"Shaun is one of the most delightful and talented facilitators I have ever worked with. Engaging, funny, creative and with a deep interest in human learning and development, he has this amazing ability to inspire an audience at scale. We have used him for our design thinking workshops at Microsoft, and the feedback was overwhelmingly positive. Shaun's impact goes beyond a workshop — he has a deep interest in lasting impact, and has provided ongoing coaching sessions for our teams. Someone with impeccable integrity who is a natural connector, he is one of the most generous people I know with his time and ideas."
"Michelle's effort, energy and enthusiasm for growing our extended leadership team (through a lens of Enterprise Leadership) was off the charts. I couldn't recommend Michelle more highly and have no doubt Workwear Group will benefit for a long time as a result. Thank you Michelle."
"I have no hesitation recommending Michelle Rushton to any organisation seeking to develop the leadership capabilities of their executive and senior leadership teams. Michelle developed a bespoke program for our Executive Leadership Team at Camden Council after engaging with the team members and running a diagnostic analysis of potential issues and opportunities. Michelle's engagement and facilitation skills are exceptional and through the People of Influence program I have evidenced a significant uplift in the performance of our executive leadership team."
"We have had so much positive feedback on the conference, it's very encouraging. Regarding People of Influence specifically, you must be so tired of having people constantly raving about how amazing you are. So, out of the countless thankyous and positive comments about your session I'll just share my favourite one with you: 'Shaun would have to be one of the most inspirational speakers without acting like an inspirational speaker. I got so much out of his session!'"
"We wanted to say another HUGE thank you for the incredible day you hosted for us at our Personal Direct All Leaders Day! We are all still buzzing. The feedback has been overwhelmingly positive, with our day being rated ~9.7/10 by our leaders as an NPS indicator in our post-event survey. The inside jokes from the day are still referenced, with several leaders calling you 'Mason' in their reflections on our internal social media site. Our leaders walked away feeling energised, connected, inspired and confident in their roles as leaders."
"Michelle Rushton and Shaun Kenny from People of Influence were the key facilitators at our recent national staff conference on the Gold Coast. Partnering with us right from the get go to create an event which really delivered on our goals for a memorable experience — the feedback we received from our staff was phenomenal, with each and every person walking away inspired and empowered."
"Thank you for a fantastic day yesterday. Your facilitation mastery, energy and keen humour were just what we needed to make it a superb event. Some of the team have described it as the best offsite ever! Look forward to working with you again on the next one."
"I've worked with Shaun and his company People of Influence on a number of occasions now and I can't recommend the work that he does enough. Whether it be delivering creative, engaging and thought-provoking sessions for an Executive Team or partnering on a 6 month top talent program, Shaun's ability to add value cannot be understated. I often think of Shaun when putting together programs, given his knowledge of how to create memorable and effective learning experiences is in my opinion, second to none."
"The Elevate program has been a stand out experience in my career. Your business I hope is flourishing — there are many out there that look to offer something similar and I can assure you from my experience the value of the service your business provides is incredible by comparison."
"Michelle was the speaker at our recent Executive Manager Forum of 40 Executive Managers. Whilst I learned more on psychological safety, I also learned so much about how to create engagement in virtual sessions. The feedback was brilliant and the participants loved her energy. The best part was the practicality of her guidance."
"DHL Express Australia recently held a Sales Conference for 170 of our key management and Sales & Marketing staff. The outcome was nothing short of sensational, and we have had fantastic feedback from the team who overwhelmingly found the sessions Shaun facilitated to be engaging, fun, informative and memorable. I would not hesitate to recommend Shaun to any company looking to maximise the success of their conference, planning session, training workshop etc."
"After a big year of change and challenges, Shaun was invited to facilitate an important end of year off-site for our team. Shaun designed the day based on our needs and delivered one of the best workshops the team has seen. He captured the audience right from the start and shared important insights whilst keeping everyone energised, engaged and entertained throughout the day."
"I originally met Michelle at a LinkedIn conference and I was inspired by her energy and innovative approach to leadership development. We subsequently engaged Michelle to assist with our own leadership development program at Morgan McKinley. Michelle did a fantastic job of really understanding our needs and building a bespoke program for us that focused on the key areas that we were looking to drive."
"I recommend Shaun's facilitation prowess with the utmost esteem. I first worked with Shaun during my tenure in Telstra's Enterprise & Government department where he led a large-scale problem solving activity with over 500 staff, gave a keynote speech and facilitated a whole day conference. In the feedback we received, Shaun was a clear standout as a highlight to many of the conference attendees."
"Michelle recently facilitated a fantastic one-hour Influencing workshop at our annual conference for a group of 100 Senior Recruiters and Talent Leaders. Several times that day, attendees walked up to me and said things like 'Thank you for Michelle's session – triple thumbs up!' From an Event Producer's perspective, Michelle was a dream to work with — professional, organised, terrific content and a presentation style that touched hearts and minds."
"What an amazing experience to have Shaun facilitate our Strategic Workshop and the Design Thinking process. Shaun's high level of engagement, bright and vibrant personality and ability to engage with the wide spectrum of leaders within our business was exceptional to watch. The greatest compliment to Shaun is to have personally witnessed a number of groups of talented people within our business applying the principles demonstrated within Shaun's design thinking and brainstorming to solve challenges across our $16 billion property business."
"I have been lucky enough to work with Shaun a number of times and have always been amazed at his energy, creativity, knowledge and ability to hold the focus of a room with both his humour and personable style. I have seen him with multiple audiences across many topics and objectives with an unwavering focus on quality in everything he does — facilitating a crowd of hundreds at a learning week as easily as he manages a group of twenty executives at a strategy day."
"If I could bottle the energy and enthusiasm Shaun brings to a room when he's facilitating, I'd be writing this from my own desert island. The atmosphere he creates is every conference producer's dream. You can sit back and literally see the faces of your participants light up with enjoyment and enlightenment. And he's not just a winner on the day — his style makes learning stick. Even years later, I've had grads talking to me about the key takeaways from his sessions and the impact it's had on them."
"At our recent National HR Conference I had the wonderful opportunity to attend a session on motivation and engagement facilitated by the amazing Shaun Kenny. In my 32 years as part of the Australian workforce I have never seen a better facilitator/presenter. At no point during his engaging one hour session did his overriding message about personal responsibility and behaviours get lost or overridden by the well-pitched humour. It was all incredibly well balanced."
