Fair Share: How Men and Women Can Create a More Equitable Workplace Together

with W. Brad Johnson and David G. Smith

July 1, 2026 at 8 am EDT / 1 pm BST / 2 pm CET

The way we work is not aligned with the realities of modern life. Traditional expectations of the “ideal worker” mean that men who seek flexibility still face stigma, reinforcing a cycle in which women shoulder more at home and miss out on career opportunities.

W. Brad Johnson and David G. Smith have dedicated the past two decades to showing why and how men have a crucial role to play in promoting gender equality at work, for the benefit of all. A clinical psychologist and sociologist, they are professors and former naval officers with a mission to help men become more effective allies, mentors, and collaborators with women to create a more inclusive workplace.

In their new book, Fair Share: How Men and Women Can Create a More Equitable Workplace Together, they offer a blueprint to break down systemic barriers across the organization, from culture to policies, so that women can take their place in leadership—and men can do more outside of paid work.

On July 1, Brad and David will join us to share the structural policies and procedures that genuinely contribute to real gender fairness. Most thoughtful leaders aspire to better inclusion around gender; they just don’t know what to do. Fair Share shows organizations how to make it happen.

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About the speakers

W. Brad Johnson, PhD is a clinical psychologist and gender-in-the-workplace expert. A former commissioned officer in the Navy, Johnson served as a psychologist at Bethesda Naval Hospital and at the Medical Clinic at Pearl Harbor, and as a professor of leadership and psychology at the US Naval Academy. He is the author of fourteen books.

David G. Smith, PhD is a professor in the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School and co-founder of The Gender & Work Initiative Center at JHU. As a sociologist trained in military sociology and social psychology, he focuses his research in gender, work, and family issues, including bias in performance evaluations, retention of women, dual-career families, mental load, and allyship.

Johnson and Smith are the cofounders of Workplace Allies where they consult, research, write, and speak around the globe on the topics of mentorship and cross-gender workplace relationships.

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