Jeff Haden

Speaker, Inc. Magazine contributing editor, ghostwriter, author of THE MOTIVATION MYTH, ghostwriter.

Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States

About

I'm a keynote speaker, contributing editor of Inc. Magazine (last year my Inc. articles were read by over 21 million people), LinkedIn Top Voice, and author of "The Motivation Myth: How High Achievers Really Set Themselves Up to Win." I've also ghostwritten seventy-odd non-fiction books, including three NYT Top Tens and 14 Amazon category #1s, and thousands of columns, articles, presentations, and speeches; the total is something just shy of 20 million published words. (If you're into word counts.) Otherwise, I'm an over the hill motorcycle racer, fitness enthusiast of minimal accomplishment, and the exception to the rule that making lots of mistakes is the surest path to wisdom.

Experience

  • Business Owner at BlackBird Media
    Aug 2000 - Present · 26 yrs

    I've ghostwritten over fifty books, most published by traditional publishers. (Five hit #1 on Amazon's Business & Investing bestseller list.) I've also ghostwritten magazine articles, e-books, reports, white papers, web copy, newsletters, blogs... and currently ghostwrite a number of columns for mainstream business media publications and sites. While I typically write on leadership, entrepreneurship, management, process improvement, finance, and investing, I've written books on subjects as diverse as breastfeeding, hydroponics, horticulture, magic, and even personal finance for um, exotic dancers. (Don't ask. But it did sell really well.) And I'm a contributing editor for Inc. Magazine.

  • Manufacturing Manager at Von Hoffmann Graphics
    Oct 2000 - Jan 2003 · 2 yrs 4 mos

  • Bindery Supervisor at R. R. Donnelley & Sons
    Jun 1983 - Oct 2000 · 17 yrs 5 mos