Transformational experiences that strengthen leadership, shape culture and drive performance.
Leadership has never been more important, or more difficult. Organisations need leaders who can influence, inspire and perform in increasingly complex and uncertain environments.
We believe leadership is the engine of organisational performance. Great leaders don't just achieve results themselves. They elevate the performance of everyone around them.
The Elevations of Influence model summarises the capabilities that Shaun and Michelle help leaders develop in our programs.
How do I get the absolute best out of everyone?
Teams of Teams · Strategy · ChangeHow do I get the absolute best out of my team?
Trust · Candour · Alignment · ExecutionHow do I get the absolute best out of others?
Presence · Motivation · Stretch · SupportHow do I get the absolute best out of myself?
Resilience · Grit · Exertion · RecoveryRobust leadership frameworks and tools.
Diagnostics, dashboards and AI-assisted insights to identify learning needs and target interventions.
Transformational leadership experiences in the form of workshops and simulations. A catalyst for change.
Diagnostics and dashboards to track change; behavioural nudges to reinforce change; coaching to deeply embed change.

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Most leadership development is delivered on faith. No baseline, no measure of change, no way to show the executive team it worked.
Our clients get access to Leadership Engine — our proprietary platform of diagnostics, dashboards and AI-assisted insights for measuring, improving and proving leadership effectiveness across the Elevations of Influence.
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Organisational results depend on collective team performance. This diagnostic measures the Relationships (trust, candour) and Results (alignment, execution) between teams.
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Extraordinary teams invest in deepening Relationships (trust, candour) and driving Results (alignment, execution). This diagnostic (a 360° on the team itself, completed by each team member) reveals how teams are performing on these factors.
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Effective people leaders do two things well: they Stretch their people (challenging them to grow), and they Support them in getting there. This diagnostic measures how well people leaders are doing this.
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Magnetic leaders (those people that inspire passionate followership) display two key qualities: Warmth and Strength. This combination is rare. This diagnostic measures how leaders are showing up and how they are perceived by others. aka The Smiling Ox Paradox
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Great people leaders know what motivates each of their people. This tool gives leaders the power to understand the unique motivational fingerprint of each individual based on the five factors of intrinsic motivation: Autonomy, Mastery, Connection, Novelty and Purpose.
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Fragile people, when facing adversity, get weaker. Robust people stay strong. Antifragile people get stronger. They display two key qualities: Resilience (bounce back quickly) and Grit (keep going no matter what). This diagnostic gives leaders insights into how they respond to adversity, uncertainty, change and challenges.
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Those leaders who operate at peak performance levels and can sustain this over the long-term have mastered the toggle between Exertion and Recovery. This is the balance between working on the right things with maximum energy, then reliably replenishing that energy. This diagnostic gives insights into how well leaders are doing this.
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We have a suite of transformational leadership experiences in the form of workshops and simulations that map to the Elevations of Influence model. Here are some of our client favourites. Get in touch for more.





People of Influence is the consultancy through which Michelle Rushton and Shaun Kenny deliver leadership programs, team offsites and impactful conferences.
Contact People of Influence →Leadership Engine is our proprietary platform for diagnostics, dashboards and roadmaps.
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