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consulting-proposal

Write a consulting proposal that wins the engagement — outcomes over hours. Use when asked to write a consulting proposal, a project proposal, a pitch for a client engagement, or to respond to an RFP. Produces a proposal — the client's problem in their words, your approach & deliverables, outcomes/value, timeline & phases, investment with options, and why-you — framed around results, not a task list. Ready to export as a designed PDF.

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Use consulting-proposal to draft a results-led proposal for [client problem], based on [approach and deliverables] and [outcomes, timeline, pricing, and exclusions], with 2–3 scoped investment options.

Required inputs

  • [client problem]
  • [approach and deliverables]
  • [outcomes, timeline, pricing, and exclusions]

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name: consulting-proposaldescription: "Write a consulting proposal that wins the engagement — outcomes over hours. Use when asked to write a consulting proposal, a project proposal, a pitch for a client engagement, or to respond to an RFP. Produces a proposal — the client's problem in their words, your approach & deliverables, outcomes/value, timeline & phases, investment with options, and why-you — framed around results, not a task list. Ready to export as a designed PDF."

Consulting Proposal Skill

Clients don't buy hours — they buy an outcome and the confidence you'll deliver it. Losing proposals lead with the consultant's process and a flat day-rate; winning ones lead with the client's problem and the value of solving it. This skill writes a proposal framed around results, with tiered options that anchor on value — ready to drop into the themed PDF export.

Required Inputs

Ask for these only if they aren't already provided:

  • The client & their problem — who they are, the pain, and (crucially) the cost of not solving it.
  • Your approach — how you'd solve it and the concrete deliverables.
  • Outcomes — the results the client gets, ideally quantified.
  • Commercials — your pricing model (fixed/retainer/value-based), timeline, and what's out of scope.

Output Format

Proposal: [engagement] for [client]

1. The problem (their words) — restate their situation and the cost of the status quo. Show you get it before you pitch. This earns the read.

2. Objectives & outcomes — what success looks like, in their metrics. Lead with the value, not the activity.

3. Approach & deliverables — the phases and the concrete artifacts they'll receive. Enough detail to build confidence, not a padded task list.

4. Timeline — phases with milestones and rough dates.

5. Investment — the price, framed against the value/cost-of-inaction. Offer 2–3 tiered options (e.g. core / recommended / comprehensive) — options shift the conversation from "yes/no" to "which," and anchor on the bigger one. State what's included per tier and what's out of scope.

6. Why me/us — relevant proof: comparable results, credentials, a short case reference. Brief.

7. Next step — one clear action to move forward (sign, a kickoff call, a deposit).

Quality Checks

  • Opens with the client's problem and the cost of inaction, not your bio/process
  • Framed around outcomes/value, not hours or a task list
  • Offers tiered options (anchors on value, gives a "which" not a "whether")
  • Scope and out-of-scope are explicit (prevents scope creep later)
  • Proof is specific and relevant, kept brief
  • Ends with one clear next step

Anti-Patterns

  • Do not lead with "About us / our methodology" — lead with their problem; they care about themselves
  • Do not sell hours/day-rate as the headline — price the outcome; hours invite haggling
  • Do not give a single take-it-or-leave-it price — tiered options win more and at higher value
  • Do not leave scope fuzzy — undefined scope is how fixed-price engagements bleed
  • Do not pad the deliverables list — confidence comes from clarity, not volume

Based On

Value-based consulting-proposal practice (Alan Weiss-style outcomes-over-hours, tiered options, anchor on value).

Example Trigger Phrases

  • "Write a consulting proposal."
  • "Write a project proposal for this client."
  • "Pitch this engagement."
  • "Respond to an RFP."