Consulting Lifestyle

On today's show, we'll be talking with Candyce Edelen.
Candyce is a serial entrepreneur, CEO, and Founder of Propel Growth. She built five companies that are both software and services businesses.
She'll be sharing her best practices on how to propel a business and how you can use it to create an income stream that works for you and your lifestyle.
We mainly covered the following topics:

• How she made 1M$ from a company sale
• The differences between running a software and a service business
• How she pivoted her business to fit her lifestyle
• Human-to-Human interaction on Linkedin
• How she predicted WeWork’s fall
• Why every consultant should publish thought leadership
• The amazing results of her sales prospecting accelerator course
• The Propel Growth team structure
• The future of the ERP implementation industry

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Get in touch with Candyce:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/candyceedelen/
Website: https://www.learning.propelgrowth.com/
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Get in touch with your host Diogène Ntirandekura at:
Email: [email protected]
Email: [email protected]
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/diogenentirandekura

To get in touch with Diogene Ntirandekura, the host of the show:

• Linkedin Profile
• community page
• for coaching
• Instagram profile

In this week's episode of the Consulting Lifestyle Podcast, we have Stefan Debois as a guest. Stefan is the CEO and Co-Founder of Pointerpro, a software company based in Belgium.
During his 14 years as a consultant, he learned that most professional services companies had quite good back-office processes. Delivering advice to clients is likely their most important process, but relatively few companies have used technology to automate it.
In 2012, Stefan created an iPad quiz for his daughter’s birthday. After the quiz was complete and contestants received their results, they also got pictures, videos, and fun trivia about their daughter.
In this episode, we discussed:

the creation of Pointerpro

the specifics of building a software company

the split between services and products at Pointerpro

the startup environment in Belgium

the one thing he would change if he could do it again

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Get in touch with Stephan:
Website: https://pointerpro.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stefandebois/
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Get in touch with your host Diogène Ntirandekura at:
Email: [email protected]
Email: [email protected]
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/diogenentirandekura

To get in touch with Diogene Ntirandekura, the host of the show:

• Linkedin Profile
• community page
• for coaching
• Instagram profile

Today, I'm joined by Lindsay Lapaquette, who is a leadership communication skills specialist and the Founder of Collaborative Solutions. Lindsay had a career that's quite interesting and different from most consultants. She started working at IGA as a deli slicer and as a birthday party coordinator before moving on to university and becoming a speech-language pathologist.
She was fascinated by language and loved working with clients with complex communication challenges. Lindsay followed opportunities and eventually decided to drop her permit as a speech therapist to open her own training and consulting company, doing leadership communication skills.
Lindsay is now an expert on creating an environment where people feel supported in their work because they know that what they say will be heard and understood.
We also covered the following:
- The start of Lindsay's career
- How she puts her own solutions into practice
- Some typical client concerns
- How she handles health issues while running a business
- Working with a mentor for business development
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Get in touch with Lindsay:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindsaylapaquette/
Website: https://lindsaylapaquette.com/
The Workplace Communication Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-workplace-communication-podcast/id1522405366
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Get in touch with your host Diogène Ntirandekura at:
Email: [email protected]
Email: [email protected]
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/diogenentirandekura

To get in touch with Diogene Ntirandekura, the host of the show:

• Linkedin Profile
• community page
• for coaching
• Instagram profile

This week on the Consulting Lifestyle Podcast, I'm going to be talking all about power play.
If you've ever been in a situation where you felt like you had a lot of power over somebody else, or if you've ever felt like you were being taken advantage of by someone who was much more powerful than you, you're probably familiar with this concept.
Power play happens in business relationships all the time but it can also happen between clients and consultants and even between employees and their managers. It's one of the biggest challenges for B2B consulting companies.
I will discuss the five types of power play in B2B consulting and its own set of characteristics, which I will break down in the episode.
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Get in touch with your host Diogène Ntirandekura at:
Email: [email protected]
Email: [email protected]
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/diogenentirandekura

To get in touch with Diogene Ntirandekura, the host of the show:

• Linkedin Profile
• community page
• for coaching
• Instagram profile

Today, we'll be talking about the Offshore Delivery Model.
When it comes to implementing SAP, there are a lot of things to keep in mind.
One of those things is that you want to make sure that your implementation plan is comprehensive and holistic. But when it comes to implementing SAP, who does the implementation?
The offshore delivery model is a way of working that has been used for years by IT consultants. It involves working with offshore teams who have their own team structure, processes, and products.
If you're like most companies, your IT team is probably the one that implements your SAP solution. That's what they do best! But what happens when you need an international team to implement your solutions? Will there be any challenges?
That's why in this episode, we'll discuss how we use this model to implement SAP software in a way that works best for our clients. We'll also talk about some of the best practices when working with offshore teams.
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Get in touch with your host Diogène Ntirandekura at:
Email: [email protected]
Email: [email protected]
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/diogenentirandekura
Get in touch with John Jordan at:
Email: [email protected]
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/erpco/

To get in touch with Diogene Ntirandekura, the host of the show:

• Linkedin Profile
• community page
• for coaching
• Instagram profile