SO1EO5 Alyssa Westring: Parents Who Lead
Rewind 8 months to the start of the first lockdown in this strangest of years. My wife and I, like many people, were about to begin what was definitely the most challenging period of our parenting lives. Schools had shut, work was uncertain, and many people were understandably anxious.
A couple of weeks before, I had ordered a copy of a new book called Parents Who Lead: The Leadership Approach You Need to Parent with Purpose, Fuel Your Career, and Create a Richer Life, which applies leadership principles to how you manage your personal life. Well, sometimes in life, things drop in your lap at exactly the right time, and so it was the case with this book.
As you might imagine, when I decided to start recording this podcast, Alyssa Westring, one of the authors of this book with Stew Friedman, was among the first people I contacted and I’m delighted and honoured to bring you this brilliant conversation, which should fill you with insights and optimism whether you’re a parent or not.
Alyssa Westring is an organisational psychologist at DePaul University in Chicago and is an award-winning educator and expert on leadership, work/life integration, working parents, and women’s careers. She’s also a frequent speaker at Fortune 500 companies and has two school-aged children.
Thanks as ever for listening, and if you haven’t already, please check out my newsletter Future Work/Life for related insights, including last week’s edition which prefaces this episode.
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