{"id":1007,"date":"2007-06-15T07:45:34","date_gmt":"2007-06-15T12:45:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/06\/of-dads-and-ceos\/"},"modified":"2007-06-15T07:45:35","modified_gmt":"2007-06-15T12:45:35","slug":"of-dads-and-ceos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/06\/of-dads-and-ceos\/","title":{"rendered":"Of Dads And CEOs"},"content":{"rendered":"

From CNNMoney.com comes a humorous article titled Do CEOs make lousy dads (and moms)?<\/a> The Q&A format is a discussion of an entertaining new book from a former comedy programmer at HBO. The guy is now a CEO of an executive search firm in Los Angeles who almost lost his wife during an armed robbery.<\/p>\n

The article starts with some stats from a monster.com survey:<\/p>\n

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…found that 58% think their employers should do more to accommodate the demands of fatherhood<\/strong>; 71% of those with a child under age 5 took a paternity leave when it was offered. The poll also found that, if money were no object, 68% of fathers would consider being stay-at-home dads.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
I’m not sure what accommodations they are looking for and I know I could not be a stay-at-home dad. There must be a happy medium in there. Anyway, on to the author who was clearly out-of-control in his work\/life balance:<\/p>\n
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I used to be the kind of guy who would be texting clients while riding the Matterhorn at Disneyland with my daughters. It was nuts.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
And later on this tongue-in-cheek gem:<\/p>\n
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They (his family) like me better. I play with my kids now. I don’t take work calls at dinnertime anymore. I’ve accepted that, at home, I don’t have the control over events that I have at the office, which is why most CEOs have trouble with family life. You can’t fire your kids, although I am thinking of transferring them, as soon as I find the right storage facility.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
It’s a fun article to read before Father’s Day with a good message.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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