Uncrapify Your Life TV: Beating The Winter Blues
This is the first installment of Uncrapify Your Life TV where I will be motivating the crap out of you! Hope you enjoy!
Jeff Havens is a speaker, author, and professional development expert who tackles leadership, generational, and professional development issues with an exceptional blend of content and entertainment. He is a contributing writer to Fast Company, Entrepreneur, BusinessWeek, The Wall Street Journal; and has been featured on CNBC and Fox Business. For more information, or to bring Jeff to your next meeting, contact Donna Buttice at Platinum Speakers Agency at 630.330.7533.
Which Are More Important – Hard Skills, or Soft Skills?
Last June, Entrepreneur Magazine published an article in which they reported that 16% of employers consider employees’ soft skills (getting along with others, punctuality, and other silly things like that) more important than their hard skills, which includes things like ‘technical competence’ and ‘knowing how to actually do your job.’ This means that approximately 5…
US vs. THEM! Generational Keynote
If you didn’t know that I have a hilarious, but helpful generational keynote, well now you do! Here’s my recent demo video for US vs. THEM!: Putting the other Generations in Their Place! I hope you like it, and as always, let me know if you’d like to see any specific generational videos or articles…
3 Ways to Cope with Crushing Failure
Wow – 2014 was such a great year!!!! That’s how January posts are supposed to start, right? It’s the beginning of a new year, so everything’s supposed to be happy and hopeful and filled with positivity. That was certainly the tone of the Christmas letters you got from your family and friends. “And of course…
Leadership Motivation: Vision.
Jeff’s leadership motivation tip for the week on Vision. You see all those stars? Some of them support M-class planets. And some of them are about to go supernova. Choose wisely.
Motivational Minute: Your Least Favorite…
In this episode of the motivational minute, Jeff discusses time management and how to get all of the annoying things out of the way and there’s no where to go but up the rest of the day! Check out more Motivational Minutes here!
How to Memorize Anything
I don’t know yet exactly what words I’m going to write in this article, but I can tell you this: if I wanted to, I could memorize whatever you’re about to read in about 20 minutes – word for word. I’m not saying that to brag, if for no other reason than because people who…
Uncrapify Your Life This Year!
Happy New Years Eve! I hope you’re planning something fun, relaxing, exciting, or maybe all of them to ring in the new year. This also may be the day you sit down and think about how you’re going to better yourself for next year; however, New Year’s resolutions are always the same – lose weight,…
Can a Keynote be Funny AND Useful?
If you’ve seen Jeff speak before, then you know that his rapid-fire combination of high caliber education and world class entertainment is wonderfully effective. But maybe you’re not the only decision maker, and everyone else on the committee is going to need some convincing. Unfortunately, experience has taught a lot of people to think that…
Jeff Interviewed by Premiere Speakers Bureau
Jeff sits down with Brian Lord from Premiere Speakers Bureau to discuss generations in the workplace along with how he handles client relationships and meeting planners.