Monday Oct 24

On prioritising workload when a tender arrives.

So ... an invitation to tender arrives. It needs to be completed within, say, four weeks. You are very busy at the moment, but should be able to find some time to look at it towards the end of next week - and hopefully do most of the work required. Next week arrives and some other stuff has cropped up. However the following week you should be able to find some time ... and so it goes on.

No! Wrong approach! Doomed to fail!!

We all know this, but sometimes it is very difficult to avoid falling into the trap. Much as you resent having to completely reschedule your workload at the drop of a hat, it is the only way to do it.

My tip is this; if you are going to submit a tender it will have to be completed, and completed well, within the next three and a half weeks. You have to work your schedule around it and all those other important and urgent tasks you have to do - not the other way round. If you don't take this approach it will all be left to the last minute ... and we all know the potential consequences of that!