Joey Havens, CPA is the author of Leading with Significance. He is currently a partner with HORNE LLP a top 25 CPA firm. He previously served as managing partner of the firm from 2012 to 2021, leading more than 1,800 team members to build the Wise Firm© while passionately living out his life’s calling to help others see and reach their full potential. Prior to being named managing partner in 2012, Joey served as the managing partner of healthcare services and the managing partner of government services, respectively.
He actively challenges the mainstays of business culture and strategic planning. Joey advocates growing leaders faster using holistic approaches and intentional sponsorship. In addition to his weekly beBetter blog, he is the author of numerous whitepapers and articles, including Becoming the Firm of the Future published by the AICPA. He has co authored four books during his career at HORNE. Joey is an active member of CPA Practice Advisor’s Top 30 Thought Leaders, where he works with other accounting professionals to help lead and shape the industry.
Joey is a frequent presenter/ teacher/ facilitator on creating a culture of belonging, strategic planning, leadership development and loves to teach young professionals the ABCs to Outstanding. Joey joined HORNE in 1984 and earned a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Mississippi.
Joey currently serves on the board of The Mustard Seed, a Christian community for adults with developmental disabilities and Empower Mississippi. He is past board member with HORNE LLP, Friends of Children’s Hospital, JDRF, Make A Wish Foundation, AICPA Women’s Initiative Executive Committee and attends St Francis Catholic Church with his wife Cathy.
Discover why the mission continues—and what Growth sometimes requires us to leave behind.
Discover why the mis…
Discover why the mission continues—and what growth sometimes requires us to leave behind.
Discover why great leaders don’t just hand off tasks; they verify that the power is on before the deadline arrives.
Discover why great l…
Discover why great leaders don’t just hand off tasks; they verify that the power is on before the deadline arrives.
What Livie experienced that morning is the same pain we all feel when we don’t truly listen to others.
What Livie experienc…
What Livie experienced that morning is the same pain we all feel when we don’t truly listen to others.
Organizations invest enormous energy trying to recruit great people. But sometimes they lose those same people over issues that could have been solved with a conversation.
Organizations invest…
Organizations invest enormous energy trying to recruit great people. But sometimes they lose those same people over issues that could have been solved with a conversation.
Leadership has a funny way of teaching us lessons when we least expect them—sometimes at a boardroom table… and sometimes at a gas pump with a chocolate milk and a sausage biscuit in hand.
Leadership has a fun…
Leadership has a funny way of teaching us lessons when we least expect them—sometimes at a boardroom table… and sometimes at a gas pump with a chocolate milk and a sausage biscuit in hand.
Organizations don’t fall behind from risk, but from silenced curiosity. Here’s how leaders can respond differently.
Organizations don’…
Organizations don’t fall behind from risk, but from silenced curiosity. Here’s how leaders can respond differently.
It’s not confusion that weighs on leaders and teams during transformation—it’s Clarity. Here’s how to regain energy and move forward.
It’s not confusion…
It’s not confusion that weighs on leaders and teams during transformation—it’s clarity. Here’s how to regain energy and move forward.
The beauty of an unbroken circle is that it reminds us of something powerful. And when we strengthen the circles of commitment in our lives, something remarkable happens.
The beauty of an unb…
The beauty of an unbroken circle is that it reminds us of something powerful. And when we strengthen the circles of commitment in our lives, something remarkable happens.
We all have chocolate on our face sometimes. The difference between great leaders and everyone else? They're willing to look in the mirror. Here's what a doughnut taught me about trust and leadership.
We all have chocolat…
We all have chocolate on our face sometimes. The difference between great leaders and everyone else? They're willing to look in the mirror. Here's what a doughnut taught me about trust and leadership.
Exponential change doesn’t require superhuman leaders, but it does require uncommon discipline and courage.
Exponential change d…
Exponential change doesn’t require superhuman leaders, but it does require uncommon discipline and courage.
If you wait until everyone else is catching fish before you wade in, you’re already behind. This is exactly how I approach AI.
If you wait until ev…
If you wait until everyone else is catching fish before you wade in, you’re already behind. This is exactly how I approach AI.
When leaders ask me, “What really matters?” these are the three themes I always come back to.
When leaders ask me,…
When leaders ask me, “What really matters?” these are the three themes I always come back to.
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