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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 Second, many skilled professionals want independence and are going into contingent work to gain greater work/life flexibility, autonomy, and control over their careers. Our own research reinforces these findings.

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The Management Thinker We Should Never Have Forgotten

Harvard Business Review

Institute on-the-job training. 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. Teach and institute leadership to improve all job functions.

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