A Productivity Consultant with two advanced certifications (Certified Professional Organizer and Certified Organizer Coach) and a business background in hotel management for four and five-star hotels, Ellen helps high-achieving solopreneurs, home-based business owners, telecommuters, community volunteers, and other small business workers to become empowered with more free time and a better quality of life, while achieving career success.
In the past decade, Ellen has set up hundreds of offices that have helped clients' better schedule, prioritize and stay organized. Her business consulting process has allowed clients to achieve clarity and realize goals. The results speak for themselves. Ellen has:
- Enabled a finance professional to free up his schedule so he could coach his son's Little League games.
- Coached a retired MD in the development of a new business plan and website for a second career.
- Assisted a client in organizing files so she could attain a fair divorce settlement.
- Helped a Ph.D. pharmaceutical writer work at home following the birth of her third child.
- Implemented systems to help an internet marketing professional run her office, allowing the client to create new products.
- Helped a realtor go paperless in a home office.
- Allowed a budding entrepreneur to focus on results driven work so her product could be brought to market faster.
In these instances, and many others, Ellen's greatest satisfaction after working with clients is to see them successfully share their talents and gifts with others.
Ellen's entire career has prepared her to achieve these goals for her clients. No stranger to reaching her own stringent goals, in 2007 Ellen was in the first inaugural class to achieve the designation of Certified Professional Organizer (CPO®), of which she remains only one of 400 in the country. To achieve this goal, she completed a rigorous exam, input a large number of work hours, and continues to adhere to a strict code of ethics and continuing education. Most recently, in 2011, Ellen reached the next tier by becoming one of the first to receive the esteemed level of Certified Organizer Coach (COC®) by the Institute for Applied Coaching. A new credential, Ellen had to excel in a demanding 125-hour training program to be chosen as one of a select number for recognition.
In Ellen's prior career in hotel management she became the youngest General Manager for a major hotel corporation at age 27. While working for elite hotels, and teaching hotel management on the college level, Ellen honed her management style. Impressive interpersonal skills and a genuine love of helping others allowed her to successfully teach up-and-coming hospitality professionals the importance of structure and the art of organization.
Ellen's 15-year hotel business background, following a BS degree in Business Administration, from Denver University, also fine-tuned her skills in:
- Finance and accounting
- Human resources and training
- Marketing
- Customer Service
- Interfacing with Attorneys and other professionals
- Supervision and delegation
Her experience in each of these disciplines plays a pivotal role in helping her to understand the challenges her clients face and to help derive systems and solutions in every aspect of the workplace.
Ellen's expertise has been recognized on the speaking circuit and in local, regional, and in national print media and television programs, including HGTV's hit show Mission: Organization.
A natural leader, Ellen is currently serving as a Member Director on the National Board of Directors for the National Association of Professional Organizers. She also served as the Conference Chair for the NAPO 2010 National conference. She has held board director positions and served on several task forces and committees at the national level and local Philadelphia Chapter level of NAPO. Her leadership here, as well as in the Hotel business and as a mom of two, serving as a PTO president and High School Music Boosters President and Treasurer, enables her to relate beautifully with her business leader clients. This is especially true for those who juggle home and work responsibilities.
A lifelong learner, Ellen continues to take professional courses ranging from "Working with Visual Learners," to "Tech-Savvy Strategies to Organize Digital Hoarders," and "The 21st Century Organizer's E-Tool Kit," as well as "Strategies for those with ADD & ADHD."
Ellen's expertise at hands-on organizing, consulting, and coaching creates lasting organizational success, life balance, and peace of mind for business leaders.
Contact Ellen to see how she can help you find more time, get more done, and enjoy life more.
