Annual Report 2013 - Mainfreight

Our people
We have no widgets
or gadgets to sell. It is
our people’s passion,
energy, and belief in the
Mainfreight culture and
our global aspirations,
that power this company.
Once again, we have proudly recorded
within the pages of this document the
name of each current team member in our
Mainfreight family around the world.
Why?
Because they are who we are; without each
and every single team member we could not
provide the level of service that we do for
our customers.
It is their passion, energy and belief in
our Mainfreight culture and our global
aspirations that power this Company.
There are no widgets or gadgets to sell.
What we have to offer our customers is
the superior performance of our people to
deliver on their expectations for their supply
chain requirements.
The culture embedded within Mainfreight
makes us unique.
Why do people choose to work at Mainfreight?
They choose Mainfreight because we
consistently invest in the development of
our people, as evidenced by our dedicated
training centres in New Zealand, Australia,
the United States, Europe and our training
projects in China. This investment starts on
the first day on the operational floor in a pair
of steel caps and their uniform, or “Blues”.
It is here our team learns about who we
are, what we do, and most importantly ‘why’
we do things. It is here our team is given
the opportunity to shape our systems, to
challenge our current way of doing things
and to create a better way for the future.
It is here where Mainfreight evolves and
improves into a better, and smarter, business.
Why do we choose them?
We choose people in whom we see the
potential to become Branch Managers
and leaders within our business. By asking
ourselves this basic question it forces us to
look beyond the person we see today and
towards the person they may become. It
forces us to strive for a higher standard of
person and a higher standard of quality in
who we are and in what we do.
The growth of Mainfreight continues at an
unrelenting pace. The challenge before our
teams is to look beyond our current backyards
and into new frontiers. These frontiers will
require a global approach to identifying and
securing new business and a global approach
to developing our team and leadership
capabilities. Most importantly these frontiers
will only be realised by forcing ourselves to
look beyond our current achievements and
towards those yet to be attained.
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