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Guides for Independent Professionals
Create a Great Consulting Website (Guide)
How to create and optimize a website that promotes your business and generates leads
5 Small Business Reputation Management Strategies that Work
When it comes to consulting, your reputation can be everything—so why risk it? Here’s how to keep your record clean and your clients satisfied.
3 Ways to Calculate Your Billing Rate for Consulting Services
Calculate your billing rate and find tips to help you evaluate and maintain your consultant salary.
How to Transition from Full Time Worker to Self Employed: 9 Steps
Why Become Self-Employed? Work today looks very different than it did just a few years ago. There are many options…
Consulting Proposal Template and Guide
Starting a new business or landing a new client often begins with writing a proposal. Mastering the details of how…
6 Ways to Sell Better and Get More Consulting Clients
As an independent professional you have a lot of additional responsibilities; not only must you deliver quality work, you have…
Guides for Enterprises
15 Best Practices for Classifying Workers and Avoiding an Audit
Worker misclassification may often seem like a far-off concept—something that only happens to very large companies that you read about…
Independent Contractor vs Employee: Which Should I Hire?
Learn how to define and when to hire a 1099 independent contractor, temp or full time employee in order to avoid misclassification risks.
Background Checks for Independent Contractors in the Wake of COVID-19: 4 Areas to Consider Moving Forward
When we consider the multitude of complications that were anticipated as a result of the COVID pandemic, few professionals would…
10 Strategies to Reduce Contractor Compliance Risk
Understanding how to properly engage and manage independent contractors is critical for the modern business. If you suspect that your…
The Costs of Independent Contractor Engagement
Learn about the costs associated with different independent contractor engagement methods and review a case study to see cost savings in action.
How to Manage Independent Contractors: 3 Approaches
Learn three approaches to independent contractor engagement and tips for how to best manage your independent workforce.
Research, Studies and White Papers
MBO Partners State of Independence in America 2020
A New Version of the American Dream Dive into the report, our interactive look at 10 trends that matter, listen…
COVID-19 and the Rise of the Digital Nomad
COVID-19 and the Rise of the Digital Nomad In 2020, the U.S. and the entire world witnessed a seismic shift…
Workforce Optimization and the Era of the Agile Enterprise
Workforce Optimization: Transform the Way Work Gets Done A Targeted Consulting Engagement Talent Optimization is Within Your Reach MBO Partners,…
Building an Agile Workforce in a Post COVID World
The world today is in a near-constant state of change. While we are not yet in full post-COVID-19 territory, organizations…
Four Forces Driving the New World of Work
If asked what their most strategic asset is, almost any business leader will respond in the same way: “our people.”…
Attract and Retain Top Talent by Becoming a Client of Choice
A Look Into the 4th Annual Client of Choice Report The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has been felt keenly…
Webinars and Events
IR35 Legal Changes and What it Means for Your Business
Is your business ready for the changes in off-payroll working in the private sector? What should you be doing now…
How to Develop Resilience When You’re Self Employed
The pathway to success as a self employed small business owner is not straight, flat, or smooth. It’s a twisting,…
How to Develop Learning Agility as an Independent Professional
Succeeding as an independent professional is difficult if you are focused on only doing certain things a certain way. Instead,…
How to Generate Breakthrough Opportunities by Leveraging Your Network
Does a majority of your new business come from referrals? Do you often wish you had a bit more control…
What Tax Reform Means for Independent Professionals & Their Clients
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is the biggest overhaul of the U.S. tax code in more than 20 years….
Steps to Build Your Million-Dollar, Independent Business
The rise of one-million-dollar, one-person businesses in the past five years is the biggest trend in employment today, offering the…