Successfully managing your time results in accomplishing what is most important to you. When you don’t accomplish what you want, you may feel unfocused, disorganized, and frustrated. Many people try a variety of time management techniques, without much success. This...
We are often asked, sometimes too late, if the incumbent program manager should be assigned as the Capture and/or Proposal Manager for the recompete. I cannot emphasize my answer too strongly: No, No, No, and NO again. Capture Manager and Proposal Manager hats...
Podcast 3 The Mating Dance COMPLETE mp3v2 The current government market has put more pressure on companies to team. How can you evaluate whether a potential teammate will be useful and what are common red flags to look out for? We also weigh in on how to hire the...
Like it or not, as a Proposal Manager your attitude is infectious. For better or worse, you set the tone that others see and internalize. Your attitude as Proposal Manager determines whether you lead or detract, motivate or dissipate, build up or tear down, energize...
There is a common misconception that developing a compliant proposal is relatively easy — you just follow the instructions in Section L of the Request for Proposal (RFP), the way Dorothy and Toto in The Wizard of Oz followed the yellow brick road. But this is not...
In Government Proposals, experienced Proposal Managers develop a Proposal Plan to guide them through the proposal effort. A Proposal Plan is a comprehensive set of documents, instructions, processes, tools, and templates that aids in the proposal development process. ...
