5 tips for improving your business pipeline and bottom line
Highly profitable businesses are agile. They devote time to researching new bids and pruning their pipeline to maximize their win rate. Their bid staff keep a challenging workload, yet they… Continue reading 5 tips for improving your business pipeline and bottom line
Are personalities ruling your color team reviews?
There are anywhere from four to 16 different personality types depending on your Google search results. In the context of proposal color team reviews, proposal managers and review team leads… Continue reading Are personalities ruling your color team reviews?
Federal Government shutdown, continuing resolutions (CRs), and what contractors need to do
Mark Amtower’s January 19, 2018 show on Federal News Radio discussed the Federal Government shutdown and related steps contractors need to take—as well as Continuing Resolutions (CRs) and past shutdowns… Continue reading Federal Government shutdown, continuing resolutions (CRs), and what contractors need to do
The real cost of CRs and shutdowns | Amtower Off-Center
Click here to listen to Mark’s interview On January 22, 2018 Amtower Off Center host Mark Amtower talked with Simon Szykman (CTO of Attain and former CIO of Commerce) and Bob Lohfeld… Continue reading The real cost of CRs and shutdowns | Amtower Off-Center
A 2017 Recap – Part 2 | Amtower Off-Center
Click here to listen to Mark’s interview. On January 15, 2018, on Amtower Off Center, host Mark Amtower wrapped up 2017 and started looking into 2018 with Lohfeld Consulting Group… Continue reading A 2017 Recap – Part 2 | Amtower Off-Center
A 2017 Recap – Part 1 | Amtower Off-Center
Click here to list to the interview. On January 8, 2018, Amtower Off Center, host Mark Amtower wrapped up 2017 with Lohfeld Consulting Group Founder and CEO Bob Lohfeld, Federal… Continue reading A 2017 Recap – Part 1 | Amtower Off-Center
Are your proposal review teams derailing the win?
It’s Thursday. Time for another proposal color team review. The Proposal Manager is faced with one of these all-too-familiar scenarios. Scenario 1: Reviewers call the baby ugly The color team… Continue reading Are your proposal review teams derailing the win?
Behind the curtain: A look at the government’s hidden market
By now, federal contractors realize that they must own multiple award contracts to compete in the $95 billion federal market. (If we subtract classified spending from this figure, fiscal 2017… Continue reading Behind the curtain: A look at the government’s hidden market
Can proposal managers and contracting officers find common ground?
Do proposal managers and contracting officers (COs) have anything in common? Most likely, what we have in common is that we are on each other’s list of pet peeves. Or,… Continue reading Can proposal managers and contracting officers find common ground?
Doing more with less is all about Strengths
How to do more with less is an age-old question. The simple answer is that we must increase productivity to achieve maximum results for time and effort expended. In the… Continue reading Doing more with less is all about Strengths