Sessions
Breakout Session
Optimize: The Care Gap: Bridging Household Labor and Workplace Advancement
In-Person
Monday 09/29/2025 01:15 PM - 02:30 PM
The facilitators will first showcase the deep connection between gender imbalances around unpaid domestic work and caregiving and gender disparities in pay and advancement. Participants will be guided through conversations about their own caregiving identities and how transparency about them in the workplace can normalize it for others.
Presenter:
W. Brad Johnson, PhD, Best Selling Co-Author of Good Guys and Co-Founder of Workplace Allies 
Presenter:
David G. Smith, PhD, Best Selling Co-Author of Good Guys and Co-Founder of Workplace Allies