Chart Your Course

JULY 29, 2013

According to MBO Partners, a support service for independent consultants, boomers are a fast growing sector of the independent workforce. In its 2012 Independent Workforce Index, MBO Partners estimates that boomers account for around a third of all independent consultants. Marketing, Marketing. Specialize. Set Up Shop.

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Consultative MBO Learning Curve Media 133

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Management by Objectives (MBO) became the height of corporate fashion in the late 1950s. Later, MBO evolved into strategic planning. In the face of relentless technological change, disruptive forces in industry after industry, global competition, and so on, planning seems like pointless wishful thinking.

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Agility Planning Fayol MBO 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2016

Independent workers also benefit from exposure to more opportunities and less need to spend time networking and marketing their services. For example, Tech Americas USA, a business process outsourcing firm, uses Work Market’s freelancer management system to find, hire, and help manage contract workers.

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MBO Long-term Human Capital Outsourcing 8