MEET ANN CARDEN

The heart behind
Expert In You®.

Wife, mom, grandmother and woman of faith. Founder and CEO of Expert In You® and an Elite Strategic Growth Advisor to established experts and the firms they lead.

Ann Carden
BEYOND THE BUSINESS

Faith. Family. Giving. A full life.

Ann's Christian faith is the foundation of everything she does, in business and in life.

She has been married to her husband for more than 45 years. She is a proud mom of two adult children and a grandmother of four, including a set of triplets. Family is at the center of her world, and it shapes how she builds a business: with integrity, for the long run.

A longtime member of her church, Ann volunteers with Divine Nest, her church's foster-to-adopt ministry. For more than 20 years she has sponsored children in other countries through Food for the Hungry, and she supports other ministries close to her heart.

When she is not with clients, you will find her on the dance floor or the pickleball court.

45+ YearsMARRIED TO HER HUSBAND
2ADULT CHILDREN
4 GrandchildrenINCLUDING TRIPLETS
Divine NestFOSTER-TO-ADOPT VOLUNTEER
20+ YearsSPONSORING CHILDREN WITH FOOD FOR THE HUNGRY
Dancing & PickleballWHERE YOU WILL FIND HER OFF THE CLOCK
Ann Carden at her desk
THE STORY

Forty years of building businesses.
Now she engineers them for others.

Ann started in corporate management, then spent more than three decades as an entrepreneur. She has built seven businesses, sold five, and still runs two.

Working with hundreds of clients across more than 80 industries, she learned what actually moves a business forward. Not more activity. The right positioning, the right relationships and the right rooms. That is the foundation of Expert In You® Business Elevation.

Today Ann leads Expert In You®, a strategic business development and influence firm. She works with established experts, firm owners and leaders whose experience has earned more than their market position shows. She engineers the business development system that elevates their business, moves them up market and gets them seen, chosen and paid at the level they deserve.

CREDENTIALS

A track record built in the real world.

7 Built · 5 Sold · 2 ActiveBUSINESSES
40+ YearsIN BUSINESS
Hundreds of ClientsACROSS 80+ INDUSTRIES
4× Author#1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
Top 10%GLOBALLY RANKED PODCAST HOST
PublisherEXPERT IN YOU® MAGAZINE
ABC · NBC · CBS · FOX · CWFEATURED ON THEIR ONLINE CHANNELS
Who's Who in AmericaAND WHO'S WHO FOR PROFESSIONAL WOMEN
WHAT ANN BELIEVES

You're Not Meant to Compete. You're Meant to Be Chosen.

I

Work Higher Not Harder.

Growth comes from operating at a higher level, not from adding more hours or more activity.

II

Don't Compete. Win.

When your positioning puts you in a category of one, you stop competing on price and start being chosen.

III

Influence Is Currency.

Positioning is perception, and perception drives decisions. Influence opens doors that marketing never will.

ANN IN ACTION

On stage. On screen. In the room.

Ann Carden delivering a keynoteKEYNOTE
Ann Carden on Entrepreneur Masterclass TVTELEVISION
Ann Carden in a private strategy sessionPRIVATE STRATEGY
Be The One They Choose by Ann Carden
THE LATEST BOOK

Be The One They Choose

The new rules for standing out and winning more business.

Ann is a four-time author and #1 international bestseller. Her latest lays out exactly how established experts become the obvious choice in their market.

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BUSINESS ELEVATION

Turn your experience into a high-caliber business development engine.

We work with a select number of clients each quarter. It begins with a private conversation about where your business can win better clients, bigger opportunities and the level of business you have earned.

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