Ian contributed to Future Men’s Agenda: Dad online meeting space where he shared his insights on the process of Shared Parental Leave, a parental leave policy that permits leave to be shared between partners over a 12-month period and in line with specific considerations. The full interview can be seen on Future Men’s YouTube channel.

While Ian provides a service to support working fathers and the companies they work for establish expectations, have conversations about leave and childcare, and establish new social norms for working fathers, he is keenly aware of the need for examination of the structures in which these activities are taking place. This requires having open and honest conversations about the policy frameworks and the implications on practice. Ian’s contribution to that discussion through Agenda: Dad, which has representation from policy, service delivery, campaigning, and practice professionals, and the All Party-Parliamentary Group on Fatherhood, has been key to the wider discussion of fatherhood in the UK.

Ian is the epitome of knowledgeable, professional, and personable. He is very capable to holding numerous challenging themes and opinions, while facilitating productive conversation that lead to positive outcomes.

Chris Stein, Director of Marketing, Fundraising and Advocacy at Future Men

I cannot begin to thank Ian enough for his insightful presentation to our firm. The comments I received from our colleagues confirmed what I had promised, which was that you were the best person to discuss gender equity and the important role men have to play as allies. Not only did you provide us with fresh, new, valuable information and tools, but you sent our attendees out motivated to use them.  This is the second time Ian has delivered excellent advice and guidance on the subject – and I am looking forward to his ongoing support and partnership with our firm and gender equity network.

Steph Amor, Diversity and Inclusion Manager, Freeths LLP

Hi Ian and Frances,

Thank you for such an excellent session last week. It was incredibly insightful, thought-provoking, and delivered with a great deal of warmth and authenticity. Your perspectives on the importance of inclusive, family-friendly practices truly resonated. It was a valuable reminder of how much further we all have to go, and a brilliant call to action for making workplaces genuinely more equitable for all parents.

Thanks again for hosting such an engaging conversation, and for the brilliant work you both do to challenge assumptions and drive change!

Rachael & Michelle, Co-Chairs of CIPD Shropshire Branch

What were your goals for booking the event?

We have a lot of new dads in our team and I wanted to arrange an event specifically focussed on work life balance from a man's perspective.

Testimonials are a really important part of helping organisations understand the value of our live events, we would love to hear how you found the event overall. 

The feedback received from attendees was very positive. There was an appreciation that this event was targeted at working dads and attendees were able to relate to the panel's experiences. I am confident that this will encourage colleagues to be more open in future when navigating the challenges of maintaining work/life balance.

Lucy Cuthbertson, Real Estate Director, Marsh

After having heard Ian on a recent webinar, I thought he’d be an ideal speaker for our Storytelling Inclusion Series. I was right! Ian was really easy to work with and was keen to ensure that he delivered exactly what we needed. He’s a very engaging person and his story resonated with a lot of our staff. We really enjoyed Ian’s session (‘My Story: Challenging The Assumptions of Fatherhood’) and would thoroughly recommend him.

Elaine Smith, People Development and Inclusion Manager, North Sea Transisiton Authority

Admiral recently paired up with Ian @ Inspiring Dads for International Men’s Day. Thanks Ian for a fantastic session with our team - thought provoking and engaging content and Ian is incredibly relatable, knowledgeable, professional and friendly. Our session, ‘Supporting Dads at Work’ has sparked some really great conversations and we hope to use the recommendations Ian provided to help us keep driving gender equality in our workplace.

Holly Needs, Diversity and Inclusion Manager UK at Admiral Group

Ian delivered a one hour webinar on the subject of whether Working Dads can have it all.  Ian came across as being knowledgeable and very likeable.  The content and style of delivery was engaging and the interview he conducted with a member of our team was fantastic, really bringing the session to life.  There was a good balance of thought provoking stories and practical tips to take away. The feedback we have had from attendees has been great and has led to an increase in the number of fathers joining our Working Parents Crew at Clear Channel.  A real success!

Aaron Martin, Co-Chair Working Parents Crew, Clear Channel

Ian joined us for a UK&I AkzoNobel webinar on “How Flexible Working for Fathers is Good News for Everyone.” The session was well attended and excellent feedback was received from both attendees and those that caught the recording at a later date, sparking discussions and questions around our flexible working policies. Ian’s session was engaging and interesting, with thought provoking research and statistics. Ian led a panel discussion with 2 fathers within the company and explored the choices they’d made and how flexible working suited their individual circumstances. Ian was a pleasure to work with – from the initial discussions to finalising the content and right through the reviewing how the session had worked.

Sioned Ferriday, Proud Parents Lead, AkzoNobel.