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Planning a successful MBO?

Strategy Driven

An MBO or MBI can give you the opportunity to step up from senior manager to business owner. How do you plan a successful MBO? What is an MBO and why might a business go for a MBO. Generally, MBOs are only partially financed with private assets by the management. How is an MBO funded?

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1 in 2 Independent Consultants are Women [Infographic]

Women on Business

A new study from MBO Partners reports that 77% these women are satisfied and 74% plan on remaining in independent work. MBO Partners released an infographic that highlights all of the key findings about women independent consultants from the survey, which you can see below (click the image to view it at full size).

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Guest Blogger George L. Morrisey: Are You Ready for Strategic Planning?

leaderCommunicator

The process of strategic planning may be reduced to that of just another paperwork exercise unless it is launched with a clear understanding on the part of those involved concerning: How much time is required? What do we expect the strategic plan to do for us? In prior strategic planning efforts, what went well?

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Seven Steps to Start a Consulting Business

Chart Your Course

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. Will they retire, work part-time or start new endeavors?

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“You can never tell what’s around the corner”: Here’s how to nail succession planning

Chartered Management Institute

Advice: “You can never tell what’s around the corner”: Here’s how to nail succession planning Written by Annie Makoff-Clark Tuesday 09 January 2024 Share Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to LinkedIn Share via email Recruiting a successor is no easy task — who should take over, and when? To hire internally or externally?

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Planning Doesn’t Have to Be the Enemy of Agile

Harvard Business Review

Planning has long been one of the cornerstones of management. Early in the twentieth century Henri Fayol identified the job of managers as to plan, organize, command, coordinate, and control. The capacity and willingness of managers to plan developed throughout the century. The future could be planned.

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Independent Work May Be Inevitable

Harvard Business Review

Drilling down further, according to MBO Partners' State of Independence in America report , there is a rapidly growing subset of "independents" in the U.S., which MBO defines as an individual working 15+ hours per week whether as a freelancer, contractor, or owner of a micro-business. Stripping out the c.

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