Father of Daughters
Engaging Executives Who Are Fathers of Daughters
The Red Shoe Movement – engaging men to support women in the workplace During a recent trip to New York City, I had the opportunity to meet with Mariela Dabbah, CEO & Founder of The Red Shoe Movement (RSM). After meeting last year on social media and conference calls this was our first IRL meeting…
Read MoreA Father’s Day Gift To Our Daughters – Making The Connection
Dad’s is the workplace ready for your daughter? Most men today never make the connection that if we as men, as fathers of daughters, aren’t advocating for women’s advancement and workplace equity we are betraying our daughters of a better future. You see most men still lead very compartmental lives. For the most part, we…
Read MoreThis Father’s Day Give Your Daughter the Gift Of A Brighter Future
Father of Daughter Initiative Many men never make a connection between advocating for women in the workplace and the impact this will have when their daughter enters the job market. Dads, if we aren’t working today to advocate for women, then by default our daughters will face the same bias and gender pay issues that…
Read MoreMen: This Mother’s Day Become an Advocate for Women
What a difference a year makes. For the past couple of years, I’ve been saying that women’s advancement is stuck and the needle isn’t moving. Well, the needle may be stuck, but women’s voices are rising. In January we witnessed record-setting crowds for the Women’s March and while the headlines aren’t always positive, women’s issues…
Read MoreThis Father’s Day Give Your Daughter A Gift
It’s time for more men to advocate for women in the workplace. Women’s advancement is stuck. A sense of urgency will never take place until fathers of daughters realize the responsibility they have to be change agents. We can talk about the business case, strategies and talent initiatives but without a personal connection, men will…
Read MoreWe Keep Expecting #women to #leanIn, What We Need is #men to #standup
Hey, Men! Do Something for your Mothers, Wives, and Daughters. Stand-up for Women. Women’s Pay Equity Day came and went without a lot of hoopla. April 12th symbolizes how far into the year women must work to earn what men earned in the previous year. Obama made a speech and Pinterest and Twitter exploded, for…
Read MoreMale Engagement, Advancing Women…and My Red Pumps.
Jeffery Tobias Halter TEDx Talk I was thrilled when I was invited to give a TED talk on the need for male engagement in advancing women at the TEDxCentennialParkWomen 2015 in Atlanta. I knew that this was a great opportunity to ignite a real conversation. I also knew it needed to be poignant, provocative and shake…
Read MoreJoin the Father of a Daughter Corporate Challenge
10 things men are doing to support their daughters and advocate for women in the workplace. My Father of a Daughter Initiative is off to an extraordinary start. Last week it was picked up by Huffington Post after getting 11,000+ views on LinkedIn. And this week we are launching the Father of a Daughter Corporate…
Read MoreFather of a Daughter Initiative and Father’s Day – Let’s Keep The Conversation Going
Father of a Daughter Initiative + Special Why Women Book Offer for Father’s Day I want to thank everybody for their interest in the Father of a Daughter Initiative and signed the With more than 10,000 views (and counting) on Huffington Post and LinkedIn, it just goes to show that it’s time to act on…
Read More10 Simple Things Fathers of a Daughter can do to Advocate for Women
This Father’s Day Give Your Daughter A Gift Women’s leadership advancement is stuck. Real change with a sense of urgency will never take place until fathers of daughters realize the responsibility they have to be change agents. We can talk about the business case, strategies and talent initiatives and even tying compensation to gender goals…
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