Michael Barker - Create Change at Your Company

Ever needed flexibility or time off from work to navigate a major life change or issue? A high powered lawyer, Michael Barker found a lack of flexibility at Fried Frank when he decided to have children. Michael wanted to be involved in his children's lives while maintaining his high powered career. Michael became a poster child for and then an agent for change: rethinking work to enable his colleagues to work from home or part time and have work life balance. The lack of flexibility created stress and anxiety for parents and particularly affected women. Today Fried Frank is one of the best law firms to work at. Learn about Michael's advocacy for better parental leave policies and alternate working arrangements in Episode 8. Subscribe to The IdeaMix Radio and stay tuned for our next episode. If you like what you hear, please review here.