Employee Engagement Archives - Jeff Havens | Keynote Speaker | Leadership Keynote Speaker

The Most Important Sentence in Leadership

Jeff Havens — Mon, 31 Oct 2022 15:17:39 +0000

At its most basic, effective leadership consists of two key components. One of them is the human element – that’s the part where you’re showing and telling the people who work for you that you’re glad they’re there. This is the piece of leadership that gets the most attention, because there are an endless number…

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Having Trouble Hiring?

Jeff Havens — Tue, 07 Jun 2022 15:52:21 +0000

In the last several months I’ve spoken at a few dozen conferences. And at every single one of them – big ones, small ones, and basically every industry there is – the people at those conferences have been talking about exactly two things: supply chain, and the labor shortage. Your company probably is, too. Those…

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Three Things All Employees Want

Jeff Havens — Mon, 04 Apr 2022 21:21:54 +0000

To be fair, there are probably more than three things all employees want. Most employees would probably take a million dollars if you felt like giving it to them. Or a jetski, the ability to talk to animals, telekinetic powers – the list goes on. But in this article we’re going to talk about three…

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How ‘The Great Resignation’ Can Work to Your Advantage

Jeff Havens — Mon, 01 Nov 2021 15:17:58 +0000

By now you’ve heard the news – everyone is quitting every job everywhere. Nobody is actually employed anymore, and the great engine that runs our global society is grinding to a shuddering halt. In fact, it’s probably a good time to start stocking up again on toilet paper. Chances are the people who make it…

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How to Transition Back to “Normal”

Jeff Havens — Mon, 05 Apr 2021 16:05:07 +0000

It’s finally happening. After over a year of living with some quite unexpected and unprecedented constraints, the world is finally, slowly opening back up. Whether we return to a fully open state tomorrow or several months from now – and also regardless of whether you think it should have happened yesterday or should be put…

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The Paradox of Freedom

Jeff Havens — Wed, 10 Jul 2019 17:13:34 +0000

When I was a high school teacher, I had a 15-year-old Kurdish student in my 9th-grade English class. He was a terrible student, constantly disrespectful and disruptive, completely uninterested in learning, and a huge challenge to my newly-minted teacher self. I spent far too much time trying to stop him from derailing my entire class,…

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Results Vs. Process – What Matters More?

Jeff Havens — Tue, 02 Apr 2019 15:35:18 +0000

There are hundreds of arguments that divide us. Soda vs. pop, potato vs. potato – that one makes more sense when you can hear it – red state vs. blue state, and I could go on. I myself have been involved in endless arguments with people about exactly which animal is the cutest one alive…

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Three Flashy Careers That Aren’t as Great As They Seem

Jeff Havens — Mon, 01 Oct 2018 19:42:37 +0000

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Employee Engagement Essentials Video Series :: Blooper Reel!

Jeff Havens — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 10:03:04 +0000

We recently released our 9-part video series, Employee Engagement Essentials, to our members at JeffHavens.com. Of course we messed up a few times (or several… or a lot) and we thought you’d like to see it. Hope you get a laugh and make sure you check out our membership options or contact us to see…

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Unorthodox Ways To Improve Your Employee Engagement

Jeff Havens — Mon, 14 Aug 2017 19:23:16 +0000

Oh my gosh, another article about employee engagement! You must be so excited right now!!!! Or you’re not. After all, there are only 12 billion of these things floating around the Internet, so why bother reading this one? Don’t you know everything there is to know? The answer to that is probably yes. You know…

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