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Why Family Matters to

Your CompanyA Family Life Catalog for Businesses

The Cost of Family Breakdown

S$164 MILLIONOF OUR NATIONAL BUDGET IS SPENT ON SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH FAMILY DYSFUNCTION*

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2*Ministry of Finance (2016). Budget 2016: Annex to the expenditure estimates — Ministry of Social and Family Development. Retrieved from http://www.singaporebudget.gov.sg/data/budget_2016/download/24%20MSF%20Annex%202016.pdf on March 24, 2016

Damaged ties with loved ones at home

Toxic family environment

Failing relationships

Undermined self-worth

Anxiety

Depression

Inability to focus

Poor health

Increased health insurance cost

Poorer work performance

30% more likely to receive below average

performance evaluation

Decreased creativity and productivity

Increased absenteeism and presenteesim

HEALTH OF INDIVIDUALFAMILY RELATIONSHIPS EFFECT ON QUALITY WORK

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Family Wellness Benefits Business, Creates Strong CommunitiesWhen companies invest in the well-being of their workers, ROI can range from US$1.50 to US$6.85 for every dollar spent on these types of programs.

Source: M. D. Turvey and D. H. Olson (2006) Marriage & Family Wellness: Corporate America’s Business? by Marriage CoMission and Life Innovations.

EFFECT ON QUALITY WORK

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It’s very difficult to have a meaningful life without meaningful work.

—Jim Collins

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Focus on the Family Singapore is your trusted partner for strengthening employee well-being, engagement and retention. We want to partner with you to achieve a better workplace culture through innovative strategies, programs and services. We are committed to helping families thrive at different stages and phases of life, delivering experiential and life-transforming family life education in the areas of work-life, parenting, marriage and relationships.

Strategies to increase staff engagement and well-being

PROGRAMS RESOURCES

Healthy Relationships Lead to Healthy ProfitsA winning strategy for employee engagement

WORK-LIFE INTEGRATION

EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

CORPORATE SOCIAL

RESPONSIBILITY

EVENTS

FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION

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One of the biggest struggles faced by working professionals is to excel at work without compromising on personal relationships. Enabling staff to achieve greater work-life integration is critical in helping your organization adapt to the changing times, and develop a positive and productive team.

From formulation to implementation, we will work with you in developing an effective work-life strategy that achieves your business and staff engagement objectives.

WORK-LIFE INTEGRATION

WORK-LIFE CONSULTANCY

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Work-Life Assessment ChecklistAssess your organization’s needs through this short quiz:

For a comprehensive needs analysis, please contact partnerships@family.org.sg.

1. My organization has set in place work-life infrastructure (e.g. Developed strategic plan, set up work-life task force, training on work-life harmony)

2. My organization has availed flexible work arrangements to employees (e.g. Flexi-hours, telecommuting, job sharing)

3. My organization provides leave benefits to employees (e.g. Marriage leave, paternity leave, sabbatical leave)

4. My organization provides employee support schemes and services (e.g. Care arrangements/subsidies like lactation room, social activities according to life stage, health & wellness program)

WORK-LIFE INITIATIVE YES NO

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Enhance personal work-life effectiveness

Help children manage exam stress and emotions

Communicate better with your teen

Better understand each other’s needs in marriage

When your internal stakeholders excel at home, they will naturally excel at work. Our range of family life education covers work-life, parenting, marriage and relationships, equipping them to find meaning in their work and fulfilment in their relationships.

Our programs are available for both large and intimate groups. Here’s a selection:

Talks | Workshops | Family Day Events | Dialogues | Clinics

INTEGRATING FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION INTO STAFF DEVELOPMENT

WORKSHOPS

TALKS

Become a steady guide and mentor to your child

DIALOGUES

Help dads bond with their daughter at a special date

FAMILY DAY EVENTS

For a full list of programs, please email

partnerships@family.org.sg

Bond and learn to speak each other’s love languages

Comm

Connect

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Life sometimes throws us curveballs which can leave us feeling overwhelmed at home and at work. Offering Employee Counseling Services enables you to extend support to staff and their families during challenging times. Whether dealing with work stress, emotional problems, marital conflict, parenting issues or grief, staff can come to Focus on the Family to seek private counseling from our team of trained and experienced counselors.

The counseling service can be combined with other program and content offerings for a customized EAP for your organization.

Do you believe in investing to build strong, thriving families for our future? Support our programs and causes through sponsorship, volunteerism or promotion. With your partnership, we can strengthen families today, for a better tomorrow.

EMPLOYEE COUNSELING SERVICE AND EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Talks | Workshops | Family Day Events | Dialogues | Clinics

If you want to build a culture of engaged leaders and a great place to work, you need to spend time thinking about three things: Service, Growth, Communal service.—Jim Collins

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RESOURCES FOR WORK-LIFE EFFECTIVENESS, PARENTING, MARRIAGE & RELATIONSHIPS

The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace by Gary Chapman & Paul WhiteExperienced counselors Chapman and White will help you identify different languages of appreciation and effectively communicate encouragement to your staff.

Growing Up Social: Raising Relational Kids in a Screen-Driven World by Gary Chapman & Arlene PellicaneLearn the 5 skills to help you give your kids a relational edge in a screen-driven world.

The 5 Love Languages by Gary ChapmanWonderful things happen when men and women learn to speak each other’s language. Learn how to communicate in your spouse’s love language.

Stopping Stress Before It Stops You by Dr. Kevin LemanWe all have stress in our lives and it can be overwhelming. In this book, Dr. Leman shows how to make stress work for you.

Teenagers! What Every Parent Has To Know by Rob ParsonsHow to cope with your children’s teenage years and continue feeling close as they become increasingly independent.

Men Are Like Waffles, Women Are Like Spaghetti by Bill & Pam FarrellLearn the differences between the sexes in the context of love, sex, parenting and more in this book.

MARRIAGE & RELATIONSHIPS

For more titles, visit family.org.sg/store

PARENTING

WORK-LIFE

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“The staff who attended The Heart of Success workshop loved the videos and facilitator. Facilitator was also very helpful and went the extra mile in explaining the concepts and made an effort to know the participants in order to make them open up and share during the workshop.”— Janna See, Singapore General Hospital

“I’ve gained better insights into family values and bonding. The Heart of Success has highlighted the importance of having close relations with my spouse, children and working colleagues.”— Bakurdeen A.Majid, Westlite Domitory

Our PartnersSingapore’s most respected brands trust Focus

Impact stories

For more titles, visit family.org.sg/store

Recipient of: Work-Life Excellence Award 2012, 2010Work-Life Sustained Excellence Award 2014Best Companies for Mums Awards 2015

Focus on the Family Singapore Limited is a local charity with Institution of Public Character (IPC) status dedicated to helping families thrive SM. We partner individuals and organizations to promote strong families through differentiated programs, trusted resources, family counseling and content placement across various media.

www.family.org.sg focusonthefamily.sg thrivingfamilysg Focus on the Family Singapore

Tel 6336 1444 • Fax 6491 0707 • Email focus@family.org.sg 9 Bishan Place, Junction 8 Office Tower, #08-03, Singapore 579837

Apr 2016