Maxy Lotherington

Head of Product & Design at InvestorHub, Melbourne. Loves managing & mentoring people from around the world to help them get the most out of their jobs.

🚀 Personal strategy

Dec 12, 2025

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4 min read

That's a wrap on 2025!

5 prompts to help you reflect on this year.

Maxy Lotherington

💬 Communication

Stop going in circles and make a decision.

Nov 19, 2025

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4 min read

Stop going in circles and make a decision.

How to timebox the debates you have with your team.

Maxy Lotherington

🚀 Personal strategy

Nov 12, 2025

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4 min read

Polishing up your LinkedIn profile.

The social network we love to hate is an important career tool!

Maxy Lotherington

💬 Communication

Nov 5, 2025

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4 min read

Giving feedback to your peers.

How – and why! – you should be giving feedback sideways.

Maxy Lotherington

📝 Productivity

Oct 29, 2025

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4 min read

Context switching is eating away at your productivity.

Practical ways to minimise disruption and get back into it.

Maxy Lotherington

💬 Communication

Collect stakeholder feedback without losing your mind.

Oct 22, 2025

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5 min read

Collect stakeholder feedback without losing your mind.

The Rose, Bud, Thorn framework.

Maxy Lotherington

💬 Communication

Oct 15, 2025

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3 min read

What to say instead of "I don't know"

Combat the anxious on-the-spot questions with a bit of prep.

Maxy Lotherington

⭐️ Leadership

Oct 8, 2025

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5 min read

Start your own work traditions.

Shape the culture you want, no permission needed!

Maxy Lotherington

🚀 Personal strategy

What to do when you can't get promoted yet.

Oct 1, 2025

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5 min read

What to do when you can't get promoted yet.

Focusing on what you control when the budget isn't in your favour.

Maxy Lotherington

🚀 Personal strategy

Sep 24, 2025

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5 min read

Stop ignoring your learning goals.

A 15-minute habit to build growth into every week.

Maxy Lotherington

🚀 Personal strategy

Sep 17, 2025

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4 min read

Culture isn't just fun and games.

Questions to ask in your next interview to get a real feel for culture.

Maxy Lotherington

🚀 Personal strategy

Sep 10, 2025

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7 min read

Wait, where are we?

Understanding the business lifecycle and how it impacts you.

Maxy Lotherington

🎨 Craft

Sep 3, 2025

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4 min read

Run your best retro!

3 classic retros and some bonus facilitation tips

Maxy Lotherington

🎨 Craft

The career level-up in plain sight: running retros.

Aug 27, 2025

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4 min read

The career level-up in plain sight: running retros.

How this simple ritual can help you build core leadership skills.

Maxy Lotherington

🚀 Personal strategy

How to make your LinkedIn feed actually good

Aug 20, 2025

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5 min read

How to make your LinkedIn feed actually good

Figure out who to follow and curate an actually useful social network.

Maxy Lotherington

💬 Communication

Avoiding international ping-pong: mastering async communcation

Aug 13, 2025

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5 min read

Avoiding international ping-pong: mastering async communcation

Save yourself a week in waiting by writing better messages.

Maxy Lotherington

📝 Productivity

When to-do lists aren't enough, it's kanban time.

Aug 6, 2025

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5 min read

When to-do lists aren't enough, it's kanban time.

Project management, in and out of the office, can be simple.

Maxy Lotherington

📝 Productivity

12 ways to take charge of your calendar.

Jul 30, 2025

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6 min read

12 ways to take charge of your calendar.

Keep on top of everything and look good doing it.

Maxy Lotherington

🚀 Personal strategy

How to research a company in under 15 minutes.

Jul 23, 2025

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6 min read

How to research a company in under 15 minutes.

On the job hunt? Here's everything I look for before I hit "apply."

Maxy Lotherington

💬 Communication

Building trust in a new team through small wins.

Jul 16, 2025

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5 min read

Building trust in a new team through small wins.

Going from a random collection of people to a team.

Maxy Lotherington

🎨 Craft

Jul 9, 2025

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6 min read

Stop waiting and document as you go.

Turn documenting into an easy, effective habit.

Maxy Lotherington

💬 Communication

It always, always takes longer than you think it will.

Jul 2, 2025

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4 min read

It always, always takes longer than you think it will.

3 ways to get better, more realistic, project estimates.

Maxy Lotherington

🚀 Personal strategy

Jun 25, 2025

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5 min read

What does "autonomy" mean to you?

Find opportunities for ownership in the work you're already doing.

Maxy Lotherington

🚀 Personal strategy

Give people the opportunity to reject you.

Jun 18, 2025

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2 min read

Give people the opportunity to reject you.

Don't count yourself out before you've had a chance.

Maxy Lotherington

🚀 Personal strategy

A weekly reflection you'll actually look forward to.

Jun 11, 2025

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3 min read

A weekly reflection you'll actually look forward to.

Just 3 steps and 5 minutes.

Maxy Lotherington

Maxy Lotherington

That's a wrap on 2025!

Stop going in circles and make a decision.

Polishing up your LinkedIn profile.

Giving feedback to your peers.

Context switching is eating away at your productivity.

Collect stakeholder feedback without losing your mind.

What to say instead of "I don't know"

Start your own work traditions.

What to do when you can't get promoted yet.

Stop ignoring your learning goals.

Culture isn't just fun and games.

Wait, where are we?

Run your best retro!

The career level-up in plain sight: running retros.

How to make your LinkedIn feed actually good

Avoiding international ping-pong: mastering async communcation

When to-do lists aren't enough, it's kanban time.

12 ways to take charge of your calendar.

How to research a company in under 15 minutes.

Building trust in a new team through small wins.

Stop waiting and document as you go.

It always, always takes longer than you think it will.

What does "autonomy" mean to you?

Give people the opportunity to reject you.

A weekly reflection you'll actually look forward to.

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