Summary

His strengths are as a Project Management Leader, Organisational Developer and Process expert. He knows how to control, plan and organise complex Engineering , IT and Change Projects to get excellent results. He has knowledge of how to accelerate complex processes and leverage team learning to improve performance through sharing technical knowledge and using facilitation skills.

When organisations are starting up or organisationally messy, objectives unclear and people don’t understand their roles or performance expectations Mike can quickly turn things around and focus on what the issues are, simplify process and motivate people to deliver results.

As a mentor and coach he has helped all levels of people from Board down to resolve difficult issues and create business strategies that work.

Mike was born in Inverness and educated at Robert Gordon University Aberdeen Business School (1973) and the Open University where he gained an MBA in 1994. He first worked in the Public Sector Consultancy in Scotland (HIDB) and London (Manpower Services) and then joined Conoco UK ( major oil company ) as a graduate trainee.

During the next seventeen years he held a range of developmental, Senior Management and Operational Leadership roles on and offshore on Hutton TLP and in Dubai U.A.E. He has experience of Finance, IT/IM ( SAP R3/2 ) , Procurement (supply chain) , Logistics, Production and Drilling, Project Management, Planning and Change consultancy using current techniques and tools.

In 1996 he founded his own SME consultancy company, Morrison Associates Ltd a co-owner of Project Management & Change Consultants , www.leanteamresources.com . Project Management Process, Change Management and Organisational Development are core capabilities .In the last five years he has been working on major deep water exploration and complex interface Projects with BP and it’s global supply chain. This has involved being a global change facilitator/consultant for the international “ Beyond the Best “ a common process performance initiative based on breakthrough and workout methodology. He has worked in all five continents and has 12 years experience as both expatriate ( UAE) and travelling consultant.

In practical terms this meant working as a Project Management consultant and Administrator with complex Multi-Disciplined Engineering teams to apply performance tools such as Technical Limit operational excellence and team processes to deliver improved results. The effect of this programme is that BP are now recently globally benchmarked as best performing company in the world for well completions, a major success story.

As a general management consultant and project coach he has counselled and advised to resolve difficult HR issues, create business strategies, organisations and plans that work to deliver results (Project Management & Planning at RGU HR) . He focuses on creating cultures that improve communication and help break down the cultural and behavioural barriers to performance and creation of value. A recent Project has been with Shell International HSE in the Hague , working with global teams to promote , simplification, standardisation, sharing and speeding up global IT systems for HSE and Logistics. This is described as a flagship project and has required new global thinking within the company, the team has recently received a Shell merit award.

He is also Chairman of Peacock Visual Arts ( 20 people Charity/NFP) a strategically important Scottish contemporary Arts company. He is also a non-executive board member of the Citadel Company which aspire to develop a major Arts centre development in Aberdeen. Mike has recently completed four years on the MBA exam Board of Robert Gordon University Business School.

He is an investor, strategy advisor and anon executive Director to Hometech Integration Ltd , ( www.hometechintegration.com ) a new start up SME company which has succeeded in winning a best new start up award from Lothian Scottish Enterprise in November 2003. He also is a founder member of Aurora an business investment syndicate based in Aberdeen.

Mike is married to Alison with two children at University. He is sociable and enjoys good conversation and humour, tennis, music and walking the dog in the countryside.

General

A career in the oil and gas business is one where developing a broad range of skills and continuous professional development has been possible. These have with additional challenging developmental experience been the basis of a freelance consultancy originally as Morrison Associates and then in joint venture Lean Team Resources. The experience of running a successful management consultancy business over the last nine years has been very interesting and rewarding. It has enabled him to work locally and internationally delivering consultancy services to assist organisations to change, develop their organizational capabilities and improve their performance.

Current leadership roles have been to create awareness, then the will to succeed amongst all stakeholders to make change last by involving them all in the planning process. Best practice is when people have a personal interest in the success of a project, the effect is that management is simplified and better results are achieved.

Shell HSE IT strategy work has been to provide practical hands on support to Project Leadership to deliver a complex project. The politics of change within 52 companies and 103 countries is challenging and difficult to align. By using change techniques and analysis of system material in a change workshop environment the dream of one process and one system became possible through constructive dialogue and challenge to a cross functional multi-cultural team and their Management.