Samuel Bacharach is a leading thinker in how personal and organisational influence can be used to get things done. Bacharach is the McKelvey-Grant Professor in the Department of Organisational Behaviour at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York State. As a guest speaker at the upcoming edition of the Academy where he will share with participants his key insights on how they can become more influential to advance the agenda of themselves, their organisation and their sport at the national and international level.

Recently, insidethegames.biz interviewed Bacharach on what participants can expect to gain from attending the Academy, as well as his opinions on a host of other issues from the IOC to the Rolling Stones!