| 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.
Jim 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 has authored Controller as Business Manager, Controllers Annual Update (Best Seller,) Analytics and Big Data for Accountants, and many other courses on strategic and financial leadership. Jim has been published by the AICPA and Wiley.
Jim is a twelve-time recipient of the AICPA’s Outstanding Discussion Leader Award. |  |
Learn from James:Speaker rating: (4.8)- 6/8/26 - Financial Acumen for Today's HR Leader
- 6/8/26 - HR’s Role in Business Evolution: Strategy, Finance, and Growth
- 6/10/26 - Effective Coaching Strategies for High Performance
- 6/10/26 - Leading and Managing the Accounting Department
- 6/10/26 - Building Personal Leadership Skills
- 6/10/26 - Business Longevity: Stabilize, Strengthen, and Succeed
- 6/17/26 - The Successful Family Business
- 6/19/26 - The Competent Accountant – Mastering the Role of the Controller/ CFO
- 6/24/26 - Effective Coaching Strategies for High Performance
- 6/24/26 - Leading and Managing the Accounting Department
- 6/24/26 - Building Personal Leadership Skills
- 6/24/26 - Business Longevity: Stabilize, Strengthen, and Succeed
- 6/26/26 - Financial Acumen for Today's HR Leader
- 6/26/26 - HR’s Role in Business Evolution: Strategy, Finance, and Growth
- 6/26/26 - New Mergers & Acquisitions: Tricks, Traps, & Terrors
- 7/23/26 - Navigating Mergers & Acquisitions with AI: The Future of Deals
- 7/24/26 - Fraud and Financial Distortion: What May Be Hiding Behind the Numbers
- 7/25/26 - Building Personal Leadership Skills
- 7/27/26 - Transforming Strategic & Financial Management with ChatGPT - Insights for CPAs, CFOs and Controllers
- 7/27/26 - HR’s Role in Business Evolution: Strategy, Finance, and Growth
- 7/27/26 - Business Longevity: Stabilize, Strengthen, and Succeed
- 7/29/26 - Data & Predictive Analytics & Business Intelligence for Controllers/CFOs
- 7/30/26 - Enhancing Performance Through Effective Coaching
- 7/30/26 - Financial Acumen for Today's HR Leader
- 7/31/26 - Leading and Managing the Accounting Department
- 8/13/26 - Becoming an AI-Savvy Controller/CFO: Mastering Tools and Technologies
- 8/14/26 - AI-Enhanced Business Consulting for CPAs: Strategies and Tools
- 8/18/26 - Business Longevity: Stabilize, Strengthen, and Succeed
- 8/18/26 - HR’s Role in Business Evolution: Strategy, Finance, and Growth
- 8/18/26 - Transforming Strategic & Financial Management with ChatGPT - Insights for CPAs, CFOs and Controllers
- 8/20/26 - Building Personal Leadership Skills
- 8/20/26 - Data & Predictive Analytics & Business Intelligence for Controllers/CFOs
- 8/24/26 - Fraud and Financial Distortion: What May Be Hiding Behind the Numbers
- 8/25/26 - Enhancing Performance Through Effective Coaching
- 8/25/26 - Financial Acumen for Today's HR Leader
- 8/27/26 - Navigating Mergers & Acquisitions with AI: The Future of Deals
- 8/28/26 - Leading and Managing the Accounting Department
- 9/8/26 - AI-Enhanced Business Consulting for CPAs: Strategies and Tools
- 9/9/26 - Becoming an AI-Savvy Controller/CFO: Mastering Tools and Technologies
- 9/16/26 - Fraud and Financial Distortion: What May Be Hiding Behind the Numbers
- 9/16/26 - Transforming Strategic & Financial Management with ChatGPT - Insights for CPAs, CFOs and Controllers
- 9/16/26 - HR’s Role in Business Evolution: Strategy, Finance, and Growth
- 9/16/26 - Business Longevity: Stabilize, Strengthen, and Succeed
- 9/22/26 - Building Personal Leadership Skills
- 9/22/26 - Data & Predictive Analytics & Business Intelligence for Controllers/CFOs
- 9/25/26 - Navigating Mergers & Acquisitions with AI: The Future of Deals
- 9/28/26 - Financial Acumen for Today's HR Leader
- 9/28/26 - Enhancing Performance Through Effective Coaching
- 9/29/26 - Leading and Managing the Accounting Department
- 10/13/26 - Becoming an AI-Savvy Controller/CFO: Mastering Tools and Technologies
- 10/15/26 - AI-Enhanced Business Consulting for CPAs: Strategies and Tools
- 10/15/26 - Transforming Strategic & Financial Management with ChatGPT - Insights for CPAs, CFOs and Controllers
- 10/15/26 - Business Longevity: Stabilize, Strengthen, and Succeed
- 10/15/26 - HR’s Role in Business Evolution: Strategy, Finance, and Growth
- 10/16/26 - Data & Predictive Analytics & Business Intelligence for Controllers/CFOs
- 10/19/26 - Enhancing Performance Through Effective Coaching
- 10/19/26 - Financial Acumen for Today's HR Leader
- 10/22/26 - Leading and Managing the Accounting Department
- 10/24/26 - Building Personal Leadership Skills
- 10/26/26 - Fraud and Financial Distortion: What May Be Hiding Behind the Numbers
- 10/27/26 - Navigating Mergers & Acquisitions with AI: The Future of Deals
- 11/2/26 - AI-Enhanced Business Consulting for CPAs: Strategies and Tools
- 11/3/26 - Becoming an AI-Savvy Controller/CFO: Mastering Tools and Technologies
- 11/13/26 - Business Longevity: Stabilize, Strengthen, and Succeed
- 11/13/26 - HR’s Role in Business Evolution: Strategy, Finance, and Growth
- 11/13/26 - Transforming Strategic & Financial Management with ChatGPT - Insights for CPAs, CFOs and Controllers
- 11/16/26 - Building Personal Leadership Skills
- 11/16/26 - Data & Predictive Analytics & Business Intelligence for Controllers/CFOs
- 11/18/26 - Enhancing Performance Through Effective Coaching
- 11/18/26 - Financial Acumen for Today's HR Leader
- 11/19/26 - Navigating Mergers & Acquisitions with AI: The Future of Deals
- 11/21/26 - Fraud and Financial Distortion: What May Be Hiding Behind the Numbers
- 11/30/26 - Leading and Managing the Accounting Department
- 12/8/26 - Navigating Mergers & Acquisitions with AI: The Future of Deals
- 12/9/26 - Becoming an AI-Savvy Controller/CFO: Mastering Tools and Technologies
- 12/10/26 - AI-Enhanced Business Consulting for CPAs: Strategies and Tools
- 12/16/26 - Transforming Strategic & Financial Management with ChatGPT - Insights for CPAs, CFOs and Controllers
- 12/16/26 - HR’s Role in Business Evolution: Strategy, Finance, and Growth
- 12/16/26 - Business Longevity: Stabilize, Strengthen, and Succeed
- 12/17/26 - Building Personal Leadership Skills
- 12/17/26 - Fraud and Financial Distortion: What May Be Hiding Behind the Numbers
- 12/17/26 - Data & Predictive Analytics & Business Intelligence for Controllers/CFOs
- 12/18/26 - Financial Acumen for Today's HR Leader
- 12/18/26 - Enhancing Performance Through Effective Coaching
- 12/23/26 - Leading and Managing the Accounting Department
- 12/29/26 - AI-Enhanced Business Consulting for CPAs: Strategies and Tools
- 12/30/26 - Becoming an AI-Savvy Controller/CFO: Mastering Tools and Technologies
- 1/6/27 - Navigating Mergers & Acquisitions with AI: The Future of Deals
- 1/7/27 - Fraud and Financial Distortion: What May Be Hiding Behind the Numbers
- 1/14/27 - Transforming Strategic & Financial Management with ChatGPT - Insights for CPAs, CFOs and Controllers
- 1/14/27 - Business Longevity: Stabilize, Strengthen, and Succeed
- 1/14/27 - HR’s Role in Business Evolution: Strategy, Finance, and Growth
- 1/19/27 - AI-Enhanced Business Consulting for CPAs: Strategies and Tools
- 1/20/27 - Becoming an AI-Savvy Controller/CFO: Mastering Tools and Technologies
- 1/21/27 - Data & Predictive Analytics & Business Intelligence for Controllers/CFOs
- 1/21/27 - Building Personal Leadership Skills
- 1/25/27 - Enhancing Performance Through Effective Coaching
- 1/25/27 - Financial Acumen for Today's HR Leader
- 1/28/27 - Leading and Managing the Accounting Department
- 2/9/27 - Fraud and Financial Distortion: What May Be Hiding Behind the Numbers
- 2/10/27 - Navigating Mergers & Acquisitions with AI: The Future of Deals
- 2/11/27 - Business Longevity: Stabilize, Strengthen, and Succeed
- 2/11/27 - HR’s Role in Business Evolution: Strategy, Finance, and Growth
- 2/11/27 - Transforming Strategic & Financial Management with ChatGPT - Insights for CPAs, CFOs and Controllers
- 2/12/27 - Data & Predictive Analytics & Business Intelligence for Controllers/CFOs
- 2/20/27 - Building Personal Leadership Skills
- 2/22/27 - Enhancing Performance Through Effective Coaching
- 2/22/27 - Financial Acumen for Today's HR Leader
- 2/22/27 - AI-Enhanced Business Consulting for CPAs: Strategies and Tools
- 2/25/27 - Leading and Managing the Accounting Department
- 2/26/27 - Becoming an AI-Savvy Controller/CFO: Mastering Tools and Technologies
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- 3/10/27 - Navigating Mergers & Acquisitions with AI: The Future of Deals
- 3/15/27 - Transforming Strategic & Financial Management with ChatGPT - Insights for CPAs, CFOs and Controllers
- 3/15/27 - HR’s Role in Business Evolution: Strategy, Finance, and Growth
- 3/15/27 - Business Longevity: Stabilize, Strengthen, and Succeed
- 3/16/27 - Building Personal Leadership Skills
- 3/16/27 - Data & Predictive Analytics & Business Intelligence for Controllers/CFOs
- 3/22/27 - Financial Acumen for Today's HR Leader
- 3/22/27 - Enhancing Performance Through Effective Coaching
- 3/23/27 - Leading and Managing the Accounting Department
- 3/27/27 - AI-Enhanced Business Consulting for CPAs: Strategies and Tools
- 3/29/27 - Becoming an AI-Savvy Controller/CFO: Mastering Tools and Technologies
- 4/9/27 - Fraud and Financial Distortion: What May Be Hiding Behind the Numbers
- 4/12/27 - Transforming Strategic & Financial Management with ChatGPT - Insights for CPAs, CFOs and Controllers
- 4/12/27 - Business Longevity: Stabilize, Strengthen, and Succeed
- 4/12/27 - HR’s Role in Business Evolution: Strategy, Finance, and Growth
- 4/14/27 - Data & Predictive Analytics & Business Intelligence for Controllers/CFOs
- 4/14/27 - Building Personal Leadership Skills
- 4/17/27 - AI-Enhanced Business Consulting for CPAs: Strategies and Tools
- 4/19/27 - Navigating Mergers & Acquisitions with AI: The Future of Deals
- 4/29/27 - Becoming an AI-Savvy Controller/CFO: Mastering Tools and Technologies
- 4/29/27 - Enhancing Performance Through Effective Coaching
- 4/29/27 - Financial Acumen for Today's HR Leader
- 4/30/27 - Leading and Managing the Accounting Department
- 5/6/27 - Fraud and Financial Distortion: What May Be Hiding Behind the Numbers
- 5/14/27 - Business Longevity: Stabilize, Strengthen, and Succeed
- 5/14/27 - Navigating Mergers & Acquisitions with AI: The Future of Deals
- 5/14/27 - HR’s Role in Business Evolution: Strategy, Finance, and Growth
- 5/14/27 - Transforming Strategic & Financial Management with ChatGPT - Insights for CPAs, CFOs and Controllers
- 5/17/27 - Data & Predictive Analytics & Business Intelligence for Controllers/CFOs
- 5/18/27 - AI-Enhanced Business Consulting for CPAs: Strategies and Tools
- 5/18/27 - Enhancing Performance Through Effective Coaching
- 5/18/27 - Financial Acumen for Today's HR Leader
- 5/19/27 - Leading and Managing the Accounting Department
- 5/19/27 - Becoming an AI-Savvy Controller/CFO: Mastering Tools and Technologies
- 5/22/27 - Building Personal Leadership Skills
- 6/8/27 - Navigating Mergers & Acquisitions with AI: The Future of Deals
- 6/10/27 - Transforming Strategic & Financial Management with ChatGPT - Insights for CPAs, CFOs and Controllers
- 6/10/27 - HR’s Role in Business Evolution: Strategy, Finance, and Growth
- 6/12/27 - Fraud and Financial Distortion: What May Be Hiding Behind the Numbers
- 6/17/27 - Financial Acumen for Today's HR Leader
- 6/17/27 - Enhancing Performance Through Effective Coaching
- 6/26/27 - Fraud and Financial Distortion: What May Be Hiding Behind the Numbers
- 6/26/27 - Navigating Mergers & Acquisitions with AI: The Future of Deals
- 6/29/27 - Leading and Managing the Accounting Department
- Creativity
- Culture Grid
- Four Roles of the Controller/CFO
- Greiner Model
- Leading, Inspiring & Managing Employees
- M&A Overview
- Managing Change
- Mentoring/Coaching Role of the Controller/CFO
- Negotiation
- Personality Profiles
- Planning Tools for the Controller/CFO
- Reading People
- Servant Leadership
- Strategic Planning
- Why Do Businesses Fail?
- Z-scores
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