
Four Decades of Deep Passion: Leadership Lessons from Neil Perry AM
Drawing on four decades of leadership, Neil Perry shares powerful lessons on care, conviction, and sustainable performance.
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.

Drawing on four decades of leadership, Neil Perry shares powerful lessons on care, conviction, and sustainable performance.

As an Olympic medallist with a Masters in Coaching Psychology, James Chapman has dedicated a lifetime to unearthing performance. This is his view on why executive coaching has become the defining advantage of the next generation of leaders.

Leadership performance firm Maximus International believes now is the time for a new breed of visionary leaders with a bold purpose.

Maximus is incredibly proud to be supporting Suncorp’s Spirit to Cure 2025, raising funds for cancer research, support and prevention.

Attending this year’s AFR Workforce Summit was a reminder that while the headlines might change, the big questions shaping work and leadership are still the same. But they are getting deeper, more complex – and more urgent.

The Olympics, the World Cup, or a record-breaking financial quarter – these are benchmarks that, at first glance, can appear insurmountable. Yet, history is filled with instances where athletes and businesses have defied the odds.

Late last year, we challenged a room full of leaders to “Imagine a better world…think of a better story…” as we welcomed to the stage cinematic legend James Cameron in a candid interview on the relentless curiosity and deep-seated purpose that led him to take on some of the world’s most ambitious projects.

Discover how leaders can unlock the power of purposeful leadership using the fundamental ingredients of listening, storytelling and self-awareness to navigate the ongoing velocity of change.

Explore insights from the speakers at World Business Forum Sydney 2023 and from our exclusive live interview with award winning film director James Cameron who offered true inspiration to the Maximus network.

Never before has the power of ‘intergenerational leadership’ to harness the collective strengths of teams been as crucial or as challenging as we seek to steward those who will take collective responsibility for our future.

Explore the trailblazing leadership approach of James Cameron, renowned for innovation, long-term vision, mastery, purpose-driven approach, and effective teamwork as he sets a progressive benchmark for leadership excellence.

This exciting purpose-led partnership extends our commitment to raising awareness around protecting our planet and encouraging all corporates to play a role in supporting environmental conservation.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Ronni Kahn, Founder and CEO of the world’s most compelling food rescue organisation has a leadership philosophy that begins and ends with intention…