Welcome to Episode 22 of our podcast, Courageous Conversations, hosted by Leanne Pilkington.
In this episode, we hear from Ewan Morton, Joint Managing Director at Morton Real Estate. He talks about speaking at the 2019 Women in Real Estate Conference, the impact the conference had on him, the perceptions of men’s responsibility in the workplace, support strategies for working women and men and what needs to change when it comes to conversations around work/life balance.
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00:30 – Introduction to Ewan’s role in real estate
01:00 – Reflecting on Ewan’s key note speaking gig at the Women in Real Estate Conference; the tough conversations involved with getting a shared opinion on his topic
05:00 – Working spouses; changing the language from ‘mother first’ to ‘parent first’.
07:20 – The conditioning of men e.g. being expected to earn for the family; changing the perception; realise it’s OK to work less hours to prioritise your family
09:45 – Feedback following Ewan’s talk at the WIRE Conference
10:35 – “A woman succeeding is succeeding for all of us, not just for herself.”
12:00 – In any partnership, you need to work as a team – even the husband and wife team.
14:00 – The changing perceptions of working hours/conditions being a choice versus being something that has to be done
16:00 – Domestic violence as an ‘epidemic’ and bringing up the conversation with men
17:30 – Being outcome-focused and how this will change conversations around work
18:30 – Discussing the criticisms towards women’s events
19:45 – Reflecting on Louisette Geiss’s talk at WIRE and Ewan’s reaction to the content and the audience response
23:30 – Discussing negative comments then vs now, sensitivity and vulnerability
26:00 – Being quick to judge and substituting this for respect instead.