Maximus is not your normal consultancy. When you work at Maximus, you are in an environment that celebrates individual personalities, is innovative, strategic and requires employees to think outside of the box. We think about doing the same things in different and better ways. We are unique and want to present our strategic ways of thinking and innovative solutions to our clients. A day in the life of an employee at Maximus varies by position, but there are truths that link each and every one of us together, moving us forward towards our individual and organisational goals.
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Topics:
Business,
Leadership,
Maximus International,
Business Consultant,
Organisational Design
In our quest to improve business processes, we are constantly reading and looking for new sources that add value and improve functionality to Maximus. Books that showcase new ways of thinking or that portray ideas in new ways are ideal for adapting our business design. Here are the top three reads right now that we are utilising at Maximus. They focus on the principles of design thinking to enable our business to adapt to changing markets and offer services that fit customer needs. These reads are not only applicable in a business sense but can also change the way you perceive sitons on a day-to-day basis.
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Topics:
Competitive Advantage,
Resources,
Organisational Development,
Innovation,
entrepreneurship,
Leadership,
Maximus International,
Organisational Design
Being a great consultant means creating meaningful relationships that last. Strong network ties and client engagement creates clients for life that not only create more opportunities for billable work but also opens doors for exciting consulting opportunities.
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Topics:
leaders,
Senior Leadership,
Organisational Development,
Strategy,
Leadership,
Business Coach,
Maximus International,
Organisational Design,
Employee Development
Human resources has gotten caught up in a flurry of systems and processes. The overzealous taste for order and regulation belongs any place but in the social hub of an organisation. This is a prime example of Stratified Systems Theory (psych jargon). In other words, processes that are fundamentally human are getting policed with too much structure and complexity, making them disorienting and ineffective. This lust for structure has effected the realm of performance management. PM is about an employee, the business and the commitments those two entities promise one and other. We need to refocus the spotlight from structure to the ongoing connectedness of this relationship.
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Topics:
Strategy,
Maximus,
Leadership,
Talent Management,
Organisational Design,
Employee Learning,
Employee Development
Vanessa Gavan, CEO Magazine February 2014, "Organisational Design A New Perspective"
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Topics:
CEO Magazine,
organisation design,
Organisational Development,
General Business,
Maximus,
Case Study,
Maximus International,
Organisational Design,
Maximus People and Authors
