Signs of Overload
Proposal team members exhibit the effects of stress in different ways: some get cranky, and some get silly. As a proposal manager, use all the cues you get to identify when your team is in trouble.
Tag: Managing proposal teams
Staff proposal teams for on-time delivery of compliant and high-scoring bids. Use a considered and sustainable effort for superior proposal teamwork and better bids.
Best Practices
Teamwork is explicitly fostered in some environments (military colleges among them) offering new perspective son how to leverage teamwork on RFP responses.
Ta Da!
People who are good on proposal teams have strong “need achievement” scores. Good proposal team management recognizes that need and meets it.
Sharp Like Bowling Ball
Overwork kills productivity on RFP responses. There is a role here for self-management, to be sure. There is also a role here for proposal managers.
Time for a Nap
Creative and intuitive solutions to RFP response problems – breakthroughs, if you will – require a well rested brain. Pushing beyond reason leads to poor results.