Professor Bob Bontempo reveals how to enhance your influence through self-awareness. Bontempo is the faculty director of Columbia Business School Executive Education’s “Persuasion: Influencing Without Authority.”

Hosted by the Office of Alumni Relations on June 16, 2009, this presentation was part of the School’s third annual Worldwide Alumni Club Event, a celebration of the 38,000-strong Columbia Business School alumni network. Between June 4 and 17, more than 40 alumni clubs around the world hosted events ranging from panel discussions and career workshops to intimate dinners and happy hours, with some chapters organizing receptions at the homes of alumni.