Category: Proposal Management

Strategies and tactics to bring your team to a win – Part 2: Storming

Recently we asked Lisa Pafe, Lohfeld Consulting Group Principal Consultant, to share her thoughts on the five stages of teamwork and how to jump-start team performance… After proposal kick-off, proposal… Continue reading Strategies and tactics to bring your team to a win – Part 2: Storming

Strategies and tactics to bring your team to a win – Part 1: Forming

Recently we asked Lisa Pafe, Lohfeld Consulting Group Principal Consultant, to share her thoughts on the five stages of teamwork and how to jumpstart team performance… The previous blog post… Continue reading Strategies and tactics to bring your team to a win – Part 1: Forming

7 problems with proposal teams…and 5 strategies for high performance

Recently we asked Lisa Pafe, Lohfeld Consulting Group Principal Consultant, to share her thoughts on the five stages of teamwork and how to jump-start team performance… Proposals require teamwork, yet… Continue reading 7 problems with proposal teams…and 5 strategies for high performance

More top proposal books for proposal writers

Recently, in the Proposal Writers Group on LinkedIn, Jessie Kim posted, “Can anyone suggest a couple top proposal books? Trying to come up with some great ones for my team… Continue reading More top proposal books for proposal writers

Don’t make these mistakes – 12 past performance lessons learned

Here are some of our Lohfeld Consulting Group team’s top past performance-related lessons learned from our collective experience managing and submitting thousands and thousands of proposals over our careers. In… Continue reading Don’t make these mistakes – 12 past performance lessons learned

Capture proposal lessons learned – and then live them!

I regularly hear colleagues at proposal-related events sharing tales of capture and proposal nightmares that would make Stephen King blanch! Most of the time, these scenarios never needed to happen… Continue reading Capture proposal lessons learned – and then live them!

Don’t make these mistakes – 7 proposal staffing lessons learned

Every time history repeats itself, the price goes up. (Attributed to various people) As promised, here are some of my top proposal section-specific lessons learned over the past 25 years… Continue reading Don’t make these mistakes – 7 proposal staffing lessons learned

Don’t make these mistakes – 12 vital proposal lessons

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. (George Santayana) Over the past 25 years spent managing and submitting thousands of proposals and task order responses, I’ve… Continue reading Don’t make these mistakes – 12 vital proposal lessons

30 must-have data elements for proposal past performance templates

Over the years, I’ve developed a proposal past performance contents template that combines requested past performance write-up contents from hundreds of government requests for proposals (RFP). Here are the items… Continue reading 30 must-have data elements for proposal past performance templates

13 must-have data elements for proposal resume templates

Over the years, I’ve developed a proposal resume contents template that combines requested resume contents from hundreds of government requests for proposals (RFP). Here are the items I typically include… Continue reading 13 must-have data elements for proposal resume templates