Ep #124|A Working Dad's Perspective with Matthew Sharp

She Reaches Podcast

Ever wonder about the working dad's perspective on how to make life work in a modern dual income family?

In this episode, Matthew Sharp is sharing his story about how he makes things work in his household. Matthew is a husband and dad to two (soon to be 3!). He's also been a champion for working parents by being involved in a parental leave initiative at his company. Matthew talks about why he became involved and why it didn't deter him that the initiative was an offshoot of a women's group at his company.

There are a lot of negative stories of partnerships when we talk about working moms so I hope this starts to change the narrative and highlight the cases where a partnership is working well. I hope you consider sharing this episode with your partner!

Highlights:

• Matthew's career background and family life
• Matthew's schedule and how he and his wife make things work day to day
• Variable vs. predictable work schedules and how that impacts how they handle things like sick days for their kids
• His thoughts on the most stressful part of being a working dad
• The parental leave policy initiative Matthew was involved in at his company
• Getting involved in women's initiatives as a man and speaking up for people who don't have as much power
• Tips for other parents in making things work as a dual income family

Today’s Guest:

Matthew Sharp recently transitioned to a new role at Facebook in the Marketing Science group. Most recently, Matthew Sharp lead the Customer Knowledge team at Novantas, a financial services advisory and technology solutions firm. Matthew's team lead all primary customer research efforts at the firm.

Additionally, in his time at Novantas, Matthew championed policies that benefit women at Novantas (more specifically, working mothers) by building business cases and successfully advocating for a new parental leave policy. He also led a group that founded and launched the company's corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiative, NovaGIVES.

Matthew is a husband of a working mother and spends most of his time outside of work with her and their two sons. They are expecting their third child (a little girl) in July 2019.

Resources:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewasharp/