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14 BAY OF PLENTY BUSINESS NEWS August 2021 QUAYSIDE HOLDINGS LTD – SCOTT HAMILTON Create a positive space Creating a positive space enables employees to flourish both as contributors to the business and as individuals. What does it take to be an exceptional business leader? In today’s world, leaders need to lift their game in how they are connecting with, and looking after, their people. People expect more from their employer than ever before. With such a nation-wide labour shortage, leaders across all parts of an organisation must be aware of the need to engage and connect, creating a future for employees they want to be a part of. Connection and alignment through carefully created people strategies is vital. All business leaders need to understand what drives their employees (the why) in order to understand the what and the how. Create a positive space for employees to flourish both as contributors to the business, as well as individuals. Take time out to celebrate successes and milestones. What tips do you have for other BOP business leaders? Covid initially made us all look inwards within our organisations and potentially restructure to ensure the business and its people would succeed. Take some time now to focus on new external opportunities, growth and productivity benefits, to allow our region to grow and remain attractive. What are the big opportunities you see for new business growth? The Bay has a strong backbone of capital for investment through its local financial SCOTT HAMILTON Chief Executive Emerging from the investment and banking world, Scott Hamilton has led Quayside Holdings for over 10 years with a clear sense of strategy, opportunity, and innovation. Scott is an active member of his community, both through his role as Chief Executive as well as serving on a variety of Boards. Scott believes leadership and culture are vital in creating a high performing team. eco system, the strength of the Maori economy and investment vehicles like Quayside. However, as a region we are highly reliant on the primary sector and logistics via the Port of Tauranga. Quayside’s industrial-style Business Park at Rangiuru is an exciting opportunity for the Bay of Plenty region, attracting more industry to our region with 148 hectares of land on offer. Such development helps our region diversify beyond being port-centric, to embracing new industries that make us more resilient to change, including adding value through secondary processing of our primary industry strength. OUT NOW YEAR BOOK C E L E B R A T I N G B A Y B U S I N E S S | 2 0 2 1 See the Quayside Business Profile on pages 42 and 43 https://bopbusinessnews.co.nz/year-book/ TAURANGA CITY COUNCIL – MARTY GRENFELL Collaboration is the key Local government is a sector that provides 24/7 service delivery for every individual, group and business in our community. The ability to form relationships and work alongside the range of communities that make up the city is key to successful local government leadership. Recognising the common threads and appealing to human dynamics, working together on shared goals and building credibility with the community provides Council with the social licence it needs to operate and get on with the job. It important for leadership to create a safe and open environment that allows staff to be themselves, unleashing the ideas, innovation and skills that each of them bring to work every day. I relish the challenge of leading and developing dedicated professionals – people who are committed to delivering better outcomes for the people they serve every day. By working alongside our community, building their trust and confidence and providing positive and memorable experiences through the services we provide, we can create a city we are all proud to call home. The Bay of Plenty has outstanding, talented business leaders who continue to contribute to the future of the region through investing in the development of people, plant and business innovation. The region punches well above its weight in business development, growth and innovation, supported by wellestablished networks and leaders. Our social, cultural, economic, technological and environmental norms are changing at an ever increasing pace and the successful businesses of the future will be those which understand, embrace and adapt to change, allowing them to capitalise on opportunities and effectively manage risks. This goes well beyond ‘complying with legislation’ – it requires a different level of leadership to rise above and push organisations and support communities on the journey to places not currently envisaged. MARTY GRENFELL Chief Executive Marty joined Tauranga City Council in 2018, after leading Whakatane District Council for seven years. He has nearly 40 years of public service experience, including senior roles with NZ Police and local government prior to Tauranga City. He and his Executive team are committed to creating a highperforming organisation that understands and works alongside the community and provides decision-makers with high quality information and support. Change is always difficult, particularly when the future is unclear, and a key role of leadership is to be able to gather resources, mobilise people and navigate organisations through uncharted territory with confidence and humility. Who would have thought that space travel would ever be a reality? Fortunately, space travel isn’t high on Council’s agenda, but changing this city is. In simple terms that means creating a future for everyone, step-by-step, day-by-day. I’m proud and privileged to be leading an organisation whose staff front-up to deliver on our vision of creating a better Tauranga, every day.
August 2021 BAY OF PLENTY BUSINESS NEWS 15 BAY VENUES LTD – SIMON CLARKE The war for talent is on Simon Clarke’s experience in a widely diverse range of governance roles makes him well qualified to comment on leadership issues. His roles in the Bay of Plenty in particular provide a valuable insight into leadership issues specifically related to the region. What does it take to be an exceptional business leader? The exceptional leaders that I’ve had the benefit of working for (and learning from) largely focus on one thing…. and that’s people. If you nurture, develop, empower, and trust your staff they remain highly engaged and that engagement and positive culture shines through to your customers and the communities in which your business operates. What tips do you have for other BOP business leaders? Double down on your investment in your people and your organisational culture. The war for talent is on and human capital is scarce. Highly engaged passionate people that are aligned to the purpose of your organisation will always be your main competitive advantage. BOP leaders should be leveraging the natural advantages (lifestyle, climate, quality of life) of the BOP to attract and retain talent. The other thing I’d say is that organisations should be designing their services (or products) from the customer/ consumer back, as well as digitising and automating all their systems and processes. All businesses need to be digital businesses and you need a strategy for a digital business not a digital strategy. Like people, technology also needs to be considered as an “investment” not a “cost”. Investing in technology and digitisation not only creates massive productivity improvements it also leads to infinitely better customer and user/staff experiences. It also creates opportunities for further innovation and new business models. This is a road that Bay Venues has already started on and I’m excited to be able to provide their highly capable team with strategic direction in this area. What are the big opportunities you see for new business growth in the region? The Bay of Plenty is an exciting area to be in and I think it presents lots of opportunities for sustainable business growth across several sectors. We obviously have an advantage being in the golden triangle (Auckland-Hamilton- Tauranga) and have a world class port in the Port of Tauranga. We also have a very strong horticultural and agriculture pedigree across the region and those sectors have been going well. On top of these traditional advantages, we also have a burgeoning technology and innovation sector and the arrival of the University of Waikato campus into Tauranga is adding some impetus to that. SIMON CLARKE Chair – Bay Venues Ltd Simon Clarke is a professional Director and strategic advisor through his business, Matua Governance. He is currently the Chair of Bay Venues, the Chair of Priority One and is a Director of Dunedin based electricity lines business, Aurora Energy. His mission is to help organizations make a positive difference to the prosperity & sustainability of New Zealand’s environment, society & economy through strong governance, strategic direction, and advice. The investments through the Provincial Growth fund in the Eastern BOP and in Rotorua have also created some great opportunities in those areas. However, notwithstanding the recent growth of the Bay of Plenty economy, our wage rates remain too low relative to other economies (and that is even more so for Māori). A low average wage rate together with our high house and rent costs has created a big problem in growing inequality and we need to ensure that the “tide of our prosperous economy lifts all boats”. Businesses can’t stop house price increases, but they can lift wages, create sustainable high wage jobs, and pay people competitive market rates. There are also some great opportunities for businesses to partner and collaborate to help grow and develop the Māori Economy and provide great investment and employment opportunities for Māori. We are also lucky enough to have some large Community Trusts in the Bay of Plenty that have significant balance sheets and are always looking for investment opportunities that make a positive impact on the communities they represent. Specialists in Commercial, Industrial, Office and Residential Building Washing Grime Off Now can offer you a tailored programme for the maintainence and presentation of your building to ensure your business is presented in the best possible way. 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