A benefit for employed parents. An easily accessible application for employees on parental leave to stay in touch with the closest manager on their own terms. A tool for self-reflection and personal growth before, during and after leave.

Helps managers and employees stay in touch on the employees’ terms. Easy way to meet individual needs and discover how family skills naturally grow at home, and can be of value at work later. Did you ever learn parenthood is the best leadership training you can get? We think so, too.

The platform is built with the intention of being on the employees’ terms, meaning THEY will get started and log on when the timing is right for them. The platform is introduced by managers before the leave, as a voluntary option and benefit. It gives managers and HR a channel to understand and meet needs during leave and share the most important company news, without the parent having to log into the intranet or e-mail during their time away.

The upside for the employer is strengthened inclusion, engagement and retention. Employees who feel seen and valued during their parental leave will more likely return and contribute instead of seeking better luck with another employer. Retaining talent can save you up to an annual salary (the average cost of replacement recruitment). 

Also, parental leave sends your employee on a learning journey free of charge. This kind of development should not be neglected. Instead, make sure you as the employer gain from your more mature, skilled and professional employee. 

To be family smart is a way to add proof points differentiating your employer value proposition (EVP) showing how you offer an inclusive, gender equal and sustainable workplace in practice, connecting to Agenda2030.

In brief: Higher retention. Inclusion. Upskilling. Personal development. Leadership support. Time saving. An informal and voluntary contact channel. A tool for engagement. We can go on forever.
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Transferable skills are the skills that can be used in several areas and in every job, no matter the title or the field. Some are hard skills, like coding or other technical skills, and some are soft skills like communication and relationship building.

Let us have a look on a few of these competencies. Think about each of them and reflect on how you have recently faced any of them yourself. Next step: how do you think you will find them useful back at work? Do they connect to the leadership and self leadership you wish to have yourself and among your managers and employees? And your organization, your customers and owners – could they  benefit from these competencies (or others developed in the private space)?

• Prioritization and delegation
• Situational leadership
• Organizational skills and effectiveness
• Empathy and compassion
• Goal orientation and problem solving
• Perspective in life
• Thinking outside the box
• Mindfulness
• Communication and conflict resolution
• Setting boundaries – for others and yourself
• Patience and trust 
• Social competence
• Self-esteem

With the FamSmart platform you get the tools to reflect on and build your individual family smart competence profile with these skills developed at home. There are many other examples too.

The continuously growing Family Smart Competence Profile makes it clear and easy for the employee and manager to discuss before reboarding how family skills may add value at work as well, and how to make the best use of it in the current or a new role when going back to work.