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.
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…
I love it when my job is done for me. It doesn’t happen often, but when it does it’s soooooo worth it. I owe a giant debt of gratitude to Jon Ferguson, who saw me present for the Cleveland Browns a year ago and was then kind enough to write me the following email. I…
People often tell me I’m one of the most energetic speakers they’ve ever seen. My friend Cathie on Facebook wanted to know how I speak for so long and so fast. Watch this video to find out! Be the first to know when I upload a new video by subscribing to my YouTube channel!…
So recently I came across the most hilariously horrific post-networking follow-up letter I have ever heard of. It’s probably legendary by now, since as far as I can tell the only things that go viral on the Internet are bad rap parodies and stories of idiots being idiots. In case you haven’t seen it yet, …
Jeff Havens here! If you’re tired of hearing my rants, today’s your lucky day because I’m passing the keys to the blog to Amanda, the Marketing Director here at Big Pow! I hope you’re wearing a helmet! I have a confession for you. You don’t need a marketing degree to know how to sell stuff.…
Are the old people and the tiny little baby people in your office constantly butting heads? Wouldn’t it be great if there was a hilarious, energetic, not-too-old-and-not-too-young keynote speaker who could come to your company and talk to them to help the generations get along better? Jeff Havens to the rescue! My Us vs Them…
You can probably use millions of words to describe employers as a whole, but ‘subtle’ isn’t one of them. Recently Wisconsin took up a bill to make it illegal for employers to force job seekers to hand over their social media passwords, making Wisconsin (at least at the time of this writing) the 15th state…
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