Trans Awareness – Promoting Proactive Inclusion
Gender Equality goes beyond acceptance. However, a proactive approach, including Trans Awareness, is a powerful demonstration of commitment to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace.
Men Need Help Removing Their Armour
Patriarchy hurts men. It is a system that drastically needs to be challenged and dismantled for everyone’s benefit. Who wouldn’t want to be a man in a patriarchal system?
5 Hacks For Making Memories this School Holidays
More and more dads are taking responsibility for the school holidays so I'm sharing a few hacks that I use at my place to enable us to make memories rather than just try to survive.
Pay Transparency
Pay Transparency to reduce disparity. For a lot of organisations, this is the time of the year performance for the previous year […]
Women in Leadership Programs…
The latest version of unpaid work? In most of the leadership programs I have run, unfortunately, many participants who attend often feel […]
“We don’t talk about Bruno.”
Let’s rethink NDAs. Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs) have long been utilised as a legal tool to protect sensitive information, trade secrets, and proprietary […]
International Women’s Day Join the discussion
Men, we need to be active and involved. March 8th is International Women’s Day, in case you hadn’t noticed. There is a […]
Late to the Party
I have a friend who is notorious for arriving late to gatherings. Frequently 2-3 hours late. And if there’s acknowledgement and an […]
Are you being equal with the Me Time?
Or is ‘ME’ time really short for ‘MEN’ time? We have all heard the idioms: – Fix your oxygen mask first, before […]
Stop Focusing on Fixing Women
When considering your organisation’s 2023 plans, perhaps ANOTHER Women in Leadership program is not the answer. The solution to gender diversity problems […]
How to NOT to Mansplain – In 3 Easy Lessons
Lesson 1 – You Don’t know as much as you think you do There is a tendency that the less we know […]
Are you watering down your DEI Initatives?
𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗗𝗘𝗜 𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀? There is a difference between compliance training and real development. I don’t work in compliance […]
Transgender Awareness Week 2022
Just a reminder that Transgender Awareness Week should be about giving visibility to the challenges faced by this community – issues of […]
My Hands Are Full
For the last 18 months, I’ve been, and still am, the primary carer for my daughter on at least two days of […]
Do You Wipe The Seat?
Speaking on behalf of most men, accidently peeing on a toilet seat happens often. When this happens, you are faced with a […]
“H-e-y-G-u-y-s” “Hey Everyone!”
I’ve been working on changing my go-to of referring to a group of people as “guys”. It has NOT been easy. There […]
Gender Equity vs Gender Equality
I was having a discussion earlier this week with a man working in D&I, and he picked up on my language around […]
I want to put myself out of a job
My mission for Bloke Coaching is that it won’t be needed in 15 years. That will coincide with my 50th birthday. Call […]
Intention Bias vs Judging Behaviour
There is a hypocrisy most of us struggle with. Intentions and behaviour are legitimate ways to evaluate human conduct. The problem is […]
Would you buy your son a pram?
When my son turned 4, we bought him a pram. It was one of three things that he really wanted, and he […]
How much did my gender or my other characteristics, give me an edge?
“People who think that have claimed the greasy pole on their own misunderstand how much luck had a part to play and […]
Understanding and Interactions
“We, men, sometimes don’t understand something because we don’t live it” ~ Jorge Rosillo, CEO and General Manager, Galapagos Ecological Airport as […]
Call me a Friend, rather than an Ally
This may sound a bit controversial, but please don’t call me an Ally. I have always felt uncomfortable with the word […]
Why doesn’t Brittany want our sympathy as fathers?
If you are struggling with appreciating this point of view, you are not alone. It is tempting and ‘well intended’ for men […]
The Parental Leave Gap – Let’s change the narrative
What if hiring managers valued periods of parental leave rather than seeing them as a gap in employment history? I was chatting […]
I wouldn’t have behaved that way
There is a difference between “I wouldn’t have behaved that way” and telling someone else “they shouldn’t have behaved that way”. I […]
7 Tips for managing the school holidays
How do you manage through the school holidays? School holidays are not a holiday. Sure there are some great times. But the […]
This episode of Bluey™ is called Gender Lens
There are many reasons to love Bluey. Even if you don’t have young kids, you should watch it. It’s helping to shape […]