Jeff Davidson

Jeff Davidson is a leading authority on managing information and communication overload, work-life balance, and systems for accomplishment. In high demand as a conference speaker, he offers dynamic learning keynotes and seminar presentations, combining outstanding content with humor, flair, and inspiration, leaving his audiences supercharged and ready for action. Frequently quoted or featured in USA Today, the Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Times, and on hundreds of talk shows, Jeff has reached a worldwide audience that has found his 36 books and more than 3,450 articles to be enlightening, entertaining, and life-changing.

Cumulatively, Jeff’s books have been selected by book clubs twenty-eight times. Breathing Space: Living and Working at a Comfortable Pace in a Sped-Up Society, his 18th and widely acclaimed book, is in its third edition. It has been translated into Chinese, Italian, Malay, and Spanish, and an English version is distributed in eight Southeast Asian countries.

Jeff’s four CD audio program, Simplifying Your Work and Your Life, (SkillPath) co-recorded with Dr. Tony Alessandra, gives career professionals the tools and practical information they need in the face of an over-complicated society. Jeff’s two CD program, Get a Life (Oasis Audio), offers ultra-busy professionals groundbreaking insights on how to reclaim their lives.

His latest book, The 60-Second Organizer (Adams Media) is short, fun-filled, and power-packed, with 60 tips to get you back in control no matter how long it’s been! His forthcoming book, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Getting Things Done (Alpha/Penguin, 2006) over the course of twenty-seven bite-sized chapters, lays out exactly what it takes to be both more efficient and effective, to start regularly accomplishing tasks which you set out to do on a daily and weekly basis, and to feel good about the process.

In 1995, Jeff launched the Breathing Space Institute in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, which is dedicated to helping organizations and individuals manage the crushing burden of information and communication overload.

Jeff adds to his expertise by constantly seeking new ways to increase the quality and duration of breathing space that he experiences on a daily basis. The hallmarks of his books and keynote presentations are an insatiable quest to find an easier way to accomplish goals, a versatile intellect, an empathetic perspective, and an extraordinary focus on the current issues and obstacles blocking the paths of today’s career professionals. These qualities are all highlighted as Jeff actively engages, stimulates, and inspires both his readers and his audiences. The result is an enjoyable, educational, uplifting experience.

Managing Information and Communication Overload

Data, data everywhere but not a thought to think! Does too much paper, too much reading, and too much with which to keep pace diminish your enjoyment of life? If so, go from glut to gain. Learn how to win with information and not be deluged by it. Discover how to become your own information highway, use information for maximum gain, and keep the din at a manageable level so you can spend more time doing the things you enjoy. This program is for organizations whose managers and staff members face a daily glut of too much competing for their time and attention, and offers essential tools for continual improvement.

Managing The Pace With Grace

Is today’s typical working American overworked, underworked, energetic or lazy? The best answer is “none of the above.” The root of the time-pressure we feel and the leisure we lack is not “too much work”. There are larger, more basic, converging issues. We can handle longer hours; it’s everything else competing for our attention that leaves us feeling overwhelmed. Once you are overwhelmed, feeling overworked can quickly follow. You can, however, maintain the pace with grace–even under pressure! This program is action-packed. Jeff lays out Breathing Space strategies and techniques for effectiveness that anyone can quickly master. For any organization seeking highest-level, on-going education. (Presentation materials include Breathing Space book, slides/overheads, workbooks, quizzes, and bonus items.)

Are You Overworked or Just Overwhelmed?

Career professionals can handle longer hours; it’s everything else competing for your attention that leaves you feeling overwhelmed. Once you’re overwhelmed, a feeling of being overworked can quickly follow. This program offers space, time, and stress management techniques that most people have never considered and innovative methods for daily effectiveness that anyone can master.

Creating More Space And Time In Your Life

How would you like to have more time for friends or on hobbies, or to get away for more weekend trips? Merely living today and participating in society guarantee that both your time and mental, physical, and emotional energy will easily be depleted if you lack the proper vantage point from which to approach each day and conduct your life. Learn the principles for creating the space and time you want to have, and add back the fun! (Presentation materials include slides/overheads, workbooks, and article reprints. Reinforcement resources include book and videocassette.)

Choosing When It's Confusing: Making Decisions More Effectively

Today, for whatever you want or need to acquire, there are more brands, features, and options than you can comfortably fathom. And tomorrow there will be more options competing for your attention. Yet you can make decisions without collisions! Even if you are confronted with a bewildering number of alternatives, here’s welcome news about choice strategies. This session explores the process of quickly making your best choice. (Presentation materials include slides/overheads, workbooks, and article reprints. Reinforcement resources include book and videocassette.)

Thanks for a great presentation at our spring meeting. It was well received and appreciated. I will prepare your 'ten commandments' for publication in our next newsletter since so many people were anxious for a copy. — Nebraska Medical Group Management

Thank you very much for participating in the Cardinal program in Colorado Springs. I think the presentation you made had a profound impact on everyone here. I myself would like to write a long, glowing endorsing letter, but I learned in your presentation that that would be redundant, superfluous and not to the point. You did a great job, and on behalf of everyone at Cardinal, I thank you very much and look forward to seeing you in the future. — Cardinal Distribution

At last! Someone who practices what they preach. Can't tell you how many times I fielded compliments for 'that Jeff Davidson guy!' Thanks for being flexible enough to work with our time emergencies. You were great! — Independent Bankers of Texas

The content of your presentation was thought-provoking and it was presented in a manner which was both fun and upbeat. You kept my attention throughout the morning. I truly enjoyed your presentation. Your messages came through loud and clear and I am grateful to have had the opportunity to hear you speak. — Treasury Department, Navistar International Corporation