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Find out how your organization can benefit from this groundbreaking initiative
According to a survey conducted by Newsweek and Beliefnet in August 2005, 84 percent of Americans stated that spirituality was important in their daily lives. 57 percent said it was very important. For millions of Americans, faith is a powerful way to cope with the challenges that life throws their way. Beyond coping, it enables many to strive for and achieve excellence in all areas of their lives.
If millions of your workers find value, hope, strength, encouragement, support, solace, and succor in their faith, why wouldn't you offer them an avenue to benefit from it?

Faith-Based Employee Assistance Program (FB-EAP) does that for you. In an unobtrusive, noninvasive way, it offers faith-based counsel that uplifts, motivates, heals, boosts energy and confidence, refocuses, and enhances commitment and performance.

FB-EAP is designed to supplement your traditional EAP. It rounds out the range of support the traditional EAP is able to provide by focusing on the less understood but extremely critical component of our being, the spiritual component.

Is this for everyone? From the 2005 Newsweek/Beliefnet poll referenced above, 85 percent of Americans say they're Christians. Like your traditional EAP program, FB-EAP can be made available to your entire employee population. But just as the multicultural, specialty, and gendered-based diversity initiatives in some organizations are geared to the needs of a specific population, this program is based on biblical principles and geared toward the Christians in your organization. The only difference is that Christians are likely to be in the majority of all the diverse groups in your workplace. This is good news and provides another reason to be attentive to the population.

How does it work? Similar to your traditional EAP, employees can benefit from FB-EAP by calling a Christian counselor at a dedicated toll-free number. The counselor listens to the employee and counsels him or her from the Bible. If the employee is willing, the counselor will say a prayer at the end of the session and make a follow-up appointment. Additional contacts can be made via email, and written materials such as newsletters and books are sent via email or regular mail.
While honoring counselor-client confidentiality, a quarterly report of usage, trends, and recommendations is provided to client organization.

What Christian values is this program based on? Among others, the Bible teaches honesty, hard work, integrity, fairness, justice, loyalty, commitment, strength, honor, and perseverance as values that Christians must uphold. At a time when the ethics of many organizations is under scrutiny, having a counseling program that reinforces these shared values can go a long way in steering your organization in the right direction.

Why are other organizations becoming more faith-friendly? In addition to the above reason, the Alexander Hamilton Institute reported in August 2005 that religion in workplaces is a "hot new employment trend." They reported that some companies are going as far as sponsoring faith-based affinity groups or offering chaplain services. They stated most companies are doing it to win the battle for the best and brightest talent.

When should you recommend Faith-Based EAP?
The following are examples of times when your employees can pick up the phone and call their FB-EAP counselor:
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When their personal/family problems begin to spill over at work
When they're stressed, depressed, or desperate
When they've just experienced a loss - loss of family member, job, etc.
When they're in a conflict with others
When they're having interpersonal issues
When their performance is taking a downturn
When they have a problem with anger, aggression, letting go, etc.

What FB-EAP is not.
FB-EAP is not a psychological, psychiatric, financial, medical, or legal counseling service. It's counseling provided by Christians who
(a) are well versed in the Bible,
(b) are seasoned Christian counselors,
(c) have years of experience in corporate America including background in leadership and human resource management, and
(d) are committed to helping other Christians and their organizations excel.

How do I get started?
Send us an email at fb-eap@starleadership.org
call us at 856-627-8343 to learn how we can begin to serve you today.
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