Ellen McIlhenny
DTM
VA, USEllen McIlhenny is the owner of the CFO consulting firms CFO Plus Services, specializing in bringing the services of an experienced CFO to small businesses.
She graduated with an accounting degree from Virginia Tech and spent more than twenty years as a CFO or controller in mid-sized and large privately held businesses.
She is the author of the book "The Big Turnaround - How bad management nearly destroyed an exceptional company", a business novel dealing with common problems business owners face on a daily basis. Her next book scheduled to come out in the fall of 2020 is called "The Small Business Survival Guide: 101 Tips and Tales for the Small Business Owner". This is a non-fiction business tips book which incorporates storytelling to illustrate each point.
Ellen loves to speak to groups, both large and small about how to improve both business processes and finances. Her current presentation is on topics that are most relevant during COVID-19.
Ellen's second mission is speaking about her journey as the mother of an adult child with special needs. She speaks to young parents about how she dealt with the loss of "the perfect life" that had been planned but put on hold with the birth of her first son.
Ellen McIlhenny is the owner of the CFO consulting firms CFO Plus Services, specializing in bringing the services of an experienced CFO to small businesses.
She graduated with an accounting degree from Virginia Tech and spent more than twenty years as a CFO or controller in mid-sized and large privately held businesses.
She is the author of the book "The Big Turnaround - How bad management nearly destroyed an exceptional company", a business novel dealing with common problems business owners face on a daily basis. Her next book scheduled to come out in the fall of 2020 is called "The Small Business Survival Guide: 101 Tips and Tales for the Small Business Owner". This is a non-fiction business tips book which incorporates storytelling to illustrate each point.
Ellen loves to speak to groups, both large and small about how to improve both business processes and finances. Her current presentation is on topics that are most relevant during COVID-19.
Ellen's second mission is speaking about her journey as the mother of an adult child with special needs. She speaks to young parents about how she dealt with the loss of "the perfect life" that had been planned but put on hold with the birth of her first son.
Small Business Cookbook
The audience will leave with:
Practical ideas to improve any business
An offer for a free signed book (once it is released)
The Big Turnaround
The audience will leave with:
Practical ideas to help every business using examples in my book.
A signed copy of my book "The Big Trunaround- How bad management nearly destroys an exceptional company."
The Other Why
The Audience will leave with:
an explanation of "the five stages of grief" in my search for "why" did this happen to me. The journey to acceptance was one of self examination that often led to some unflattering realizations about myself.
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