Tender debrief
If you’ve gone to the effort and expense of tendering be sure to debrief – win or lose – on the outcome. If there is an opportunity for face-to-face debriefing, take it – it’s only fair that large legal consumers who invite tenders offer debriefing and feedback to tenderers, whatever the result. Use these questions […]
Continue ReadingBusiness development skills improvement
Here are some key business development skills areas that may need improvement in your professional services firm. Rate yourself on each, and work out what most needs to improve: understanding the business development process understanding how clients make decisions presenting your firm’s credentials positioning and differentiating yourself and your firm prioritising your personal marketing efforts winning in […]
Continue ReadingBusiness development metrics
So many professional service firms we meet bemoan the track record of most of their folk in developing new work and new clients in attractive niches. More than occasionally a practice leader confides that their technically competent team knows only how to “feed on the carcasses I kill” or “live like a leech on me”. […]
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How to manage a bid remotely – Part 1 – effective collaboration at a distance
In the wake of the ‘new normal’ COVID-19 has brought we are all learning new techniques and trialling different approaches to managing tenders, bids and proposals. Many bid teams who would normally work alongside each other have had to drastically adjust as the old onsite collaboration model has (for now) been turned on its head. […]
