dads PodcastEP10: Stepping Up For Your Family Doesn’t Mean Stepping Back From WorkInterview with Nikola Gasic / Newly minted C.F.A. Charterholder, Parent and Lead DadHOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANNikola Gasic believed his employer when it offered him paternity leave when his son was born: take it, someone else will cover for you, your job will be here when you return. He took paternity leave to spend time with his son but he also took it because his wife’s job was more entrepreneurial than his: if she was out for six months it would be a set back to her career. As...
2022-04-0519 min
The Company of Dads PodcastEP9: Will The Pandemic Change Work and Parenting?Interview with Dr. Jamie Ladge / Expert on The Trade-Offs Parents Make and How Work is ChangingHOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANJamie Ladge, an associate professor of management and organizational development at Northeastern University, comes at the work-life debate with a lot of questions. Why is it hard to be both a good parent and a good worker? Can fathers be competent dads and professionals? Will involved dads be penalized like working moms have been? Where does the change start? (Hint: Not at the top.) Listen to her answer these questions and...
2022-03-2932 min
The Company of Dads PodcastEP8: How Do Spouses Speak When Roles ChangeInterview with Alex McKenzie / Emperor of Ice Cream, Sobriety Advocate, Lead DadHOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANAlex McKenzie was the Emperor of Ice Cream, a life-long food lover who created an ice cream business (named for a Wallace Stevens poem) that was thriving pre-pandemic. He’d done many other things in the food world. He’s worked in the fields and in restaurants. The fish business – he’s swum in that tank. He’s also produced rock music and public radio podcasts. The most challenging role, though, has been figuring out his curren...
2022-03-2237 min
The Company of Dads PodcastEP7: The Importance of Community for Single Lead DadsInterview with Nathan Richardson / Entrepreneur, Florida transplant, Father of TwinsHOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANNathan Richardson was a New Yorker, and the community in his neighborhood allowed him to be a single Lead Dad to twins, a boy and a girl, and still work at the top of his profession. He had time to volunteer and be with each of his kids alone, knowing his neighborhood network was there to help. But stuck in a New York apartment during Covid, he made the tough choice to leave the city behind and...
2022-03-1530 min
The Company of Dads PodcastEP6: Covid, Kids, and The PlaygroundInterview with Tino Ricci / Husband to an ER Nurse, Home Depot Associate, Lead DadHOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANWhen the pandemic began, Tino Ricci’s wife was an emergency room nurse outside of Ft. Worth, Texas. She was seeing first-hand how devastating the virus could be – and worried about bringing it home to her family. Tino stepped up, shifted his schedule, and took the lead on parenting and virtual-schooling. It was a role he embraced. After being a professional golfer for a decade, Tino began working at the Home Depot so he c...
2022-03-0823 min
The Company of Dads PodcastEP5: Masculinity, Money and ParentingAn Interview with Brad Klontz / Financial Psychologist, Tik Tok Influencer and Lead DadHOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANWhat holds some men back from becoming Lead Dads – or at least openly embracing the role? It starts with traditional perceptions of masculinity, of being the higher earner, of being the provider, of not engaging as much with parenting and family tasks. But it’s not something that’s hardwired. Men can become more comfortable being Lead Dads and still fulfill their potential. What does it take? Dr. Klontz discusses his findings.---
2022-03-0122 min
The Company of Dads PodcastEP 4: Rethinking Career and Family ResponsibilitiesInterview with Dave Andrews / Air Force Officer, Commercial Pilot, Lead DadHosted By Paul SullivanFlying was Dave Andrews’ dream. As an officer in the Royal Canadian Air Force, he flew military operations and supported humanitarian aid missions; he also flew the prime minister under the call sign, CanForce One. He went on to fly for Air Canada where he was just as likely to wake up in Hawaii as Canada. But his priorities shifted when his son was born. Now he works in civil aviation and is a Lead Dad to...
2022-02-2226 min
The Company of Dads PodcastEP3: Kids and Money – What You Do, Not What You SayInterview with Steve Israel / Financial Adviser, Ex-NFL Player, Lead Dad of FourHosted by Paul SullivanTalking to kids about money and financial responsibility isn’t easy. What might matter more is what your kids see you doing, not what they hear you saying. “Whatever I preached, they had to see me doing it,” said Steve Israel, who was drafted by the Los Angeles Rams and played 10 years in the NFL. He now works as a private banker and financial adviser to families.---Get our free newsle...
2022-02-1531 min
The Company of Dads PodcastEP2: Fatherhood and Football With a Super Bowl ChampInterview with Najee Goode / Super Bowl Champion, Entrepreneur and Lead DadHOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANThe former linebacker for the Philadelphia Eagles has sacked Tom Brady and intercepted him. He started a company, Veepio, that seeks to change the financial landscape for college athletes. Now living in Jacksonville, Florida, Najee is the lead dad to his two daughters, 5 and 4. He’s applied football lessons to fatherhood – and shares them along with some juicy stories from his Super Bowl LII win against the Patriots in 2017.---Get our free...
2022-02-0826 min
The Company of Dads PodcastEP1: What Pandemic Research Revealed About DadsInterview with Kristen M. Shockley / Professor, University of GeorgiaHOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVANThe pandemic changed parenting and relationships overnight. Kids were forced home from school. Parents were sent into remote work or forced to juggle shifts with parenting. Into this chaos, stepped Kristen Shockley, a professor at the University of Georgia, who wanted to know what this sudden shift did to how couples worked, parented and cleaned up afterward. What she found revealed unexpected insight into on relationships, but it also offered valuable lessons for the new world of work.
2022-01-2237 min
Reasonably Happy with Paul OllingerRich v. Wealthy (w/Paul Sullivan)Paul Sullivan writes the Wealth Matters column for The New York Times and is the author of The Thin Green Line: The Money Secrets of The Super Wealthy. In his book, he discusses the important difference between being rich and being wealthy. Hint: One means that you have a lot of money, the other means that you have control over your financial life. Paul grew up in a working-class family but won a scholarship to attend an elite boarding school, an experience that changed his life. After earning degrees at Trinity College and University of Chicago, he began a journal...
2020-06-021h 01
Strategy Supercharged - The home for changemakers in businessCustomer Success in Digital MarketingThis is the first episode of the series for 90 days of success from Paul Sullivan at Paul Sullivan Marketing, a UK based award winning digital marketing agency.
Expect us to cover all things business, entrepreneurial, digital marketing, web design and most things to help your business grow.
I'll be interviewing successful business owners and persons of interest with the aim of helping you expand your own understanding of business.
Find us at www.paulsullivanmarketing.com
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2018-03-1613 min