Measure the leadership behaviours that matter.
See the patterns across your whole organisation.
Map the route forward.
Most organisations invest heavily in leadership development and team building. Few have a consistent way to measure leadership or team effectiveness, identify development priorities and track progress over time.
Influence Engine was created to solve that problem, providing a scalable platform of diagnostics and dashboards for measuring and improving leadership effectiveness.
Created by Shaun Kenny and Michelle Rushton, founders of award-winning leadership consultancy People of Influence.




The Elevations of Influence is the master framework that connects all diagnostics within Influence Engine.
How do I get the absolute best out of everyone?
Culture · Strategy · Change · InnovationHow 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 · RecoveryOur Master Diagnostics (Elevations of Influence) help identify the learning needs and development pathways for leaders at different elevations in the organisation.
Our Specialist Diagnostics go deep into a specific set of behaviours needed to be an influential leader, and upskill leaders for immediate behaviour change.
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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.
Explore the diagnostic → Self-assessment + 360Magnetic 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
Explore the diagnostic → Self-assessmentGreat 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.
Explore the diagnostic →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.
Explore the diagnostic → Self-assessmentThose leaders who operate at peak performance levels and 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.
Explore the diagnostic →Influence Engine is the platform for diagnostics, dashboards, roadmaps and AI insights.
Contact Influence Engine →People of Influence is the consultancy through which Michelle Rushton and Shaun Kenny deliver leadership development programs, team offsites and facilitate impactful conferences.
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