Jim Lindell
CSP, CPA, CGMA. MBA
WI, USPractical business insights to increase sales, efficiency and profits from an award-winning speaker, best-selling author and atypical CPA that improve people's lives and businesses.
Jim Lindell - Biography
James T. Lindell, CSP, CPA, CGMA, MBA
Thorsten Consulting Group, Inc. / Dousman, Wisconsin
Jim Lindell is President of Thorsten Consulting, a strategic and financial consulting firm that offers professional speaking, training, and executive coaching. Over the past two decades, Jim has delivered over 5,000 hours of C-suite executive coaching. His professional experience includes Chief Financial Officer, VP-Finance, Corporate Controller, and Corporate Assistant Controller. Industries include manufacturing, healthcare, not-for-profit, distribution, and food processing.
He is a CPA and has received the Certified Speaking Professional designation, the highest earned designation from the National Speakers Association. Jim is a Vistage Chairman (Executive Coach and Facilitator) and responsible for two groups in the Milwaukee area.
Jim is the author of Controller as Business Manager, Controllers Annual Update (Best Seller,) Analytics and Big Data for Accountants, and many other strategic and financial leadership courses that the AICPA and Wiley have published.
Also, Jim is a twelve-time recipient of the AICPA's Outstanding Discussion Leader Award.
He is a member of the Irish rock/folk music group "Deep Pool" and is unwilling to admit that he may have played his last rugby match.
Jim Lindell - Biography
James T. Lindell, CSP, CPA, CGMA, MBA
Thorsten Consulting Group, Inc. / Dousman, Wisconsin
Jim Lindell is President of Thorsten Consulting, a strategic and financial consulting firm that offers professional speaking, training, and executive coaching. Over the past two decades, Jim has delivered over 5,000 hours of C-suite executive coaching. His professional experience includes Chief Financial Officer, VP-Finance, Corporate Controller, and Corporate Assistant Controller. Industries include manufacturing, healthcare, not-for-profit, distribution, and food processing.
He is a CPA and has received the Certified Speaking Professional designation, the highest earned designation from the National Speakers Association. Jim is a Vistage Chairman (Executive Coach and Facilitator) and responsible for two groups in the Milwaukee area.
Jim is the author of Controller as Business Manager, Controllers Annual Update (Best Seller,) Analytics and Big Data for Accountants, and many other strategic and financial leadership courses that the AICPA and Wiley have published.
Also, Jim is a twelve-time recipient of the AICPA's Outstanding Discussion Leader Award.
He is a member of the Irish rock/folk music group "Deep Pool" and is unwilling to admit that he may have played his last rugby match.
Business - Avoid the Financial Heart Attack
Format: 90 minute keynote, 120 minute breakout
This program is perfect for:
- Small Business Owners
- Executives responsible for financial performance
- The information is applicable for For Profit and Nonprofit Organizations
The audience will
leave with:
- The key...
Is Your Business Wobbling? Business Entropy and Renewal
Is your business Wobbling? Just as a spinning top wobbles as it slows down, businesses wobble as they begin to have difficulties.
The spinning top illustrates the concept of Entropy which is based on the second law of thermodynamics. A business left unattended will experience entropy and begin to "wobble." Uncontrolled, entropy will result in the eventual downfall of any business, organization, government, etc.
This session examines how Entropy...
Little Decisions - BIG Results!
Do you truly understand what brought your business, your department or yourself to its current position? This session will identify the decisions that have directed you to this point in time and determine how the decisions today will create BIG results in your business, your department or yourself.
Attendees will recognize how past decisions that they were unaware of are responsible for the position they are in today. Most importantly, they will become aware...
Extreme Leadership - Embracing Today's Challenges
Today's leaders are confronted with different challenges everyday. Extreme Leadership inspires individuals to embrace these challenges to achieve new successes as well as confront business threats that must be addressed. Extreme Leadership will help audience members 1) recognize their responsibility as leaders at all levels in the organization, 2) learn how other See More
Unbelievable Teams - Cannons, Scrums and Scouts
Cannons, Scrums, and Scouts present a different vision on the critical factors that make Teams successful. How is it possible for certain teams with little talent to succeed whereas teams with many talented people often fail? By illustrating the commitment and dedication from unique areas, attendees will gain new insight into how to make their teams more dynamic and more successful.
The Successful Family Business
"The greatest thing about having a family business is the involvement of the family. The worst thing about having a family business is the involvement of the family." - Jim Lindell
Welcome to a presentation that takes a candid look inside the family business. Understanding the dynamics of family interaction will be one of the most important skills in helping a family business succeed. This session will help the participant navigate delicate issues and...
1,2,3 - PULL!
Have you ever watched a Tug-o-war? 1,2,3 - Pull! will illustrate how we can have greater success in our lives, our jobs, our businesses, our teams and our families. The key to our success as it is in the tug-o-war is ALIGNMENT!
This session will focus on establishing our desired future, understanding what hinders our progress, controlling the obstacles and celebrating our successes!
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