Tag Archive for: Business

Making a better version of the current enterprise

Agile Strategic Planning

Achieve desired goals with agility and avoid wasting time and resources.

Understanding “Quality.”

Avoid confusions related to Quality

3 Negotiation strategies to end disputes

Avoid expensive deadlock and possible litigation. Create value.

Delivering meaningful outcomes of leadership

The real outcomes of leadership are people and teams who live up to their full potential – Making of Exemplars.

Four characteristics of successful proposals

Here are a few signs your proposals might need improvement: 

You consistently score lower than expected on RFPs.
You’re mostly copying and pasting from past proposals (with little customer focus).
If you open your submission to a random page and read a paragraph, it isn’t clear who the customer is or what they need. 
Your win rate is less than 50%. 

If you experience the above, it may be time to work on your content to align with successful proposals more closely. 

Is leadership success common sense?

There are thousands of books written on leadership describing it from science to art and everything in between. Much of leadership success is common sense. However, common sense is often rare. Consider these facts:

Group Brainstorming vs. Solo Thought