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MATTHEW MUSTAFA GUL

Creator of the Max Energy Movement | Leadership Strategist | Neuroscience-Informed, Field-Tested | Lecturer in Applied Psychology | Member of Harvard Business School Association of Boston

I increase decision effectiveness under pressure.

 

Max Energy is the capacity to make clear, stable, and strategic decisions when stakes are high.

 

In the age of AI and constant acceleration, leadership is no longer about speed or motivation.

It is about energy regulation and decision quality.

 

Your words don’t lead.

Your energy does.

 

THE REAL QUESTION FOR MODERN LEADERS
“Which energy do I bring into the environment
— and what does it activate in others?”

 

Your words don’t lead.
Your energy does.

“What decision did I postpone out of fear in the last 30 days—and what did that cost me?”
 

I work with leaders when decisions truly matter — under pressure, uncertainty, and irreversible consequences.

I help leaders shift from fear-driven survival to calm, strategic performance — using neuroscience, psychology, and real-world high-stakes experience.

MAX ENERGY does not scale through training.
It scales through leadership decisions.

We don’t train people.
We work with leaders when decisions really matter.

Our work focuses on decision quality under pressure — where neuroscience, psychology, and leadership intersect.​

I often think of leadership and career as a railway switch.

When you are on the right track, energy and motivation accelerate progress.

But when you are on the wrong track, the same motivation and resources become your enemy — pushing you faster in the wrong direction.

Twenty years ago, I recognized that switch point.

Since then, my work has been about helping leaders change tracks before speed becomes damage.

 

Speed without direction is not progress.

It’s acceleration toward failure.

As a President’s Club member of the Harvard Business School Association of Boston, I continue to engage leadership, strategy, and decision-making through a long-term intellectual ecosystem—recognizing that in the age of AI, sustainable leadership is built through the right environments as much as the right skills.

Healthcare | Strategic Investment & Exit Decisions

Initiated a healthcare acquisition process prior to COVID-19 and chose to exit following early identification of global risk and currency exposure, redirecting focus toward global leadership work.

Early Applied Experience... :)))

While I was a university student, my project was accepted, and I was officially appointed by the Governor's Office to give stress management and performance seminars in seven public schools to support students under high-stakes exam pressure.

 

During the same period, I was also invited by the Provincial Police Department and my university to give seminars on stress regulation and performance under pressure.



JOIN THE MOVEMENT TO AMPLIFY HUMANITY’S ENERGY FOR PROGRESS


Executive & Organizational Leadership | Decision Quality in Transformation

Over the past two decades, Matthew MG has supported leaders across automotive, technology, healthcare, government, and creative industries, partnering with organizations such as CHIESI, Hyundai GLOVIS, IPSOS, and LEGO, as well as national institutions including the Ministry of National Education and the National Police Department. His work spans executive development, organizational needs analysis, behavioral assessment, and long-term transformation initiatives in complex, high-stakes environments.

Industrial & Corporate | Leadership Under Operational Pressure

Led year-long stress regulation and performance development initiatives for a diversified industrial holding and its operating companies, supporting decision-making and resilience across complex organizational environments.

Applied Experience
—Lecturer in Social Psychology, Behavioral Sciences, and Communication Skills

  • Faculty of Health Sciences - Bezm-i Alem University

  • Police School - Istanbul Arnavutkoy and Florya PMYO

—Licensed Milton Erickson Hypnotherapist and Consultant

  • Conducted executive assessments using MMPI, Beck, DISC, WISC-R, Big Five, and SCL-90, supporting leaders through transformation processes, mergers, and high-stakes decision environments.

He transform global leadership insights from Harvard, MIT, Oxford, BCG...., and McKinsey into strategic tools that empower purpose-driven leaders to expand their impact in the global business landscape. -Click Here.

By offering a 10-day practical interviewing and communication program for immigration authority specialists, he enabled them to better recognize individuals and make correct decisions in sensitive humanitarian contexts.

As CEO of New York Business Excellence (NYBE), Matthew MG has participated as a media sponsor in university leadership and career forums alongside global organizations including Google, Deloitte, Siemens, Huawei, P&G, UPS, EY, and Mercedes.


The Max Energy is a global leadership movement at the intersection of neuroscience, performance psychology, and conscious living.

 

Born from Harvard-inspired research and two decades of executive development, The Max Energy introduces a new leadership operating system:

Max Energy is a shift from reactive survival to intentional strategic leadership.

Survivor Energy → Life Energy → Strategic Energy

His work integrates insights from neuroscience, Harvard research, and Prof. Amy Edmondson’s groundbreaking concept of Psychological Safety — enabling leaders to shift from energy spent in self-protection (Survivor Energy: fear-driven, defensive states) to energy expressed through trust, creativity, and meaningful impact (Life Energy: confidence, connection, and adaptive capacity).

A shift where clarity replaces chaos, purpose replaces pressure,
and performance flows naturally.

Our mission is simple — yet revolutionary:
to help people unlock their highest inner energy and build a world led by awareness, not exhaustion.

 

🧠 The Science

Max Energy translates neuroscience and performance psychology into practical tools for decision quality under pressure.

Evidence-based. Field-tested. Applied where leadership truly matters.

 

💬 The Founder

Created by Matthew Mustafa Gul — leadership strategist, neuroscience-informed practitioner, and CEO of NYBE & NYBL Center —

 

Matthew MG’s vision is to elevate global performance culture —
helping CEOs, creators, and communities lead with clarity, courage, and full energy.

These methods are not theoretical
— they have been implemented in high-stakes environments.

Matthew MG served as CEO of a medical center, where he led organizational growth and launched new clinical service lines, including Nutrition, Cardiology, and Smoking Cessation programs.

 

He also oversaw the psychological counseling and guidance function across 11 city-wide branches of a private education institution, supporting student well-being, performance, and organizational coordination.

He has conducted clinical-grade leadership and psychological assessment programs for C-level executives and senior blue-collar professionals within a leading global automotive brand.

Education, Law Enforcement & Public Systems | Sustained Pressure Environments

In the public sector, Matthew MG led a large-scale organizational transformation initiative within the public transportation industry, conducting clinical psychological assessments for over 1,050 employees. Over the course of one year, he designed and delivered a structured therapeutic and development program, while also advising leadership on improving personnel selection criteria and structural decision frameworks to support long-term organizational resilience and performance.

Strategic Talent & Operational Scale: Orchestrated executive search, CEO placement, and comprehensive staff training for a portfolio of international retail brands (iGreyder, Loft, Collins, and Miss Bahar). Provided management consultancy to streamline multi-brand operations and align leadership with global expansion goals.

Matthew MG delivered a stress management and resilience program for family physicians, conducted over a one-month period with weekly sessions, across two regions in one city and an additional city.

Provided early-stage consulting to a medical devices company, supporting market entry with an international brand and long-term market positioning.
Led the annual dealer conference and delivered leadership training on stress management, teamwork, and decision-making under pressure.

In addition, Matthew MG led comprehensive organization-wide needs analysis projects for a municipal workforce, anchored in the Five-Factor Personality Model. He conducted individual-level assessments, produced detailed personal development and role-alignment reports, and delivered cross-departmental needs analysis to inform structural improvement. The work included in-depth interviews with unit directors to align leadership expectations, team dynamics, and organizational priorities.

This methodology was later requested by a major university, where Matthew MG applied the same framework across six campuses, evaluating institutional needs at both individual and departmental levels to support leadership development, organizational coherence, and long-term performance.

Following the introduction of the “Intelligence Games” course into the national curriculum, Matthew MG engaged in direct collaboration with the Ministry of National Education, contributing to the design and on-site implementation of an educator training program. The program was observed and reviewed in field settings alongside senior ministry leadership, supporting instructor readiness and nationwide pedagogical alignment.

He created a neuroscience-driven early childhood development assessment to support school readiness, initially implemented in a public kindergarten, then scaled into an eight-week intelligence games program across private kindergartens in Türkiye and five kindergartens in Germany.

Matthew MG delivered two intensive 10-day psychological skills training programs for law enforcement officers, focused on mental resilience, stress regulation, and decision-making under pressure in high-risk operational environments.

Trained in Harvard Business School Online’s Power & Influence for Positive Impact and advanced neuroscience and leadership programs at HarvardX—including Leadership for Purposeful Change: Creating Public Value—Matthew MG integrates ethical influence, neuroscience, and mission-driven leadership into the Max Energy Framework, helping leaders move beyond exhaustion toward clarity, resilience, and sustainable performance.

At the core of his work is a simple belief:
Leadership is not about pushing harder — it is about mastering energy, awareness, and intention.


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Leadership Work Across Multiple Cultures and High-Stakes Environments

TURKEY

Leadership & career development initiatives

in collaboration with universities and corporate partners

alongside global brands.

GERMANY

Early cognitive development programs

focused on intelligence games and learning systems

delivered across multiple educational institutions.


AZERBAIJAN

Management consulting and leadership advisory

for local and regional brands navigating growth and transformation.


ITALY

Strategic leadership and organizational development initiatives

within cross-cultural business environments.


FRANCE

Executive-level leadership and performance-focused engagements

supporting decision-making and organizational effectiveness.

Why Leaders Trust the Max Energy
A deeper look into the science, strategy, and global credibility behind the movement. 

New York Business Leadership Center 
New York Business Excellence 
Leadership experiences delivered in New York City, Boston, New Jersey, and select global locations.
Email: info@nyblcenter.com

 

Program Scope & Scientific Positioning:

MAX ENERGY™ programs are applied leadership development experiences informed by established neuroscience, psychology, and human performance research.

They are educational and experiential in nature and are not intended to provide medical, psychological, diagnostic, or therapeutic services, nor to replace professional healthcare or clinical interventions.

The Five-Factor Personality framework is used solely as a leadership self-reflection and insight tool to increase awareness of decision patterns under pressure.
It is not used for diagnosis, evaluation, or treatment of any psychological or medical condition.

MAX ENERGY™ focuses on leadership behavior, decision-making, and performance under pressure — not clinical outcomes.

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