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Your Company Needs Independent Workers

Harvard Business Review

The MBO Partners 2015 State of Independence workforce study found that 6.4 Independent workers allow them to quickly and efficiently scale staffing up and down to meet shifts in demand and changing business circumstances in an increasingly volatile and always-changing global economy. Our own research reinforces these findings.

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The Management Thinker We Should Never Have Forgotten

Harvard Business Review

Eliminate MBO. This may be what’s driving newer generations to look for “purposeful work” as they launch their careers: They are looking to take control by demanding meaning from work right from day one. Eliminate exhortations for the work force; instead, focus on the system and morale. Avoid numerical goals.

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