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.
If you follow me on social media, you know I always share a video on Thursday, and today’s video Thursday also happens to be a Throwback Thursday. Remember when I shared the #GenWars videos? No? Well now you can watch all of their hilarious old people vs young people conflicts at once without even leaving this blog…
Dear Sirs and Madams, I know many of you think that I’m lazy and unmotivated. Many of you think I expect everything to be handed to me, and that I have no tolerance for the slow and steady path to success that has been the hallmark of your own experience. I know at least a…
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You may have heard that there are four generations in the workplace, but let’s be honest, the conflict boils down to old people vs young people. In the second part of my Leveraging Generations in the Workplace training series, you can take a quiz to figure out what side YOU belong on. Want to…
Congratulations! You have signed yourself up for one of the most amazing experiences it is possible to have. Indeed, the national 2014 SHRM conference has consistently been ranked slightly above “visiting the Taj Mahal while riding an elephant” in surveys of people who have done both. You’re in for an awesome time! Now perhaps this…
I travel all over the USA talking about generations in the workplace with my Us vs Them presentation, but no matter how many differences we have, one thing unites us all: we all have awkward childhood photos. I tend to think mine is more awkward than most. Yep, that’s me in the photo! Pretty bad, right?…
Dealing with different generations in the workplace is so annoying. Why can’t everyone have the decency to be born at the same time? Lucky for you, I’ve put together a series of videos about how to use multiple generations in the workplace to your advantage! Want to see more funny stuff about generations? Here are a…
Did you know that June 13 is officially Blame Someone Else Day? I didn’t until recently – and what a relief the knowledge has been! Until now I’ve sometimes been taking responsibility for my actions. Sometimes I’ve even attempted to learn from my mistakes instead of persisting in the comfortable fiction that I have never…
Everywhere you look, new hires are endangered. Many of them are about to graduate and start their careers with hearts filled with dreams and rainbows and gummy bears, ready to frolic in the rich fjords of Employmentland. But sadly, too many of them are not prepared for the world they’re about to enter. Some of…
Father’s Day is approaching. Everywhere you go, grills and hacksaws and cologne are on sale, apparently since fathers everywhere want to smell their best while they saw their grills in half. I’m sure you’ve also run across a smattering of articles and videos espousing the wisdom that the authors acquired from their own fathers, and…