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Mike Jaffe

Founder, President SAVIA Leadership

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Biography

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 Leadership™ 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.

Speech Topics

  • Wake Up and Live Powerfully: Turn Your Intentions Into Action

    Based on the distinctions outlined in his book, WAKEUP! Your Life is Calling, Mike takes his experience as a 9/11 survivor and shares his powerful, inspiring story of how it served as his WakeUp call. Designed to challenge self-imposed beliefs and limitations, Wake Up! Provides participants with a roadmap for making fundamental, lasting changes in their lives and businesses. The results are powerful, as each person discovers a very powerful truth…that anyone can create a new future starting today.

  • Moments of Truth: How to Lead Coming Out of the Storm

    In his latest keynote, Mike shares some of his ‘moments of truth and the amazing realizations he had due to these storms. In today’s climate, hinging on both the uncertainty and opportunity of COVID-19 and the Social Justice Movement, the world demands that we think and lead differently. Mike can connect his experiences with the current situation to help participants reassess their unspoken assumptions, engage in a new mindset, and navigate this time of rapid change.

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Testimonials

""Mike did an AMAZING job. It was truly a special presentation. We couldn’t be happier with everything.""

Minnesota Realtors

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