Max Edwards Email & Phone Number

Melbourne, Australia

Maximise Consulting was founded by Max Edwards as a boutique management consultancy in 2008, specialising in accelerating strategic change, developing leadership capability, and behaviour change for private, public and for-purpose enterprises. We provide impartial and independent insight through consulting, facilitation and executive coaching to align perspectives, build leadership capability, and create fit-for-purpose organisations with clear purpose and vibrant cultures.Clients include healthcare, pharmaceutical, education, financial services, professional services, government, and for-profit organisations, across the Asia-Pacific and Northern Hemisphere.Assignments have included: Organisation review and organisational structure Restructure implementation and workforce transition Customer experience strategy and implementation Facilitation of strategic planning and executionOrganisation design and business integration Experiential leadership development programs to build general management capabilityExecutive team coaching to enhance team effectiveness, and enable strategy articulation and executionLeadership capability development using small group action coaching.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

As unit convenor of the AIM Business School, designed and facilitated Masters in Business, Strategic Organisational Change Unit, and delivered units of the Graduate Diploma of Management.

Melbourne, Australia

Melbourne Business School (MBS) is the University of Melbourne’s graduate school in business and economics, and one of the leading providers of executive education in the Asia Pacific region. Facilitation of executive development programs to MBS clients.

Melbourne, Australia

Global provider of human resource consulting, outsourcing and investment services, subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Companies. Annual revenue: $1 Bil; Employees, 17,000 globally, 1,200 in Australia.As Senior Associate in Mercer’s Human Capital Business, provided expert advice and consulting solutions to high profile Australian Businesses, achieving tangible results on complex business transformation. Assignments included: corporate strategy and brand engagement, breakthrough organisational change and engagement, organisation and job design, CEO talent succession, board effectiveness, and human capital strategy.

Melbourne, Australia

Australia’s largest general insurance group with offshore businesses in the UK, China, Singapore and Malaysia. Annual revenue: $7.4 Bil; Employees, Australia: 12,000As senior organisation development specialist, provided internal business consulting to business unit heads, on structural, behavioural and cultural change initiatives to enhance customer experience, business performance and change leadership capability. Assignments included divisional strategic alignment; post-merger integration of people and process; risk mitigation and governance facilitation to key strategic projects; operationalising new business structures though accelerating role clarity and collective accountability; divisional employee engagement planning and execution; executive team development; and establishment of group-wide business change methodologies.

London, United Kingdom

Global management consulting group, specialising in performance improvement and strategy implementation through workplace learning and behaviour change. Reporting to the Engagement Director, Europe, lead teams of highly experienced consultants, designers and facilitators on collaborative client projects for Fortune 500 companies, including board-level advice on customer experience strategy and leadership development. Assignments included: leading executive development program, employing strategic action learning projects, to jointly build EMEA-wide leadership capability and business results for global technology firm; customer experience research and recommendations for Customer-Centric Business Strategy for UK construction equipment dealership; and rollout of EMEA-wide sales capability development program across 8 countries for global healthcare company in pursuit of market leadership.

Melbourne, Australia

The Empower Group was a global management consulting group, based in Melbourne, parent company, Manpower, specialising in performance consulting services to multi-national corporations. Latter merged to become Right Management.Reporting to Practice Leader, Strategic Change, responsible for business development, design and facilitation of strategic change solutions in employee engagement, organisational culture change and strategic alignment.Assignments included: corporate-wide cultural transformation for global chemicals group following critical turnaround; leadership engagement process to execute business transition for government department in rapid expansion, involving multiple levels of management, to improve accountability, engagement, and operational performance; design and implementation of performance management system for national construction firm; and employee engagement process for global resources group.

Melbourne, Australia

Formerly Australia’s leading domestic and international airline. Revenue AUD $3b, 16,500 employees.Working in a team of corporate learning and organisation development specialists, designed and implemented division-specific and corporate-wide development programs, including curriculum design, facilitation of leadership and team development, change implementation and provider management.Assignments included: leading a corporate-wide Disability Awareness Program to mitigating corporate risk and enhance the corporate reputation; leading the design and facilitation of Role Realignment Process for newly created service recovery teams to provide a differentiated service experience for high value customers; and co-facilitating Ansett’s residential Corporate Leadership Development Program to build capability and enable culture change.

Melbourne, Australia

Australian subsidiary of worlds largest global manufacturer of healthcare products, now GSK.Reporting to HR Director, responsible for implementing global corporate HR initiatives and leadership practices.Assignments included: leading the design and implementation of SB Australia’s Performance and Development System.

Leadership: Designing The Future, Course Unit. Masters In Nonprofit Leadership, Npld 791, School Of Social Policy & Practice, In Association With Nioda

Global Change Agents Program, Executive Education, Certificate Of Completion

Masters In Business, Leadership And Organisation Dynamics, Graduate School Of Management, (Prof J.O. Miller Ao Award For Distinguished Achievement)

Graduate Diploma Of Business In Organisation Behaviour, Graduate School Of Management

Diploma In Education

Bachelor Of Science, Zoology, Geography, Geology

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