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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.

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By the People, for the People, of the People

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.

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How to Build a Sustainable Organisation

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.

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The Focus to Excel

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.

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The Science of Sleep

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,

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The Courage to Build

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.

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The Power of Change

“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.

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A Lifetime of Purpose, Bravery and Adventure

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.

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Culture Club

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…

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The In-Tune Executive Team

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.

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Going Social: A Different Mode of Learning

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.

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ANZ Five to Thrive Challenge

Maximus partnered with ANZ on a novel and innovative solution to raise awareness of the New Ways of Leading at ANZ. Read the case study to learn more about social-led leader learning.

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Innovation Nation

Ecosystems that endorse creative collaboration and an innovative-friendly environment are vital for Australia to advance as a nation. Maximus spotlights four inspiring examples of innovation in action, to encourage leaders to break down traditional operating models and deploy adaptive thinking in this technological epoch.

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M Magazine 06 – Impact

There is no denying the last 12 months have been the most disruptive, mutable, and influential in recent times. We have seen the light on leaders go from a spotlight to a floodlight – presenting them with the ultimate burning platform

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M Magazine 05 – The Black Swan

At Maximus, we focus on equipping leaders with the mindset to navigate complexity, and with the current global economic landscape so definitively disrupted, we ask if we as leaders are ‘match fit’ to ride the aftershocks of COVID-19.

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M Magazine 04 – The Future Is Human

We examine the inevitable influence of technology, and how leaders should elevate their humanity to safeguard a prosperous and thriving future, a theme that has risen to the surface of almost every conversation we’ve had with Australian executives.

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