We are The Rixe Group
The Rixe Group is a small but mighty team with the energy to bring leadership development to life in any organisation, big or small.
Meet the team
Max Rixe
Director and Principal Consultant
Executive Coach
Leadership and Management Facilitator
Max has been developing leadership since 2009, first with disadvantaged children in the non-profit sector at Campfire USA, and then with students as both a primary and high school teacher. His experience in education and the non-profit world has helped shape his belief that ANYONE CAN LEAD rather than leadership as a position. He shifted to leadership consulting in 2016 and has a reputation for his innovative and engaging approach. An expert in leadership, Max focuses on the importance of agency, communication and emotional and social intelligence when creating influence relationships between self and others.
Max has acquired varied and extensive academic credentials since earning a Bachelor of Applied Arts in 2011 including a Master of Juris Doctor in 2018 and is currently undertaking a Professional Doctorate in Public Management from the University of New South Wales with a focus on high-potential and talent. Max relies on the most rigorous and current information from academic research to deliver and design programs that ensure employees, as well as the organisations they belong to, maximise their outcomes.
Since 2016, Max has worked extensively with the public sector at the Commonwealth, state, and local levels, as well as private-sector organisations. As a digital native, Max is proficient and has extensive experience using technology to design and deliver high-quality, engaging programs across virtual and face-to-face platforms. Prior to commencing human resources consulting, Max held leadership positions in the non-profit sector and specialist positions in the education sector focusing on curriculum development and delivery.
Max’s areas of professional expertise include leadership, communication, talent management, and change. He focuses on practical application and learning transfer when designing and facilitating programs. As a leadership researcher, Max pairs an Adaptive Leadership approach with modern, best-practice andragogy to ensure participants can apply what they learn. His background in Education has provided him with a range of approaches that are both innovative and engaging yet centre on results and achievement.
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Professional Doctorate in Public Management (ongoing), University of New South Wales
Master of Juris Doctor, University of Canberra
Bachelor of Applied Arts, University of Minnesota Duluth
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Advanced Leadership Development, Kansas Leadership Centre
Teach Leadership Certificate, Kansas Leadership Centre
Adaptive Leadership Coaching Certificate, Kansas Leadership Centre
Accredited executive coach, Institute of Executive Coaching and Leadership (IECL)
SHL OPQ Universal Competency Report, UCF20
Hogan Assessments Certification, Hogan Development Survey, Hogan Personality Inventory, Hogan MVPI, Hogan 360
Accredited to administer the full suite of LPP’s 360 feedback instruments, DiSC, Team Management Profile (TMP), and the Herrmann Brain Dominance Instrument (HBDI)
Megan Rixe
Learning Development Officer
Business Manager
Megan does all of the ‘fun’ stuff to keep the Rixe Group running. While responsible for quality assurance, invoicing, booking and liaising with clients, Megan also uses her vast knowledge of learning and communication to ensure that the learning approach of the Rixe Group is theoretically sound and results in a transfer of learning for participants.
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Bachelor of Education and Primary Teaching (University of Canberra)
Teacher Quality Institute licensed primary school teacher
Our programs are designed for emerging leaders ready to make an impact, and established leaders ready to continually improve their legacy.
What we bring to the table
The latest research
The Rixe Group takes an evidence based approach to learning. We recognise that our participants, in the demonstration of leadership, are set on tackling tough challenges. They deserve better than pop psychology or fads to enable and empower their leadership journeys.
Our learning approach is academic in substance but not in approach. Think of us as translators - we take an academic base and translate it into real life solutions for participants.
Engaging presenters
All the learning in the world is soon forgotten without an engaging facilitator.
We create memorable workshops and an interactive atmosphere to galvanise the learning experience and empower participants to action their learning well after our time together.
Professional andragogy
Our facilitators recognise that we are developing people not models. we put people first and appreciate the diverse and highly individual experiences and needs of learners.
A little bit of mischief
You can leave the stuffy ‘corporate world of old’ at the door. We celebrate everything that it means to be Adaptive in the 21st century: individuality, agility and creativity.
Our programs are modern and ever-evolving in step with the light-speed changes that are happening in the workplace…and for that, we need to keep limber and undo that tie.