
Maximus Joins Forces with World Business Forum Sydney 2023
We are proud to announce our major sponsorship with the World Business Forum, who have been bringing global thought leaders to Australia for over a decade.
Our ecosystem of leadership experts are galvanised by one purpose: To move minds and transform businesses and leave a legacy of proven value. As a team that is drawn from different backgrounds, including psychologists, strategy and commercial advisors, culture specialists and performance experts, we turn beliefs into a movement, transforming organisations and the leaders within.

We are proud to announce our major sponsorship with the World Business Forum, who have been bringing global thought leaders to Australia for over a decade.

Vanessa Gavan, Co-founder and Managing Director of Maximus reflects on the unique traits and challenges of Gen Z and what it will take to shape a workplace fit for the future of work. Featured in The Australian by Helen Brent.

SMEs know how to do things on a shoestring budget largely because they need to. Being lean means being agile, nimble, and failing with no expectations. Only learning from experience and moving forward with a vision.

Companies across the globe are currently grappling with how to make the hybrid work model work for their team. The question everyone is asking: “What should a working week look like?” From working two days from home and three in the office; to going entirely remote; or forcing everyone back to their desk full-time – it’s a jostle between what will benefit the bottom line and still make everyone happy.

The Federal Budget offers us some important signals and opportunities for business leaders willing to ‘zoom out’ and gain a different perspective on how they lead through this next fiscal cycle.
We hosted Gary A. Bolles, Chair of the Future of Work at Singularity university for two incredible days of collaboration and events in Sydney. Gary is a San Francisco-based writer, lecturer, consultant and entrepreneur focused on initiatives with impact, especially related to the future of work and learning.

Lift your view to the things that matter and you will realise that this year, there’s an even more fundamental consideration to ponder: there is a silent COVID reconciliation going on right now; one where people weigh up their inputs with your outputs. How you show up in this review and reward cycle matters more than ever before.

When you truly have skin in the game, everything changes for yourself and your organisation. Maximus Director James Keeler, speaks to the criticality of emotional commitment in leaders.

Dr Simon Longstaff AO FCPA, of The Ethics Centre speaks to the importance of ethical leadership in our current context. Simon discusses the link between ethics and culture, encouraging us to realise our responsibility to create a culture of moral courage.

The time to solve the conundrum of returning to the office is now. For many businesses, “what” you do hasn’t changed. It’s the “how” that needs work. Answering the “why” might just be your biggest chance at success.

Peter Coffee has ridden the Salesforce wave with his insights making him a world-renowned technologist, author, speaker and technical evangelist. Offering wide-ranging insights into how AI, big data, cloud computing and innovation practices transform industries and lives, Maximus spent a mind opening hour with him – we’ve captured our favourite insights here.

Welcome to The Great Reframe where we leave crisis behind. We believe humans were made to flourish – not resign – and now is the time to unlock potential at scale. Join us as we explore innovative ways to unlock potential and positivity across your organisation and beyond. What will you unlock?

Driven by a determination to find true purpose, Ronni Kahn founded OzHarvest in 2004 with the intent to rescue and redistribute the surplus 125 tonnes of food that Australia bins each week. Now Ronni Kahn inspires other leaders to do the same; connect their head and their heart to make a difference in their life.

Celebrating 20 years of leadership impact, this special edition of M Magazine reflects on some of our most inspiring stories from two decades of partnering with bold, purpose-driven leaders and organisations.

This year, as distinct from any previous New Year, requires a radical rethink. Whilst I’m sure you have been in review and are already making some resolutions, it’s a different style of radical reframe that I am talking about. Despite everything going on around us, it’s time to boldly shift gears, to unlock potential with a new approach, to think differently and leave the current state of crisis behind.

November 2021 marks 20 years since the founding of our firm. To celebrate this milestone, we commissioned a unique artwork by Indigenous artist Alison Simpson to represent the impact we have had with leaders illustrating how their impact ripples across organisations, communities and society more broadly. Alison explains the thinking behind her painting.

Founding Maximus was Vanessa Gavan’s ‘unreasonable ambition’. Two decades on, she shares some of the wisdom she’s uncovered in herself and others as she and her team have helped leaders to discover their own purpose – and act on it.

Brent Duffy, Joint Managing Director of Maximus shares his perspective on why leadership is not a choice and why conviction and clarity are such key qualities for great leaders.

Charmaine England, Area Managing Director for Northern Europe at Johnson & Johnson Consumer Health, has been blazing a trail of ambidextrous leadership for more than 15 years. Her career has taken her from Melbourne to Sydney and all over Asia. Now the Australian female leader is lighting a new flame in the UK. Maximus, talks to England about her learnings along the way…

Amir Haramaty embodies the entrepreneurial spirit and brings unconventional data insights to every industry context. The world’s biggest problems? Artificial Intelligence (AI) for the masses? He forges an innovative way forward…

By encouraging solution-driven thinking Benjamin Pollack sets the tone and direction for Urbis, a passion-driven property-development consultancy. Here, Pollack talks about how Maximus has helped shape that impulsion…