Career Collateral – How I Turned My Teaching Career into a Successful Consulting Business with Dana Goodier

Having an exceptional career in finance and starting a mindset coaching business, the risk of failing is high. One big mistake most people make when they shift their career from job to business. Why it is important to focus on your skills. In this episode, Dana talks about her journey and how she turned her skills as a teacher into consulting business in the field of education. She talks about the challenges she faced during the transition from an employee to an entrepreneur and how she still managed to make her business stable.

Dana has 22 years of experience in education, teaching world languages and English and she has worked in both middle and elementary school levels as an administrator.

In 2020, she completed her Doctorate in educational leadership. She often speaks at conferences, providing educators with techniques to minimize off-task behavior and increase time on task.

Dana is a content creator; she often writes blogs for “the teach better” team and is the author of an upcoming book for educators to be published called “Out of the Trenches - Stories of Resilient Educators ”.

She hosts the “Out of the Trenches podcast”, which features educators who share their stories of resiliency.

How to reach out to Dana Goodier:

Website - http://www.danagoodier.com

Facebook Profile - https://www.facebook.com/dana.goodier/

Twitter- https://twitter.com/danagoodier?lang=en

Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/outoftrenchespc/?utm_medium=copy_link

LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/in/dana-goodier-edd-98815815/

Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh9kyY3IDYlgrJkJ1Zdb3Jg

Podcast - https://danagoodier.com/podcast-listen-the-resilliance-stories-of-educators/

About the Host:

Ann Carden is a highly sought-after Expert Business Growth Consultant, Marketing Strategist, three-time published Author, and a #1 Bestselling Author, and Professional Speaker for small businesses and entrepreneurs.

With more than forty-one years of business experience and coaching and consulting hundreds of coaches, entrepreneur’s and owners in more than forty different industries to more success, Ann knows what it takes to succeed in all areas of business.

After spending thirteen years in corporate business management, Ann started her journey as an entrepreneur building businesses for herself for twenty-nine years. Her first business started out of financial hardship and Ann was able to propel that business into the international market (before the internet.)

After selling that business, she went on to start and build five more businesses to succeed. She has sold those businesses and today has a passion for helping small business owners and entrepreneurs build their success.

She has been featured on the affiliates of ABC, NBC, CW, and FOX, among many other media outlets. Her articles have been published on Small Business Trendsetters and Business Innovators Magazine, and she has been a featured guest on multiple podcast shows such as; “Business Innovators Radio” podcast which can be heard at: BusinessInnovatorsRadio.com/Ann-Carden.

She was also chosen as one of the top coaches in the world by Six-Figure Coach Magazine.

Through the years Ann has educated thousands of professionals through speaking, workshops, seminars, and online platforms as a Speaker.

How to Connect with Ann Carden:

Website: https://anncardencoaching.com

Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/business-consultant-coach

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/anncarden

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Ann-Carden-A-Carden-Inc-110882230558068/

(0:00) Introduction and welcome to "Expert In You" Podcast (1:47) Introduction of guest: Dana Goodier and her journey into consulting (7:00) Impact of the pandemic on consulting and challenges of starting a consulting business (11:36) Building a consulting business: Networking, digital marketing, and SEO (14:26) Assessing clients' needs and customizing services in the education sector (18:04) Pricing strategies and balancing tasks in a solo consulting operation (21:39) Developing materials, programs, and structuring them according to school district needs (24:25) Managing a consulting business: Time commitment, seasonal work flow, and using a podcast for visibility (29:53) Overcoming obstacles in coaching and consulting: The 'or syndrome', marketing challenges, and importance of structure (32:05) Growth mindset, adapting to changes, and transitioning from an employee to an entrepreneur mindset (33:36) Connecting with Dana Goodier and her future plans (35:24) Conclusion, farewell, and invitation to check out expert in u.us for business scaling training