Mother and father share their perspective of how they wish maybe what you did or would have done something different in that moment in time. "I think it's try to figure out what you need and ask for it there's a lot that leaders can do to support parents especially new parents," says Jason, who is on the dad side with his wife Alison."In the moment everything feels vastly important but if you went back and thought about those projects all you could always working on then we can have another conversation at least three weeks from now", he adds. 'What will matter in five years it's not whatever you're doing right now it'll be fine that will be fine'
Allison McMillan, VP of Engineering at Quota Path, joins us to talk about the transformation engineering leaders go through when they become parents and the lessons we can take parenting to our day-to-day as managers. From communication to rewards vs. consequences to dealing with other humans and their unique challenges.
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