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.
I’ve never sold 21,477 of anything, but guess who has? A 6th grader named Katie Francis broke the world record by selling that many Girl Scout cookies and now she shares some sales tips in this hilarious video. Now if you’ll excuse me, Troop 226 is meeting at the local middle school and I want to…
I’ll admit, I didn’t always appreciate the value of marketing. Then I hired a marketing director (who is amazing, by the way), and I saw results almost immediately. I also saw how freakishly hard her job is. So, in an homage to all of you marketing professionals out there, here are 10 reasons that your job…
Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, I know that many of you think I’ve passed my prime. You’ve seen me occasionally leave my blinker on for a little too long, and you’re itching for me to retire and get out of your way so that you can do things better and faster than we turtle people. To…
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?…