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Does Pre Marriage Education and
Coaching Belong in Corporate America?
This might seem like an odd question.
But it is one that has been asked quite
frequently these days around the water
cooler.. or is it in the coffee break room?
The Coalition for Marriage, Family and
Couples Education says YES, and many
Marriage guru’s agree! It just does not
make sense that what goes on in an
employees home life doesn’t effect the
company’s bottom line. For instance,
John Smith of Incos Inc. is arguing with
his wife more and more these days and
has been flirting with the possibility of
an extra marital affair. He remembered
noticing Jane Jones “giving him the eye.”
Over time, because John works closely
with Jane everyday and has been
increasingly getting “sick” of the fights
at home, he grows the courage to ask
Jane to go for a happy hour drink after
work. What happens next is costing
YOU and YOUR COMPANY tremendous
profits. Employees happen to also be
human beings.. I know, I know.. it’s a
BIG shock, but it’s true! .. And humans
talk… to other humans! Rumors start
and now everyone in the office knows
about John and Jane’s affair. Top
management gets involved and before you
know it a whole department is suffering
because John didn’t have the skills to
communicate with his wife and work on
his marriage instead of working on Jane.
Quick side bar: Jane is no angel in this
either, but it’s not her fault, her husband
is a famous musician and she struggles
when he is away traveling with his band.
This is a true story and it cost a very
well known very prestigious corporation
hundreds of thousands of dollars. You’re
probably thinking that sounds a bit
inflated. I assure you that these kinds of
shenanigans with employees’ personal
lives dipping in the companies pocket
happens everyday, all year long. The
reason why it costs so much is because
when an employee gets divorced, they are
coming in late or not coming in at all,
when they are in, their minds are on their
divorce or painful issues they don’t know
how to deal with alone. They are stressed
out because of all the lies they have to
tell to maintain their affair and they
ARE talking to other employees about
their problems on the company’s dime. It
just makes sense for CEO’s and
Presidents to actually care about what is
going in their employees world because
then they will then have the opportunity
to bridge the gap between the employees
contribution and the companies bottom
line.
Some of the most successful progressive
corporations are including marriage and
relationship education into their benefits
packages and offering lunch and learn
seminars for employees that think they
could benefit from learning some skills
that will help them with their marriage
and relationships. The more companies
that jump on this bandwagon, the more
people that will benefit monetarily and
personally.
To find out how much an employee’s
divorce will cast your company go here:
http://tinyurl.com/divorcecost
For more information on this topic go to:
http://tinyurl.com/workplaceinfo
To find out how to add
Marriage/Relationship education and
coaching to your benefits packages, call
Cory B Honickman at 1-323-378-5675 or
email to ch@wherelovehappens.com
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