Ann Elliott, founder of The Berkana Company, excels at leadership strategy. A master at helping business leaders enjoy more profits and improved productivity, she blends fun and excitement with consulting and training that yields results for her clients. As she says, "When your bottom line moves in the right direction and your team is in step with your vision, you have more fun."

Ann has more than twenty years experience as a business coach and consultant. Her diverse client base consists of organizations in construction, manufacturing, nonprofit, retail, finance, insurance, service, health care, environmental consulting, education, and the professional trade.

She creates a rich and enjoyable learning environment for her audience. Her subtle humor coupled with her southern charm belies her powerful message of empowerment and inspiration.

Ann's powerful and focused questions help her clients discover the critical master key to business success. She asks, "If you continue to do business exactly the way you are today, how much money are you leaving on the table?" Ann expertly assesses a corporate culture. She develops a laser sharp focus for fast results in key areas. She identifies small changes that, applied consistently over time, create remarkable results for any business.

As co-owner of a construction company in a challenging industry, Ann understands first hand the importance of running your business on purpose™.

Relying on her experience and expertise, she focuses her clients on the foundation for achievement-a shared vision and business blue-prints. With this foundation, the key elements of passion, disciplined action, teamwork and accountability accelerate success.

Ann delivers keynote presentations and high content workshops from coast to coast. She often hears comments such "Awesome." Following her workshop for business owners and professionals, the founding partner of a law firm summed up his experience in a word.

Ann is the author of "What Successful Women Know about Leadership." She is a graduate of the University of South Carolina and lives in Columbia South Carolina. Ann's goal is to be so much fun and so interesting that her grandchildren want to take HER to school for show and tell!