Michael MacNaughton
Performance Consultant and Delivery Lead Capital Projects @Jmw
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WORK HISTORY
Performance Consultant and Delivery Lead Capital Projects @Jmw
Toronto, ON, CA
I help large public infrastructure and natural resource capital program executives deliver on huge projects by recognizing that human beings are the ones who actually make billion-dollar projects successful - and cause multi million dollar performance swings.JMW\'s been doing this for 40 years, so they know that major projects don\'t fail because of bad engineering - they fail because people overlook that it\'s human beings who have to collaborate, make decisions, and execute under pressure.Key Responsibilities & Impact: • Strategic Partnership: Collaborate with integrated project teams on multi-billion dollar initiatives, ensuring authentic and aligned strategic outcomes • Leadership Development: Coach leaders and teams who excel technically but need support achieving breakthrough performance through collective commitment • Transformation Design: Create interventions that engage all stakeholders who must contribute to successful outcomes • Organizational Integration: Develop approaches that optimize team performance, particularly in complex, high-pressure environmentsMethodology: I begin by understanding how teams operate and make decisions in practice, then collaborate to design solutions that align with organizational realities and human drivers.Value Delivered: My work ensures that technical excellence combines with human performance to achieve results that exceed expectations and create sustainable organizational capability.
EDUCATION
ITI Information Technology Institute
Post Graduate Diploma with Distinction
University of Victoria
Bachelor of Arts - BA
SKILLS
ABOUT MICHAEL MACNAUGHTON
Here\'s the deal: Most strategies fail not because they are flawed, it’s because the human factor is often overlooked or underrepresented. That\'s where I go to work. I work with Fortune 500 execs and major infrastructure project directors to set up or reset their bold plans, which need a tighter connection to how things actually work - not how they\'re intended to work. After 20+ years in the trenches, I\'ve learned that performance comes from getting interested in what’s truly important to people, not just numbers and schedules. What I actually do: • Uncover why capable people with solid plans can\'t execute (spoiler: it\'s rarely the plan) • Design ways to have change, mindset and behaviours stick instead of fading after the consultants leave • Coach leaders who have big commitments but can\'t get their teams to deliver it • Build intrinsic systems that work with human nature instead of fighting it How I think about it: I\'m not here to give you another framework or methodology I am here to roll up my sleeves and uncover what’s truly impacting performance. I work within your systems to co-create and implement breakthrough strategies that fundamentally shift the trajectory of project and organizational performance, in your world with your people. The results speak for themselves: • 40+ major transformations with companies you\'ve heard of • Built practices from nothing that generated millions in new • Rewired teams, developed leadership capabilities, fixed broken strategies, and invited people to see impossible projects as possible once again Bottom line: If you\'ve got ambitious goals, I\'m interested in performance versus what “looks good” or \"looking good.\" I am about bold interventions and doing damage to the status quo.
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