NAMC BEST Program

Best in Business, Best in Life
Employers and employees work Best when they work together
 
While employers address the physical and economic needs of their employees with health plans, salaries, time off and other benefits, we know from years of experience with families that the emotional and social needs are often neglected. Researchers and businesses report that addressing work / life issues results in increased focus, productivity and loyalty.
 
The BEST Program fills in the gaps and gives employees a place where they can explore new ideas to make their work and home life more compatible as they share information and creative solutions. To support and address work/life issues, the NAMC is now offering the BEST Program in the form of on-site sessions.
 
Identifying the need:
In generations past, men and women were often eased into and comforted in their roles as mothers and fathers by nearby extended families and close-knit communities and neighborhoods. Today, families are more mobile, and many more families have two working parents. Extended families may be hundreds or thousands of miles away; neighbors are often strangers. The lack of these natural supports has left a tear in our social fiber that is impacting on the capacities of our families to function optimally. Longer work weeks due to corporate downsizing come at a time when recent research in child development emphasizes that adequate, caring supervision for children of all ages is imperative. Parents are feeling the squeeze as the pressure is compounded.
 
The NAMC's BEST Program
 
To support and address work / life issues, the NAMC is now offering the BEST Program in the form of on-site sessions. Participants in the program report feelings of greater loyalty for their employer, gratitude for the support and higher productivity.
 
What makes BEST unique? Information is coupled with creative problem solving, action steps and resources. By giving employees new skills, by providing positive ways to respond to life's challenges and by promoting healthy behaviors, employers benefit from a more effective workplace environment.

Studies Tell Us
  • Creating an environment where employees feel valued and supported is a key to market leadership. Ahead of the Curve: Why America’s Leading Employers Are Addressing the Needs of New and Expectant Parents, Rima Shore (1998).
  • Employees who get along and support each other are likely to be more productive. Researchers from the University of Rochester Medical Center (2007)

BEST Information and Topics

The NAMC's BEST Program offers information on a wide variety of topics that benefit employees in their work and life responsibilities.

  • Time management / Increased productivity
  • Tips for reducing morning stress and jump starting a productive day
  • Transitions from work to home and back
  • 10 steps to less stressful child care
  • Communicating with professionals in your child's life
  • Internet safety and media influences
  • Building positive self regard in children
  • Communicating with children regarding your work
  • Common issues in parenting and work relationships
  • ABCs of elder care
  • Being prepared to handle family crises
When you invest in your employees, you invest in your company's future

The BEST Program provides:

  • Significant ROI
  • Employer of choice differentiation
  • Enhances employee recruitment, retention and loyalty
  • A strategy / tool in your "success kit" for enhancing overall business performance
For more information on bringing The BEST Program to your workplace, contact us at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it . Put BEST in the subject line. Or call 516.939.6667.

 
 

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