LEARNING OBJECTIVES

for a Standard Talk to all Audiences

Attendees shall be able to:

1. Learn why work-life issues matter to profits as well as personal happiness.
2. Discover which of the typical work-life concerns are most challenging for them
3. Understand why balancing work and life is the wrong goal and instead to prioritize their family first and their work a close second
4 . Learn some or all of her 5 work-life strategies
5 . Share ideas and solutions with others

LEARNING OBJECTIVES - for a Very Brief Talk

Sometimes groups just want Ms. Nichols to speak briefly. In that case, here are the learning objectives.

Ms. Nichols will discuss:

1. What’s so hard about being a working parent?
2. Why balancing work and life is the wrong goal; and a better suggestion
3. How she learned this lesson – the hard way
4. One key lesson - laughter - that they can use with family members or co-workers

Target Audience

Professional working parents - engineers, salespeople, nurses, lawyers, doctors, accountants, administrators, managers, executives - who have children living at home. Also human resources professionals responsible for the retention and attraction of key employees who have children living at home.

This message is for mothers, fathers, stepparents, grandparents - and employers.

WILL YOU HAVE ~~FRIES~~ BOOKS WITH THAT PRESENTATION?

To increase the impact and value of Ms. Nichols' presentation, consider a bulk order of the HYKT handbooks - one for each person in the audience. Be sure to ask us about this cost-effective resource.

BENEFITS

Decreased Human Resources costs and Increased Employee Happiness from:

** Improved productivity, quality and employee engagement. Employees who have smooth-running families can concentrate on their jobs. They cam be better problem solvers and problem avoiders. They can see new ways to save money, bring in more revenues or avoid mistakes. This increased productivity leads to higher profits.

** Increased safety. This is especially relevant for public safety professionals (police and fire), deliverypeople, taxicab drivers, assembly-line workers and other professionals who work with machinery, vehicles or the general public. Employees who have happy families can concentrate 100% on performing safely and effectively.

** Better wellness. With rising health care and EAP costs, this can be an area of significant savings. Employees who take care of their relationships on a regular basis have better mental AND physical health. They also have better attendance, improving productivity and labor costs.

** Stronger attraction and retention of key employees. By the time workers have enough experience and knowledge to be key employees, they often have families. If you want or need to hire or hold onto highly skilled professionals, offering a strong work-life culture can make the difference.

** Improved diversity and teamwork. Nothing significant is ever accomplished alone. Almost every big success is the result of teamwork, often a highly complex team. Team members who understand each other work together better and create bigger and better results.

** Decreased frustration and stress of employees."Work-Life Balance" is a hot topic today because it's a virtually impossible goal but employees often keep trying to reach it, fall short, and feel like they're failing. This presentation helps them see a different paradigm. Instead of balancing, it promotes prioritizing.

** Positive ideas they can do quickly at home and at work, for big results - This talk is not a tips talk with 101 ways, but rather, shows up to 5 key lessons that they can adapt and use quickly and easily to give themselves less stress and more happiness. It gives hope that they can be successful at work and at home.