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Episode: Mark Kaplan and Mason Donovan, "The Parenthood Advantage: Building Corporate Cultures That Value Working Parents" (Dg Press, 2025)
Description: Traditionally, parenthood has been seen as a career disruption-especially for mothers. But what if becoming a parent could be one of the greatest leadership incubators of all? The Parenthood Advantage: Building Corporate Cultures That Value Working Parents (Dg Press, 2025) challenges the outdated narrative that working parents are a burden to manage and instead shows how they're an untapped asset that forward-thinking companies can't afford to overlook.
Drawing on compelling research, candid interviews, and real-world examples, authors Mason Donovan and Mark Kaplan reveal how the skills honed through parenthood-resilience, crisis management, empathy, prioritization, and negotiation-are the very qualities that...