How to Foster Teamwork: Rule #7
Team leadership complements proposal management by harnessing contributions from all team members to do the right thing, both for the task at hand and for the people involved.
Term: Consortium
A gaggle of companies that have come together to bid on Work too complex or too large (or both) for any one of them to execute at an acceptable level of risk.
How to Foster Teamwork: Rule #6
Use meetings in the open as the default to build team cohesion and to facilitate team alignment. Meet behind closed doors as the exception, and only when necessary to protect sensitive information, either for competitive position or for personnel confidentiality.
Term: Deliverable
Refers primarily to two things: A document or information one proposal party owes to another (for example, written proposal sections, cost information) Something the contractor owes to the client after contract award (for example, reports, plans, forms) Is also used sometimes to refer to outcomes of processes (for example, training …
How to Foster Teamwork: Rule #5
The language we use – including profanity – plays a role in whether our gaggle of colleagues will come together as an effective team.