Harnessing Your Personal Influence as a Student Leader

 

Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Geffen 520

12:15 p.m. Lunch Served
12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Workshop
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Great leaders don’t just understand influence—they know how to use it wisely and effectively. As part of the Leadership Development Series under the auspices of The Reuben Mark Initiative for Organizational Character and Leadership, this interactive workshop will equip students to rise above the common pitfalls of power dynamics and soft influence and become more confident peer leaders. Facilitated by Mike White, PhD Candidate in Organizational Behavior and LEAD Teaching Fellow at Columbia Business School, this session offers an introduction to key concepts from the Power and Influence course.

Key Learning Objectives:

• Discover your personal sources of power
• Identify common biases and traps in group decision-making
• Build strategies to influence and lead with impact

Attending this workshop will provide credit towards the Phillips Pathway for Inclusive Leadership (PPIL), focusing on the essential skill of understanding bias and prejudice.

This workshop is co-sponsored by OSA as marketing partner.
 

About Mike White

Mike White is a PhD Candidate in Organizational Behavior at Columbia Business School. He earned his B.S. in Psychology and Philosophy, with honors, from Elmhurst University. His primary research examines emotions, ethics, and leadership at work with a focus on people’s experience of awe. In other lines of research, he studies how to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in organizations, health and well-being, and ethical decision-making.