Testimonials

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“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!”

On a serious note, thanks for your efforts and contribution Shaun – you are exceptional and it’s a pleasure to have you at our conference.”

National Sales Director, Alsco

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“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 that delivered tangible outcomes, it was an absolute pleasure to deal with them at every stage.

The feedback we received from our staff was phenomenal, with each and every person walking away inspired and empowered. The impact of a day like that with our staff is invaluable, and we will be following it through with an ongoing program to drive growth mindset and embed our behaviours to thrive!”

Group GM People & Culture, Protech

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“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.”

GM Cyber Business Performance, CBA

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2022: “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.”

Senior Leader, Sutherland Shire Council

2021: “I had the pleasure of partnering with Michelle in May 2021, on a series of sessions targeted at Leaders to support performance conversations. It was a pleasure to work with Michelle, who was responsive, dynamic and quick to understand and define our needs. A high-energy professional facilitator, great story teller that kept participants engaged and wanting more!”

Learning and Development Lead, Sutherland Shire Council

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“DHL Express Australia recently held a Sales Conference for 170 of our key management and Sales & Marketing staff at the Sofitel Noosa Heads, Queensland. Having taken on the participant’s feedback from previous similar DHL events, myself and the other members of the organising committee were determined to ensure we delivered an event that was as impactful and enjoyable as possible.

We engaged Shaun Kenny during our event planning phase, initially purely as the keynote speaker on the topic of building influencing skills, but in the end Shaun delivered a lot more than just that one session. Shaun was generous with his time in getting to know us and understand in detail what key messages we were really wanting to communicate effectively in our limited time at the event.

Prior to the event itself, Shaun made the effort to visit our premises on two separate occasions, during which time he made quality suggestions around the session content, “flow” and timing, based on his extensive experience in running events such as ours.

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.”

Vice President Commercial, DHL Express

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“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 – both around the content where we learnt a new skill, and his style.

Shaun’s impact goes beyond a workshop – he has a deep interest in lasting impact, and has provided ongoing coaching sessions for our teams, and been a great sounding board for us. Someone with impeccable integrity who is a natural connector, he is one of the most generous people I know with his time and ideas. I just wish we could clone him so even more people can benefit from his talent.”

Chief of Staff to the Managing Director, Microsoft

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“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.

The events that Shaun has facilitated consistently received excellent feedback from participants and he quickly became my first choice whenever I was in need of a facilitator that I knew could understand and deliver exactly what I needed. I have seen him with multiple audiences across many topics and objectives with an unwavering focus on quality in everything he does and an ability to facilitate a crowd of hundreds at a learning week as easily as he manages a group of twenty executives at a strategy day or a small team of ten at a team building offsite.

He takes on all the planning and preparation which makes events so easy and enjoyable and I certainly look forward to working with Shaun well into the future.

I cannot recommend him highly enough (even at the risk of him becoming too busy and too hard to book!) and really wish that I could use him to facilitate all my events!”

Head of Change Implementation, NAB

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“What an amazing experience to have Shaun facilitate our Strategic Workshop and the Design Thinking process to challenge the current status and enhance the creative thinking across the senior leadership group within AMP Capital Shopping Centres. 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, problems and capitalise on opportunities across our business and stretch the boundaries within our $16 billion property business, beyond the traditional approaches within the industry.

Shaun converted the hostages and holiday makers to hard workers and from the feedback I have received personally, all of our leaders have taken enormous value from our initial workshop and are applying it across our business. I look forward to working with Shaun in the future.”

Managing Director, AMP Capital Shopping Centres

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“I have worked with Shaun Kenny on a number of occasions. On all of these he facilitated events with great professionalism and creativity. He engages and manages the audience well, navigating various cultures and backgrounds in the same meeting. He is able to connect with the audience at scale and ensure that these meetings drive the right outcomes. Shaun is well prepared for his role and looks to add value in unexpected ways. He is a pleasure to work with and I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend him.”

Managing Director, Microsoft Australia

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“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 through-out the day.

Shaun’s ability to share knowledge in a warm, funny and professional manner is impressive and he was the perfect answer to the end of a big year. It has impacted positively on the whole team, not only did it help to bring the team together but everyone took away valuable lessons which have helped to build strong foundations for next year.”

CEO, Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty

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“It’s always great working with Shaun – he is knowledgeable, engaging and energetic. Shaun connects with our people and we often get feedback that he is intelligent and funny! I have no doubt that Shaun will make every event a success.”

Head of the Leadership Academy, KPMG

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“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, not from a cramped E65 bus. The atmosphere he creates is every conference producer’s (or similar) dream. You can sit back and literally see the faces of your participants light up (and at times crack up) with enjoyment and enlightenment about whatever he’s facilitating.

The only negatives you’ll have when dealing with the feedback forms is the length of time it will take you to get through them as participants can’t seem to stop rambling on about how fantastic Shaun is. You’ll almost get sick of hearing, ‘Don’t change a thing…especially the facilitator.’

But he’s not just a winner on the day. Put simply, 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.

If you’re reading these recommendations trying to decide if Shaun’s the facilitator for you then stop reading and book the guy. Not only will your facilitation and learning needs be delivered 100%, you and your participants will have a seriously good laugh throughout the whole process.”

Learning and Development, Arrium

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“Shaun assisted UGL design the content and structure and facilitate our first Annual Project Managers Convention. The level of energy and the amount of fun and laughter Shaun brought to the convention was fantastic whilst still capturing the key messages and tying all the fun back to the main points UGL were wanting the Project Managers to capture. The Convention was a huge success due to Shaun’s facilitation skills and quick wit. The value he added to the design of the content and during the Convention was priceless. We can’t wait to work with Shaun again.”

GM People & Culture: Utilities & Resources, UGL Limited

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“Shaun recently facilitated our annual business offsite and I am pleased to say he did an excellent job.

His impact was felt right from the initial planning stage where he ensured energy levels were maintained throughout the offsite. The topic was new for many and with a fairly large, usually tough audience, he managed to keep them engaged.

Shaun led a number of the sessions delivering some great insights for the team as well as ensuring enough time for individual reflection.

The real success though has been the follow up actions post the offsite highlighting its value. He definitely made a difference.”

Executive Team Member, Financial Markets, Westpac

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“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 with the team. In the feedback we received, Shaun was a clear standout as a highlight to many of the conference attendees. On top of this, Shaun liaised with myself regularly in the holistic planning of this event and went above and beyond to ensure everything went ahead without a hitch.

I next came across Shaun at a design thinking presentation, which was organised through the American Chamber of Commerce. Shaun is a highly informative, witty and relatable facilitator who has an uncanny ability to deliver content. Since attending the course I have become an avid design thinking advocate – the session made quite a substantial impact to how I develop innovative strategy in my role. Shaun was central to that mindset change and I thank him for delivering such a fantastic session.

I have always found Shaun to be approachable, open and driven. I highly recommend working alongside Shaun or attending a session he is facilitating.”

National NBN Sales Initiative Lead, Telstra

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“I had the absolute pleasure of working with Shaun. Shaun is one of the best facilitators and influencers I have come across in my career. Having had the opportunity to observe Shaun facilitate sessions from 4 to over 300 people, I was always impressed by his ability to engage everyone, including the silent passenger. He also has the ability to articulate the complex and make it simple and digestible. I was always impressed by how this natural influencer just gets people.

Shaun’s dedication and work ethic is second to none and I am counting the days to work with him again. So if you are looking for an influencer who gets your audience and can make them think, feel and do what you want – Shaun’s your man!”

Senior Change Manager, IAG

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“I’ve had the privilege of attending several of Shaun’s full day training sessions, and can’t speak highly enough of his work.

He’s an exceptional facilitator and trainer, and has the rare gift of being able to draw large and disparate groups into close collaboration and learning very quickly. His deep knowledge of behavioural motivation, team dynamics, communication, leadership and coaching allow him to deliver targeted, applicable training that produces tangible results for his students.

I look forward to bringing Shaun in to help develop people in my next organisation, and continue to regularly apply the techniques I learned from him as I build and lead my own teams.”

Lead Management Consultant, ASG