It’s a dark and stormy Halloween night in the world of government proposals. The clock ticks toward a midnight deadline, and the Capture and Proposal Managers stare at the half-finished… Continue reading How to Avoid a Proposal Halloween Nightmare

Hiring the right proposal manager(s) is crucial for an organization’s success. But what exactly should you be looking for? To answer this question, we turned to the best source available—industry… Continue reading 4 Capabilities to Look for When Hiring a Proposal Manager Now

The term “standup meeting” was coined to describe a proposal meeting so brief that attendees could stand without discomfort. Standup meetings should be long enough to efficiently communicate status and… Continue reading Daily Proposal Standup Meeting Management Tips

The Bid and Proposal field is rich with new work, advancement, and consulting opportunities. Most experienced bid and proposal professionals receive multiple contacts from recruiters monthly looking to staff jobs.… Continue reading Mitigate turnover risk in your bid and proposal department now

Pop Quiz – How Likely are You to Win Your Recompete? Table 1 contains a list of reasons why companies win recompetes. Take the quiz to determine how likely you… Continue reading Pop Quiz – How Likely are You to Win Your Recompete?

Most companies want to minimize the time spent preparing Requests for Proposal (RFP) compliance matrices without skimping on accuracy. Typically, companies allow one to three days from the time they… Continue reading Tips for shredding RFPs quickly and accurately

The Agile Manifesto talks about people, communications, the product, and flexibility. With respect to people, Agile practitioners value individuals and interactions over processes and tools. It takes a team to… Continue reading How to Apply Agile Practices to Proposal Team Roles

This week, Brenda Crist described the 25% Solution and provides advice for proposal managers who become defacto capture managers once an RFP drops. I titled this post the 25% Solution… Continue reading The 25% solution

Lisa Pafe’s previous blogs discussed how capture and project management can work together during recompetes to influence the customer and gather competitive intelligence. This week, Lisa discusses how the project… Continue reading Working with project managers on recompetes: project manager as proposal SME (Part 3)

Recently we asked Lisa Pafe, Lohfeld Consulting Group Principal Consultant, to share her thoughts on the five stages of teamwork and how to jump-start team performance… In previous blog posts,… Continue reading Strategies and tactics to bring your team to a win – Part 3: Norming, performing, and adjourning