Edition 140 - December 2007

SEASONS GREETINGS!
We’d like to take the opportunity to wish you Season's Greetings! We hope you have a happy and safe festive Season.

A NEW LEVEL OF WORKPLACE FLEXIBILITY IS NEEDED
Bend…stretch…that’s it!  It may not be your tried and true management style.  Workplace flexibility - being more flexible with your staff could deliver some results you didn’t expect.

IS IT FAIR THAT WORKERS TAKE A BREAK FOR A SMOKO?
You can see them congregating outside almost every office building.  Cold and marginalised.  Misunderstood about their disrespect for their health.  But more importantly, they’re not inside performing their jobs.  What should management do about the smoko?

PROFILE: SIOBHAN TOOHILL, STOCKLANDS
For Stockland’s General Manager, Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability, Siobhan Toohill, management involves keeping her team of industry experts focused on getting the job done. Always being transparent and open to better ways of doing things also helps.