Consulting Lifestyle

Our guest today is Dave Walker He is an ex-Deloitte consultant and today he is a coach, storyteller and an author. During the interview, we approach the subject of health in all its aspects: mental, physical, and emotional. We will also talk about the "hotel snacking scene" that was a turning point into getting him to realize that he has to change his lifestyle. Topics covered with Dave:...

My guest today is Christine Wong. She is a Workday Financials consultant at Accenture since a bit over 2 years.  In this short amount of time, she managed to create a thriving Technology Consulting Community online and create a Youtube channel.  We covered the following topics: How she started in the consulting industry What are her favorite aspects about doing consulting How does she manage her c...

Happy International Woman's Day! I highlight amazing contributions from Women in consulting.  The episode is a collection of  past episodes that I recorded with women.  The topics approached are the following: Leadership with Denise Sarkor:  https://consultinglifestyle.fm/005 Entrepreneurship with Rachael Orumor: https://consultinglifestyle.fm/13 Diversity and inclusion with Kelly Bron Johnso...

Our guest today is Ilenia Vidili. Ilenia Vidili helps organizations to become customer-centric. We talked about her previous career and how she became an independent consultant.  You will discover the atypical way in which she started her consulting business. She also has a very unconventional opinion on how an organization has to become customer-centric.  Topics covered with Ilenia: Why she start...

Hello, I recorded this mini-episode to announce that I will be speaking  at Podfest Global !  Podfest is the biggest virtual podcasting event in the world, from 1-5 March 2021. I will be speaking on Wednesday 3rd of March at 8AM EST. It will be about "how to create and grow a B2B podcast?" = Comment créer et croître un podcast B2B.  My keynote will be in French, that's the plot twis...

Our guest today is Ingrid Rogier. Ingrid is a professional and a student at the same time, and she’s passionate about the luxury industry. Most of her professional career has been more within the financial industry, and now she’s moving towards the luxury industry and she has already started to provide services to business people, active in the battery industry. I wanted to showcase and highlight,...

Dr Robert Sicora is a consultant who used to work in Human Resources with large organizations such as Pfizer, Carlson companies, Cargill, etc.  Throughout his life, he always held a stance about what he wanted to do.  He used to want to be a pilot and was working as a recreational therapist with youth.  His recreational therapy work is what inspired him to study in Human Resources.  He works in th...

Connie Steele is a consulting business owner, author and she built her own “career mashup”. She shares to us the principles of her new book “ Building the Business of You: A System to Align Passion and Growth Potential Through Your Own Career Mashup ”. It is the first book to help professionals and entrepreneurs navigate the new world of work while aligning personal purpose with professional advan...

Welcome to the Season 2 of the podcast. In this episode, I outline the following: Who is the target audience of the podcast Whether there will still be interviews  How often episodes will be released Introduction to the first interview of the season Special announcement Get in touch with your host Diogène Ntirandekura at: Email: info@consultinglifestyle.fm Email: info@erphappy.com LinkedIn: https:...

In this minisode, I talk about Clubhouse, a new group conversations - based social media app!  Support the show To get in touch with Diogene Ntirandekura, the host of the show: Linkedin Profile community page for coaching Instagram profile

This is a spontaneous episode.  I just share a feeling that I had last night (we are in Jan 2021) that gave me doubts about my dreams.  I explain here how I coped with having doubts and how you could cope as well.  To get in touch with me: www.consultinglifestyle.fm info@consultinglifestyle.fm www.erphappy.com www.linkedin.com/in/diogenentirandekura Support the show To get in touch with Diogene Nt...

This is the last episode of the year 2020, as well as the last of Season 1. I would like to thank all the listeners of the podcast, I greatly appreciate your support.  This episode is to be listened in 3 parts:  I share 2020 achievements on the podcast I share with you the 6 areas in which I build my life plan I share my plans for 2021 on the podcast (there will be a break!) There are 6 areas in w...

Cory and Jojo Rankin are a married couple who coach entrepreneurs on how to keep their family strong so that their business is stronger.  2020 has been a challenging year for many families around the world.  The boundary between work and private life is now more blurry than ever.  This is why I am happy to approach the subject of family and business on the podcast, during this end of the year peri...

This is a special episode , as we are reaching the end of the year 2020, I want to share the 10 main things that I have learned about doing podcasting.  info@consultinglifestyle.fm www.consultinglifestyle.fm www.linkedin.com/in/diogenentirandekura Support the show To get in touch with Diogene Ntirandekura, the host of the show: Linkedin Profile community page for coaching Instagram profile

Stacey is an entrepreneur, author, and podcaster who is part of the “business failure” club.  She first delved into HR consulting and then in productivity and business coaching. When she noticed that people were asking her how she managed to be so successful with referrals, she started to teach people how to get referrals without asking. Topics covered: How Stacey become part of the business failu...

Jan Cavelle is a serial entrepreneur based in the UK. She has had a furniture business  and now coach other entrepreneurs She has been part of the 50 women entrepreneurs Topics covered:  How she purchased a furniture business without having the funds How much prejudice she faced being a woman owning a manufacturing business The awards she won for entrepreneurship and sales Why she coaches other en...

Doug Brown has been a salesman pretty much all his life.  He started to sell at six-years-old with his father. For more than two decades, he has helped companies expand their sales revenue across all industries.  He managed to make at least multiple 6-figures every year and in some years seven figures.  The topics covered:  How early-stage salespeople could start Why being “too smart” in sales a t...

Dean Anderson is the VP of sales at EDI Staffing.  He has more than 20 years of experience in the IT recruitment industry and in the company.  The company has both an impressive retention rate as well as an ability to adapt to the changes that happened in the economy in the last two decades.  We will of course talk as well about how his own lifestyle matches what he does for EDI staffing. We cover...

Christopher Bramley, our guest today, offers 3 types of services: Agile and lean frameworks Cynefin How humans learn and engage In this interview, we covered the following topics: The importance of storytelling to learn Waterfall vs agile debate How to really become a learning organization How adults learn The certainty of uncertainty Remote Agility Framework The concept of “homology” Resources: w...

In today's episode, you will learn more about the energy market and how Dominique Futrell decided to take charge of his own future in order to improve his family's standing and to become an independent consultant. In this episode, you will learn: Dominique’s career story Unregulated energy industry  The importance of looking at your business’ energy bill The solar energy opportunities Th...

Our guest, Joann Aquino is a businesswoman based in the Philippines. She has a consulting business that caters to brick and mortar activities, such as construction, engineering and architectural services. In this episode, you will learn: Her switch from being an employee to entrepreneurship Why leverage other people skills brings Joann more freedom Business model of JFAQ Enterprises Pandemic : Why...

We are joined today by Cody Butler . He is a marketing specialist, and an entrepreneur, and the author of the book, "The 90 Day Marketing Plan". Today, you’re in for an unexpected and very insightful episode.  In this episode, you will learn: Why the law of attraction did not work for his first business How Cody got his first marketing job by reading “SEO for Dummies” Why he leverages ot...

In this episode, we are joined by Christopher Thomson , one of the co-founders of Student Works .  In this episode, you will learn: What a purpose-driven business model is Fixed and growth mindset Core skills young people need to have Working with your spouse Coping with the pandemic Christopher's podcast, " Leaders of Tomorrow " podcast Thanks for tuning in, and see you in the next...

In this episode, I will be talking about the 4th part of the consulting fundamental series: What you need to pay attention to when you start a consulting project I will also help you understand the 3 aspects of starting a project the right way: the client the project problem to be solved and solution to be offered In case you missed it, you can catch up on parts 1-3 in these previous episodes! 50...

In this special episode, I’m going to focus on thanksgiving and I celebrate the “harvest” that I have made in the podcast during the year. I will give you 5 things I am grateful for, and I would encourage you to do the same! Those 5 things are: My podcast – already 62 episodes live, started in January 2020 My revenue earned so far in 2020 My higher propension to take risks My marriage and my famil...