Modelling change

More male role models championing paternity leave within businesses would help to create changes within organisational culture, and generate wider support for fathers who feel pressurised into not taking time off (News). Sharing early-years care responsibilities between both parents has proved a successful model, for example, in Scandinavian societies.
 

Language does not simply reflect what is going on in organisational life: it also influences what people think and what they do

Linda Holbeche, director of the Holbeche Partnership and visiting professor of HRM/OD at Cass Business School