Mike Jaffe is a nationally recognized speaker, leadership development expert, executive coach, and author of WAKE UP! Your Life is Calling. Why settle for FINE when so much more is possible? Mike has appeared as a featured expert on CNN, Fox News, and New England Cable News and has been published and quoted in the Wall Street Journal, MSN, US News & World Report, Crain’s NY Business, Entrepreneur Magazine Radio, and other national and regional media outlets.
As a 9/11 survivor who has transformed his life, Mike Jaffe serves as The Human WakeUp Call® by using his own brush with tragedy as a message of self-discovery and empowerment. As a result of his own WakeUp Call®, Mike radically changed direction in his career, leaving a secure corporate job in Manhattan and reinventing himself as an entrepreneur.
He founded SAVIA Leadership, a global leadership development firm that Transforms the Human Side of LeadershipTM through conscious communication, experiential learning, and transformational conversations. Mike is committed to championing programs that bring perspective, tools, and support to the workplace, enabling increased professional success and accountability and a better quality of life.
Designed to challenge unspoken assumptions and limitations, Mike’s keynote provides participants with a roadmap for making real, lasting change in their lives and businesses. In 45-75 minutes, Mike shares his experience as a 9/11 survivor, the amazing realizations that he had as a result of that day, and how it lead him to a happier life.
He highlights the distinctions of having a vision, knowing your “Why”, taking consistent action, and the importance of falling down! He demonstrates how nothing extraordinary has ever happened by staying comfortable.
He skillfully asks the audience to consider, “What would happen if we traded Comfort for Courage? Obstacles for Opportunity? Circumstances for Possibility?”
Using the power of humor, insightful stories, and practical tools, Mike touches the hearts and minds of a wide variety of audiences, rallying participants into empowered action with life-changing results. Audience members experience an astonishing shift in perspective accompanied by a sense of urgency that will sustain their ongoing actions. The results are powerful, as each person discovers a very powerful truth: anyone can create a new future starting today.
“Mike Jaffe’s approach to leadership development and coaching has changed our entire leadership mindset in only a few months! As our company faces seismic market changes and the need to reorganize to grow our position, our leaders are faced with the challenges of “playing bigger” and doing more with their teams. Mike has helped us to permeate the hearts and minds of our people with this proactive attitude. He recently facilitated several workshops and delivered his keynote at our leadership conference where he provided tangible takeaways and tools that are already having a meaningful impact on our executive team and broader leadership group. With an authentic style and manner, he has connected with us to teach simple but important ways to build trust and foster communications amongst team members. The result is greater collaboration and higher performing teams. We are lucky to have Mike as our partner and consider him a key secret to our success!”
“If you’re searching for a vibrant, relatable and transformational keynote presenter—one who is unequivocally passionate about sharing the message of “Living Powerfully!”— look no further than Mike Jaffe! We recently worked with Mike at our Schools Conference, the premier conference for Speech-Language Pathologists who work in school settings. He delivered an inspirational, yet highly practical, opening keynote session in which he motivated our 1000+ attendees to harness their personal powers and unleash untapped potential. I can confidently say that anyone who attended Mike’s session walked away feeling invigorated, empowered, and recharged. If you have an opportunity to work with Mike, I highly encourage you to do it!”
“Mike, I wanted to reach out and thank you again for such an amazing experience and closing to our (YMCA New England) conference last week. The Y attendees are still buzzing about your talk and sharing their thoughts. Actually, even the vendors that were in attendance are still commenting, not an easy group! In reflecting on the conference and our theme I cannot imagine a better person and their message as our final keynote. As my CEO told me when he called me on his drive home, “Mike Jaffe hit it out of the park”! It was a privilege to work with you, and I look forward to opportunities in the future. Thank you Mike.”
“Mike’s message and delivery were spot on. Mike captivates his audience by speaking from his personal and professional experience. He is a true professional and engaged his audience to understand that personal power is simply achieved by making a few small changes in how we approach our daily lives.”
“Mike was a fantastic speaker. He shared his inspiring story, then made the rest of the session all about the audience. His goal of getting people to think about life and start living it to the fullest immediately was definitely met. MIke’s down-to-earth attitude gave him an instant connection to the crowd and his follow up to those who asked for it was great. His encouraging message is one that will be remembered for a long time!”
