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Cyclone Gabrielle, which hit Hawke’s Bay on February 14, is going to have significant impacts on local businesses and communities, and the wider economy, for a long time to come.  The cyclone brought heavy rainfall and strong winds, causing widespread damage to infrastructure including roads, bridges, and power lines.

Running a business is no easy feat, especially when you are trying to navigate the challenges of a constantly changing market, customer demands, team development, supply chain, cashflows, health & safety, compliance, the list goes on!

Kia ora folks. I live in one of the areas worst-affected by Cyclone Gabrielle and for a couple of weeks we had no power (still no water 14 days later but that’s a different story). Anyway, that meant in the evenings, before it got dark, I was able to get a bit of reading in. And I managed to work my way through Steve Hansen: The Legacy, written by Gregor Paul. Here's my review ...

I was chatting to someone the other day and they asked me if my role is to hold people to account? It was a good question and made me think about the way that I work with folks, be it boards, senior leadership teams or directors. My answer was that it’s not so much my role to hold them accountable but rather help them develop a structure that allows them and their team to keep themselves accountable. Because in my view, building a culture of accountability is essential for success in business.

I was chatting to someone recently about them acquiring another business which they are looking at integrating into their current business operation. In the scale of things it would represent about a 25% growth for them.