The One Thing Male Leaders CAN Learn From Mad Men

Say what you want about the portrayal of male leaders in the AMC hit series, Mad Men. Sexist? Yup. Pigs? Yup. Able to give tough feedback? YUP! Don Draper may have been a creative genius who was a pain to work with, but he had a few redeeming moments during the show. Like this one…

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What Mad Men Teaches Us About Male Leaders

It’s going to be terrible to say good-bye to Mad Men, but let’s tip our hat to all the gruesome realities of the sixties and seventies’ workplace the show has exposed us to. Joan and Peggy may be outstanding female employees, but their journeys have been anything but smooth. Particularly Joan, whose bumpy ride through…

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A Roundup of Upcoming Speaking Events

Why Women by Jeffery Tobias Halter

It’s been a whirlwind couple of weeks since my book WHY WOMEN – The Leadership Imperative to Advancing Women and Engaging Men came out and the response has been tremendous. Let’s keep the conversation going on what men need to do to advance women’s leadership in the workplace. I’ll be speaking in several cities over the…

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Marketing to Women: 4 Companies Doing it Right!

Marketing to Women - Jeffery Tobias Halter

As we gear up for Mother’s Day and are besieged in the run-up by a flurry of ads targeting women and specifically, Moms, let us take a minute to consider what all this marketing geared towards women actually means. Let’s ponder if there is indeed a trillion dollar market waiting to be had out there.…

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Celebrating the Legacy of a Male Feminist: Dave Goldberg

Jeffery Tobias Halter on male feminists, male engagement, male champions and fathers of daughters

By now we have all heard the sad news this week of the passing of Dave Goldberg, the chief executive of SurveyMonkey and Sheryl Sandberg’s husband. Goldberg, 47, died unexpectedly Friday, after sustaining severe head injuries after falling off a treadmill, while on vacation with his family in Mexico. As tributes poured in from Silicon…

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