Earning the title of “leader.”
Most people I speak with think the U.S. faces a leadership crisis. Some prominent business leaders keep company with Congress and the media in the basement of public confidence.
Most people I speak with think the U.S. faces a leadership crisis. Some prominent business leaders keep company with Congress and the media in the basement of public confidence.
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.
A step-by-step approach
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:
Mentoring is not coaching. Here is a list of the highlights of my experience in mentoring.
So ask yourself, “Am I part of an organization where I can do the “cannot be done?”