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Creating world class business leadership solutions is our speciality at Maximus International. We draw on our top talent as well as deep market insights to develop solutions that are customised and tailored to our clients’ needs. To do this, we utilise a variety of strategies that truly personalise our approach.

Topics: Competitive Advantage, Strategy, Leadership, Maximus International

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.

Topics: leaders, Senior Leadership, Organisational Development, Strategy, Leadership, Business Coach, Maximus International, Organisational Design, Employee Development

 

At Maximus we run the Company aligned to a set of tightly held truths. One of our truths is what we call being “all in”. To us being “all in” is about being purposeful, immersed and great at delivering on promises.

We exist to move minds and to transform businesses in order to leave a legacy of which we are immensely proud. To do this we have to be immersed in our clients’ world, bringing valuable leadership perspectives to the things that will make a big difference in their organisations. Whatever the solution, we have to work with our clients to build conviction around the path forward.

Topics: leaders, Entrepreneur, Senior Leadership, Leadership Development Lessons, Organisational Development, Strategy, Maximus, Leadership, maximus recommends, Talent Management, Employee Learning, 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.

Topics: Strategy, Maximus, Leadership, Talent Management, Organisational Design, Employee Learning, Employee Development

“Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.” - Henry Ford

 

Here are five of our favourite resources discussing innovation, strategy, futurism and alignment!

 

 

 

Topics: Resources, Strategy, General Business, Business

Among all the terrific posts we published last year, be sure not to miss the most-read articles of 2013.

Topics: strategy books, Competitive Advantage, succession plan, Resources, Sales Training, trends, Senior Leadership, Leadership Development Lessons, Organisational Development, Strategy, Harvard Professor Mills, General Business, Tips, Maximus, overcoming fears, Maximus Breakfast, Business, Customer Centricity, Leadership, maximus recommends, change, Leadership in Crisis, How To, Peter Bregman, Harvard, Maximus International, Maximus People and Authors

 

"There is always a better strategy than the one you have; you just haven’t thought of it yet" - Sir Brian Pitman

Topics: strategy books, Resources, Strategy, General Business, Maximus, maximus recommends

“The real challenge in crafting strategy lies in detecting subtle discontinuities that may undermine a business in the future.” – Henry Mintzberg

Topics: Resources, Strategy, General Business, Tips, Maximus, How To, Maximus International

“The golden rule for every businessman is this: Put yourself in your customer’s place.” – Orison Swett Marden

In part one; we outlined six questions to audit sustainable competitive advantage. This week, we shift our focus to customer centricity. Put simply, customer centricity is all about understanding your brand value and delivering it consistently to your customers and clients.

Topics: Competitive Advantage, Resources, Strategy, General Business, Customer Centricity, How To, Maximus People and Authors

Topics: Competitive Advantage, Resources, Strategy, General Business, How To