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'The Work Family Flow program is positive, personal and engaging. From an individual level it supports self empowerment. From an organisational level it will prove an effective tool for staff retention. I would recommend that organisations seeking to retain talented staff implement a Work Family Flow program in their business-as-usual processes.' Mark Jentsch, Adelaide City Council

Sally, one of your top performers, announces she is pregnant. Six months later she is on maternity leave. Six months after that she is back working part time – 2 days in the office and one day from home. Six months after that she resigns.

The reason? Not your family friendly practices. And not your workplace culture. But a feeling that it was just too hard.

Australian organisations will spend over $100 billion dollars this year on staff turnover and lost productivity.

And a fair proportion of those will be parents trying to ‘balance’ work and family.

But for less than half of a percent of the costs of losing someone like Sally, we can help you keep her.

The answer lies in a new way of conceiving of work and family. And it’s got nothing to do with trying to achieve balance.

Balance suggests that people have a fixed and limited amount of time and energy. If work is taking all that time and energy, then family suffers, or vice versa.

But work family research, and the experience of working parents, tells us something different.

Research shows that:

Work and family are interrelated and interconnected.

Work is beneficial to family life.

Family life is beneficial to work.

Happy parents are more productive and effective at work, and they care better for their children.

That’s why Parent Wellbeing teaches a new understanding of work and family – Work Family Flow.

Work Family Flow is not about ‘balancing’ work and family.

Instead, it is about optimising work and family. It is about helping people make the most of their work and family experience.

At Parent Wellbeing, we teach working parents scientifically proven techniques to increase their wellbeing from the exciting field of Positive Psychology.

With increased wellbeing, parents and children benefit, and organisations improve their bottom line.

For a fraction of the cost of losing a valuable employee like Sally, we can help keep her performing at her best.

Contact us for more information about our workshops and coaching program.

Learn more about our Work Family Flow workshops.

 

 

Learn more about our Work Family Flow coaching program.

Learn more about Jodie Benveniste's keynote speaking on Work Family Flow and Parent Wellbeing.

 

Read the business case for work family initiatives.