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.
Growing research over the past 15 years suggests that another key ingredient distinguishes good leaders from great leaders – Emotional Intelligence or EI. Having a good understanding of others’ EI will help you to attract, retain and grow a robust leadership pipeline.
When CEOs prioritise the development of talent, their high potential employees develop into leaders, and their organisations grow. This article, originally published for CEO Magazine, looks at how to do that and what to focus on.
Jeffrey Pfeffer is considered one of the world’s most influential management thinkers. He is the author of several best-selling books and a Professor of Organisational Behaviour at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University. We caught up with him ahead of his Australian trip for Fire Up The Future.
This International Women’s Day we wanted to celebrate some of the incredible women shaping our world for the better.
The future demands a new leader who inspires and trusts confidently turns toward technological change. Maximus explores why…
The eye-popping success of the multi-billion-dollar enterprise software company Atlassian can largely be credited to the cultural foundation that has been built in the way they treat both staff and customers. The decision to share with the world the people playbook, detailing how it’s done, has been another masterstroke. Maximus talks to Dom Price, Atlassian’s inspiring work futurist, to discover more.
We meet Agustin Chavez, reflect on his inspiring walk from Melbourne to Sydney and discover the purpose behind it.
Economic growth, as we know it, is not sustainable for the world’s resources. Business leaders can play pivotal roles in driving a more balanced human and universally prosperous economy as part of future-proofing their organisations and the lives of those to come.
Meet James Chapman, one of the dynamic leaders inside Maximus. Not so long ago he was an Olympic rower – twice over – and won a silver medal at the 2012 London Games. Like many of the exceptional people within Maximus, it is his attitude and human qualities that set him apart. The mindset for performance and the choices required of elite athletes offer lessons for the corporate world. Here, he shares some of them.
You don’t have to work Margaret Thatcher hours to put your health, performance and teams at risk. If you’re sleeping less than seven hours a night, you’re not only stifling organisational growth, you’re harming your body and mental wellbeing,
Australia has the chance to turn the urgent need for infrastructure, urban-renewal work and regional development into vision-fuelled projects to shape the future of our nation.
“How much longer should you wait?” This might well be the most important thing business leaders need to ask themselves in the first half of this century and nowhere is it truer than when it comes to the issue of energy.
In a world where the user is chooser, organisations must elevate the learning experience for employees and create a proactive learning culture delivering the right content to the right people at the right time.
Deep within each organisation is a living, evolving organism. Natalie Filatoff delves into the latest Maximus whitepaper Curating Culture: Mobilising People in the Age of Disruption and explores the force that is culture.
For almost 60 years Dr Jane Goodall PhD, DBE, founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and UN Messenger of Peace, has been campaigning for the environment as a leader of passion, purpose and a firm focus on the future. Maximus talks to Dr Goodall about what it means to enact change today.
Company cultures have a life of their own, argues world-renowned expert Stan Slap. A culture is not to be controlled, but when treated with respect and empathy it will drive astounding success. Here, Slap shares his compelling philosophy with Maximus…
The environment of your company needs to be a strategically established setting for optimum output. Maximus looks at how to achieve that.
Building for a secure future means organisations and leaders need to play a role in nurturing the right education pathways to successful learning.
Maximus looks at how financial services can approach motivation differently and refocus the business towards impact and customer centricity.
Senior leaders are under a microscope. Public expectations of them are at an all-time high, so getting the right team at the top is paramount – to success and survival.
Maximus explores the changing demands of leaders forcing them to abandon traditional learning programs. More than ever, they are required to lead with purpose, adapt confidently and make bold decisions within the volatile and uncertain business arena.