Dear GMC: Requesting Extensions

Does asking for a due date extension reflect poorly on your company?  When I first entered the proposal profession, I worked for a well-known Fortune 500 company. The RFP team culture had no qualms about asking for another week or two. “What do we have to lose by...

Balance Makes a Difference

Chaotic deadlines encroach on personal commitments. Working from home blurs the lines between work time and family time. Capture managers in different time zones make urgent requests on their schedules.   These scenarios are commonplace...

How Did I Get Here? Taking Risks That Pay Off 

Making a career change while eight months pregnant during a global pandemic is completely insane… right?   This is the question I asked myself (and anyone around me who would listen) over and over as I considered the state of my career. I had been...