Ensure expertise and people count
I'm Holger Garden, founder of Mercury Communication & Strategy.
I'm a bids, proposals and coaching consultant helping clients win work, communicate with impact, and get the best from their people. I work with businesses to turn their expertise, experience and ideas into convincing proposals, confident presentations, and strong teams.
Customers need to understand what makes your expertise and experience important for them and how it will solve their problems.
My ways of making a difference are:
- Proposal writing, editing and reviewing - Persuasive submissions that get noticed and attract high assessment scores
- Bid writing training - A legacy of more confident team members who write for high impact
- Proposal management - Managing the process to achieve best time efficiency for busy people
- Presentation training - Building confidence and persuasion so people who will deliver your service present convincingly
- Individual and team coaching - Unlocking inherent potential to achieve demanding goals.
Strategy and coaching
Achieve your goals. I believe everyone can achieve their business and personal goals with the right strategies. I work with you to develop your strategy, identify effective action plans, and define your next steps on the path to business and personal success.
Bids and proposals
Make your proposals stand out. I'll help you prepare easy-to-read proposals showing why your offer is the best one. We'll home in on the value to your clients that sets you apart from your competitors. The focus is always on what matters to your clients and how you deliver it.
Presentations
Create and give winning presentations. I'll help you engage your audience and inspire clients and stakeholders via spoken and non-verbal communication. You'll present confidently and convincingly so your messages are persuasive and memorable.
Building on experience to make a difference
I'm an experienced proposal and bid consultant and life coach. The background against which I provide my services is 33 years' experience in business development, capture planning, bid writing and management, coaching, and research environments.
I help small businesses, medium companies and large enterprises develop strategies, people and proposals to win work. I coach individuals and teams to achieve goals in and beyond the workplace.
My experience includes construction, civil infrastructure, engineering, academia, research projects, and project management consultancy.
I combine being a chartered civil engineer with a passion for plain English, clear messages that score highly in bid assessments, and communicating from my audiences' perspectives.
I'll support you to inspire internal and external stakeholders who you need to bring with you on the path to winning work and achieving your teams' and individuals' goals.
Examples of my work
Leading development of tender responses in the electricity transmission sector
Working with engineering specialists, I planned and wrote technical methodologies for electricity conductor replacement as part of the tender to National Grid for the RIIO-2 price control period (2021–2026). Other response development I led was in the subjects of compliance, value engineering, ECI, supply chain, quality and sustainability.
Team away day to facilitate collaborative business planning
I facilitated a business planning away day for Pod-Trak, a rail engineering contractor specialising in railway electrification, civil engineering, permanent way, communications, and airports and stations. I followed up the event with a detailed report including team actions to prioritise activities for gaining competitive advantage.
Writing engineering methodologies for London’s new super sewer
The Tideway project created a super sewer under the River Thames to tackle London’s problem of sewage outfall into the river. London’s sewers were designed for a population a quarter of today’s size. My client was bidding against other joint ventures to be the principal contractor for the longest section of the scheme, valued at £750m. I supported by writing engineering methodologies for tunnelling, river works and associated activities, as well as preparing responses about risk control, logistics, architecture, and management of design, supply chain, cost and programme. My client’s bid was successful.
Are you ready to win more work and coach your people?
Contact details
207 Regent Street
London
W1B 3HH