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Curating Culture
The phrase “culture eats strategy for breakfast”, coined last century by then management guru Peter Drucker, has never seemed more pertinent than it is today.
The Royal Commission into misconduct in the financial sector has highlighted cultural issues as foundational and fundamental driver of the behaviours it investigated. As a result, many Australian organisations are revising their approach to strategy while scrambling to reshape teams, cultures and behaviour and relearn the new rules of survival.
This white paper examines the new perspective of culture as an adaptable and evolving organism and the relationship between culture and strategy in the age of disruption. Maximus address the criticality of getting culture right and the role the leader plays as cultural curator, outlining how they can navigate their new responsibility without controlling it.
Fixing the 'Strategic Planning Meeting'
By reframing strategic planning meetings to strategic decision exercises and designing meetings with an acknowledgement of the power and limits of the human mind, organisations can do a significantly better job executing strategic planning and decision making as a foundational management exercise.
The traditional approach to leadership development is failing Australia
Australian organisations face unprecedented challenges: they must think more innovatively and strategically. This special report shows that the current state of leadership development in Australia is not sufficient to meet these challenges.
The pitfalls of internal career systems and the insights to avoid them
Internal career mobility and career pathing are supposed to be winners for all involved – the proverbial slam dunk. But it doesn’t seem to be working. Surveys indicate that satisfaction with career opportunities hasn’t improved. So what’s going on here and what’s to be done?
We could not have done it without you
Thank you to all the leaders with ambitious agendas.
Human Centered Design with Telstra's Head of Design Practice
Vanessa Gavan sat down with Telstra’s Head of Design Practice, Cecilia Hill, to talk about how ‘design thinking’ and what it can do for organisations.
Top 10 TED Talks for Leaders from 2016
The best of the best! We’ve selected 10 of the best TED talks from 2016 for leaders. Essential viewing for leaders thinking about the future of their organisations and their teams.

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