It turns out KPMG chair Martin Sheppard is a keen sailor. In May last year he told the Performance Intelligence podcast of lessons he’s learned from his time on the seas.“You can’t control the direction or strength of the wind [but] you can tune the sails,” he said. “In the tempest, [just] do the best you can with the things you can control, and that’s probably as good as it gets”.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles
The KPMG tempest wreaks havoc on partners’ pay
The last person in KPMG’s Barangaroo offices to realise Martin Sheppard had to go was the man himself.










