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Morné Maritz

Morné Maritz

I help companies, teams, and individuals unlock potential

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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Joined November 2025
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Summary

Coaching, people and capability development are a through-line in Morné's career: his master's thesis and a Routledge/Taylor & Francis chapter focus on high-performance team coaching, and he has multiple professional roles and consulting work centered on people advisory, coaching, and capability transformation. ac+1
He bridges corporate strategy and startup-building: a long consulting/strategy background (Accenture, Interactive, EY, Salesforce) is complemented by recent founder activity and involvement in startup programs (Cogniate, Antler, Startmate, Blackbird fellowships), indicating strength in translating enterprise needs into product and go-to-market in EdTech. cogniate+2
Academic and professional credibility: he holds multiple university qualifications (B.Com, Honours and MCom from University of Johannesburg) and an MBA from Melbourne Business School, plus short exchange programs at WHU and UC Berkeley — a mix that supports both applied people-science work and business/strategy leadership. ac+1

Work

Education

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Writing

The Leadership Balance Triangle

January 1, 2025

Book listed with publisher (Taylor & Francis / Routledge) attributed to Morné Maritz (publisher listing and professional profiles reference this title).

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High performance team coaching

January 1, 2017

Chapter on team coaching practice and interventions; explores coaching as an intervention for individual and team performance (chapter in 'Coaching and Mentoring in the Asia Pacific', Routledge/Taylor & Francis).

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High Performance Team Coaching: A Positive Deviant Exploration (MCom thesis)

Master's thesis / dissertation exploring high performance team coaching (MCom, University of Johannesburg).

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Hobbies

Former competitive athlete (gymnastics / track & field) f6s