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.
Perry! Congrats Perry! Your copy of How To Get Fired! will arrive shortly. Thanks to everyone who entered, the captions were hilarious and we had a hard time picking a winner. We’ll have another caption contest next month.
I’ve been asked to speak in some weird places, like New Jersey, for example, but the weirdest speaking job I ever had started when a guy on a tractor hired me. Now that I know better I’ll think twice before taking a job from someone riding a piece of farm equipment. Hear more about my…
If you’re even halfway smart – and you must be since you’ve chosen to read this – you’re spending some amount of energy marketing online. Word on the street is that the Internet is still going strong, and it’s one of the best (and cheapest) ways to tell people about whatever awesome thing you do…
For several years I have presented How to Get Fired! on college campuses across the country, where I try to help college students prepare for their professional life by telling them everything they shouldn’t do once they apply for and then receive a job. Tucked into my suggestions that they should show up drunk, write…
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People often ask me how to introduce a guest speaker, and as usual, I take the backwards approach. Watch this video to find some great tips for speaker introductions and I promise the audience will love you, then quickly forget about you because they are so excited for the guest speaker, thanks to your awesome…
I know you hate writing your newsletter. You didn’t even want to do it in the first place. Someone said, “Hey, would you mind helping out with our newsletter?” and you thought that saying “Yes!” would be a great way to showcase your enthusiasm and work ethic and maybe help you get a promotion. Then…
In between speaking engagements I spend the majority of my time reading my old blog posts on JeffHavens.com. What? You don’t? Well, you should, especially if your parents are forcing you to find a job. I’ve got some great tips and tricks that will keep you on your parents’ couch well in to your 40s!…
Leave a comment with a creative caption for this photo and you could win a copy of my book How To Get Fired! Don’t worry, I won’t send you the one I chewed on. Make sure to comment by 10pm on October 9th, 2013. Click here to read the rules and entry requirements! This…
Ordinarily when it comes to issues of generational supremacy, I’m not particularly partisan. I’m 35, comfortably wedged between the Boomers and Millennials and thus incapable of deciding if I am actually a young or old person. On the one hand I still listen to modern music, but on the other hand I write my texts…