Cathy Goodwin, Ph.D.

Career Strategy

Time Management

Entrepreneurship

Cathy Goodwin, Ph.D.  combines fast-paced, information-rich content with a her own brand of unique irreverence. Her infectious energy and easygoing style will help your organization and its members discover new ways to find their dream career.

Sample Topics

Career success is from pro football. Career change is from playground basketball.

Every year thousands of midlife executives and professionals hit a Defining Moment: they're ready for a new career. But any career consultant will tell you, most will be back at their desks, doing the same thing, next year. Thousands of dollars are spent annually on self-help books, seminars and short term fixes. Why don't these strategies work? Those who are successful realize they have to leave their comfort zone and learn a whole new ball game. In this idea-packed, interactive program, Cathy Goodwin, Ph.D., shows that career success comes  from football. Career change means leaning to scramble in playground basketball.  Topics include writing your new rule book, counting time and money a new way, and developing a winning strategy that goes beyond making points.

NOTE: This entertaining, inspirational program is based on Cathy Goodwin's e-book: Your 21-Day Extreme Career Makeover. Order a copy for every audience member and get a volume discount.

Target Audience: Senior/mid-management, business owners, professionals and entrepreneurs.

For more time in your life, make leisure a priority.

If you are feeling overwhelmed and your “To Do” list has grown faster than kudzu in July, this talk is for you.  Forget everything you've learned about leisure as a reward for hard work. Think of leisure as a vitamin that enhances energy and helps you (and your business) grow strong and healthy. Don’t be fooled by substitutes – pseudo-leisure activities that actually drain energy. Most important, learn how to leverage your unique strengths to turn your mountain of work into a record of achievement.  

This talk, tailored to entrepreneurs and business owners, is a content-rich motivational talk, filled with practical suggestions and take-aways. As a business consultant, I coach clients to manage time as they develop their Internet marketing programs.

This talk is based on my work with clients who face real challenges and my e-book, Your 21-Day Time Management Makeover. Order a copy for every audience member and get a volume discount.

Target Audience: General -- has broad appeal

Three keys to moving smoothly from corporate perch to solo trapeze

What does it take to thrive as a solo-preneur in the 21st Century? How can you transform your brilliant idea into a successful business and enjoy the journey? Letting go of your comfort zone means reaching for a new belief system. In this idea-packed and energizing program, you'll discover the three key beliefs shared by successful entrepreneurs. You'll learn tips that will help you make friends with your fear, make the transition from corporate employee to self-employment and, most of all, enjoy the journey.

Target Audience: Mid-career professionals and corporate executives, coaches and consultants.
 
BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT

Cathy Goodwin, Ph.D., is a published author and career consultant, specializing in topics of career, business and life transition. Her book  Making the Big Move: How to transform relocation into a creative life transition (New Harbinger, 1999) has received critical praise.  She authored a chapter in the best-selling 100 Things Everyone Should Know How To Do. Her insights on life transition have been featured in Development Across the Lifespan by Robert Feldman (a Prentice Hall college textbook).

Media credits include Denver Post, KQED (San Francisco), Boardroom, Ivanhoe News (independent TV news service), Matt and Ramona Show (North Carolina), Chicago Tribune syndicate, USA Today Online, and Investors Business Daily.

During her twenty-plus years as a business school professor, Dr. Goodwin achieved national and international recognition for her research on life  transitions and services marketing.  She published numerous research articles and presented her work at national and international conferences. She has taught every level from undergraduate  to doctoral, in traditional classrooms, online and corporate settings.

Dr. Goodwin now offers business consulting, copywriting and career change services, all delivered virtually through phone and email. Clients come from all over the US as well as Europe and Australia.  Dr. Goodwin's business-related articles have appeared in dozens  of online and print periodicals and have been translated into foreign languages. She sells several ebooks through her website.  Click here for a list.

Dr. Goodwin holds an undergraduate degree from Barnard College,  an MBA from the Wharton School and a PhD in marketing from University of California (Berkeley).  She lives in Seattle, Washington, with 2 cats and a dog.

FEES

There is no charge to Seattle-area nonprofit or educational groups.   Email queries about fees for for-profit groups or call 206-819-0989.  For engagements outside Seattle, expenses include travel time, transportation, meals and lodging. 

Availability

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