It can be wearing when enthusiasm fails and you only see the problems in a bid. When the parameters, pressures and requirements expressed in the tender seem a massive problem, with a focus only on price. It can feel like being in a tunnel rather than a creative, exploratory, innovative approach to improvement. And yet, as an experienced Bid…
Do you have too much information, too many sources of data and too many entangled ideas for your bid? As a bid professional you are only too aware that creating winning themes is a key part of developing a winning solution. A solution that excites your in-house bid evaluators, and then excites your client even more once your bid…
Effective interdependency with other team members is an essential component of winning a bid. From coaching members of numerous teams – Bid, Sales and Leadership teams – I know that working interdependently to achieve high performance is much more easily said than done. It‘s much easier to stay comfortable huddled around our stovepipes or deep inside our silos than it…
We’ve all been there. When the pressure is high and the temptation to find fault with your bid colleagues is extremely tempting. This is the stage in the bid when the hard work has nearly all been done, the solution created, the interdependencies worked through, the financial model is coming together and the submission date is looming. There’s an oxymoron; when the bid…
With continuous pressure and emphasis on technical competence, delivery and deadline, attention to the “softer sides” of leadership can seem a luxury or optional extra. There can be a perception there’s no time for this sort of stuff, or that it’s not important, or that it belongs to someone else, or can wait until another day. In my twenty years…
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