<p>A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Vanderbilt University, Jeff Havens began his career as a high school English teacher before following his father Rex Havens into the world of stand-up comedy, where he worked with some of the brightest lights in American comedy and honed the art of engaging audiences through laughter. But his impulse to teach never faded, and soon he began looking for an avenue to combine both of his passions into entertaining and meaningful presentations.</p>
<p>The results are "Uncrapify Your Life!<i>"; "</i>How to Get Fired!"<i>; "</i>Unleash Your Inner Tyrant!"; and "Becoming a More Annoying You!", and since their introduction Havens has brought his unique, side-splitting, message-based presentations to General Electric, Ford Motor Company, US Bank, McDonald's, and hundreds of other corporations in the United States and Canada. Original, informative, hilarious and powerful, Havens' ability to help people achieve success in leadership, customer service, communication, generational issues, corporate culture and more by talking about what they should and shouldn’t do guarantees that his audiences manage to laugh and learn at the same time. His goal? To provide all the content of a traditional presentation with all the entertainment value of a comedy show.</p>
<p>Havens is also a regular guest on Fox Business News and has been featured in "BusinessWeek," the "Wall Street Journal," CNBC, AOL, and dozens of other regional and national media outlets. His latest book is "Unleash Your Inner Tyrant!<i>: </i>Proven Strategies to Help You Become a More Horrible Boss."</p>
Humorous Corporate Speaker and Comedic Author
<ul><li><strong>Conquering Tomorrow</strong></li><li>Change Management for People Who Occasionally think Changes Are Dumb</li><li> If there’s one thing that’s true for everybody, it’s that things are constantly changing. And sometimes that’s great, like when we win the lottery or land an important account. These are the easy changes to deal with, and nobody really needs help figuring out what to do about them.</li><li>And that’s where Conquering Tomorrow comes in. Designed for anyone who has ever approached an upcoming change with hesitation or dread (which is everyone, by the way), Conquering Tomorrow takes audiences on a journey through some of life’s most common “bad” changes – some personal, some professional – to reveal a profound and important truth: that while the process of going through difficult changes may not always be fun, the end result of those changes is usually far better than we’re afraid it will be.</li><li><strong>Us Vs. Them!</strong></li><li>The Funniest, Most Informative Generational Keynote Ever! </li><li> If you’ve listened to any other discussion about generational issues at work, then you’ve undoubtedly been told there are four distinct generations operating side-by-side in today’s working world. You’ve then been told the differences between those four generations, and then you’ve been told (although probably not in these exact words) that you need to just deal with all these different people, because they’re not going away and they’re not going to change how they operate. If that advice suits you, fantastic. </li><li><strong>Uncrapify Your Future!</strong></li><li>The Most Innovative Innovation Keynote In The History Of Ever</li><li> If you’ve listened to anyone talk about innovation recently, you’ve probably heard something along these lines: “The world is changing at a crazy fast rate. Everything you’re doing now is about to become obsolete. If you don’t come up with some amazing, industry changing ideas in the next 18 seconds, your business is basically going to disappear. Have a nice day.” And if that’s the kind of doomsayer message that you and your friends love hearing, then you can stop reading now.</li><li> But if you’d like to present innovation as a simple process that literally everyone is capable of performing, then you might want to listen to Uncrapify Your Future! Filled with the trademark wit that has made Jeff Havens one of the most in-demand speakers in North America, Uncrapify Your Future! will make the process of coming up with new ideas easier and more rewarding than you ever thought possible. Because it turns out that every innovation in every industry – from automobiles to streaming music, coffee cup holders to wartime treaties – follows the same straightforward pattern.</li><li><strong>Unleash Your Inner Tyrant!</strong></li><li>The Most Original Leadership Keynote You’ll Ever See! (management and leadership)</li><li> The first of its kind, Unleash Your Inner Tyrant! helps managers and executives become better leaders by showing them everything they should avoid – including how to create a culture of fear and mistrust, how to oppress and demoralize employees, and how to stand firm in the face of all change – before wrapping up with a serious conversation about the kind of leaders we should all strive to become.</li><li> Covering four main areas of leadership – creating a healthy corporate culture; management/employee relations; crisis management; and change management – Unleash Your Inner Tyrant! is every bit as content-rich and intensively researched as a more traditional leadership seminar but has the added benefit of an unparalleled delivery style that will have your audience laughing the entire time they’re learning how to become more effective leaders. Simply put, there is nothing else like this in the business world, and no better way to energize your management team while providing them with invaluable training they will remember for months and years to come.</li></ul>