From dealing with tantrums to negotiating bed time, one parent shares how kids taught him to be a better manager.
Sometimes being a manager can feel like you’re a parent to a whole company of children. My former boss, who didn’t have any biological children, used to say she had six kids—the exact number of people under her leadership. Ian Durston, father of three and author of Everything I Needed to Know About Management, I Learned From My Kids says being a father helped him improve his management skills.