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Need help winning Bids & Tenders?
Summary Winning bids & tenders is a challenge. How do you make your business proposals stand out and stick in your clients minds? In this episode of Work Winning Ways Questas CEO and Founder Gary Williams talks to Richard Williams all about winning your bid.KEY...
Cross Selling in the world of Professional Services
Summary Cross selling in the world of Professional Services is the Holy Grail. Organisations think it’s easy, but in this episode of Work Winning Ways, you’ll find out why it’s very difficult. Join Gary Williams as he discusses why cross selling is important, how...
How To Become A Trusted Advisor
Summary On this episode of Work Winning Ways, host Gary Williams of Questas discusses the evolution of the work winning employee and what your client wants from them. Also hear all about what it takes to become a trusted advisor, and just as importantly, how to keep...
Managing the Client Experience
Managing the client experience is vital, because we all know that a happy client is your best advocate. That is why it’s so important to understand the tools needed to successfully optimise the client experience, and maximise the positive encounters that clients have...
Building Strong Relationships
Summary In this episode of Working Winning Ways Gary Williams talks to Edd Stone of The Technology Partnership. Hear all about how Edd works with, understands, and builds strong relationships with people. These relationships can last over an entire career and span...
The Psychology of Selling
Did you know that understanding the psychology of selling can help you to win more work? Are you responsible for winning work but not a salesperson? On the Questas Academy’s Professional Selling programme, we work with candidates to equip them with the tools and...
7 Steps to win more work this year
Do you want to win more work this year? Here are 7 steps that will help you to win more of the right kind of work from the right kind of clients. These are based on our years of helping consultancy, engineering and professional services firms create opportunities,...
Engineering and Leadership
Summary In this episode of WORK WINNING WAYS we have a fascinating interview with Pat Sweet of the Engineering and Leadership podcast. Pat talks to Questas founder and CEO Gary Williams, as he gives some great insights on what it takes to successfully lead...
Building Customer Experience Around Trust, Care and Value
Summary Building customer experience around trust, care and value is the main theme of this episode of Work Winning Ways. Questas founder and CEO Gary Williams is joined by Paul Adams of The Project Centre, a professional design consultancy, focused on civil...
Why Client Services are the Key to Success
Summary In this episode of Work Winning Ways, Gary Williams, (founder and CEO of Questas) reveals why client services are the key to success. He shares insights on what Questas does for companies, how the podcast name came about, and why it is so important for client...
Approaches to Winning Work
Summary In this episode of Work Winning Ways, Gary is joined by Mike Reader. Mike is the Head of Work Winning at Mace, leading opportunity management, capturing and bidding across Mace's Consult business. Join the discussion on building a team that can work with...
How to Uniquely Connect with Clients
Summary In this episode of Work Winning Ways, Gary is joined by Claire Gott MBE, Head of Industry and Corporate Social Responsibility at WSP in the UK. Join the discussion on how to encourage your technical staff to engage better with clients and how to win and keep...
Getting to the ‘table’ of target clients
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Cross Selling in the world of Professional Services
Summary Cross selling in the world of Professional Services is the Holy Grail....
How To Become A Trusted Advisor
Summary On this episode of Work Winning Ways, host Gary Williams of Questas discusses...
Managing the Client Experience
Managing the client experience is vital, because we all know that a happy client is your...