Randa MacNaughton, ACC

Founder and Consultant of GR Leadership, Coaching and Business Consulting, Certified Practitioner of Character Based Leadership (CBL), Certified Professional Coach

Randa’s mission is to help good leaders accelerate their greatness towards delivering impactful results in a values-based culture. As a global leader with a progressive career and proven track record in defining people strategies, she focuses on solutions that cultivate high-performing teams and a culture that drives strong business outcomes.

With decades in leadership and organizational development, both as an employee and as a consultant, Randa has worked with leaders and teams in Europe, North America and APAC, coaching and empowering them towards high performance. Her experience of leading individuals and teams to design and deliver development solutions leverages her formal education in Adult Learning and Human Resources, including leading strategic initiatives focusing on leadership and culture, competency models and architecture, talent identification and assessment, as well as the creation of tools and resources to maximize organizational performance. Randa’s performance consulting and relationship management has contributed to the organizational priorities of various Fortune 500 companies, Not for Profits and Charities, Municipalities as well regulatory organizations. Her most recent role was with Manulife Financial leading a global multi-disciplinary team within a Centre of Expertise focused on leadership strategy and development, organizational change management and organizational design.

Her approach is anchored in helping clients generate greater self-awareness and reflection allowing them to discover practical solutions for personal success to maximize results. She is a dynamic facilitator and certified in Kolbe, EQi 2.0, Birkman, Hogan, Leadership Character Insights Assessment (LCIA) and other tools to facilitate clients’ professional growth.

Randa is appreciative of the time she spends giving back as a volunteer on her local United Way, currently as Board Chair. When not traveling with her husband, she also enjoys cooking and experimenting to create new recipes that she can share during her cherished time with family and friends.