WorkingFree aims to understand the major and continuing changes in the workplace. Specifically, …the Senior Executive considering or embarking on a new career as an independent professional.
We are living in an exponentially changing working world. Its broad and detailed impacts are changing many aspects of our national, our corporate and our individual lives.
Working Free aims to understand these major and continuing changes in the workplace. Specifically, Working Free supports the Senior Executive considering or embarking on a new career as an independent professional. Working Free works with Individuals personally and with Organisations as part of restructuring, redundancy, outplacement, career development or other mid-career transitioning arrangements and where independent working at senior levels is seen as an attractive way forward.
Atypical Workers
At the core of Working Free is the contention that about 40% of the UK Total in Employment are Atypical Workers – virtually all with varying elements of Independent Working. (Broadly, Atypical Workers are all workers other that FTEs (Full Time Employees.) Inadequately recognised by Government and seen by many as unfairly treated – and, indeed, rarely celebrated – there is a strong case to make that it is these people who would play a major role in the vital GROWTH that the UK urgently needs from now on.
Last year the government launched Invest 2035: – the U.K.’s Modern industrial Strategy.
After detailed consultations, this was formally launched on 25.6.25. How effective this will prove to be is uncertain. But Working Free contends that the role of Atypical Workers is vital in this process – particularly when viewed against a deeply troubling background of unemployment, worklessness, falling vacancies and an economy that feels to many like a recession. Not generally recognised – or measured but nevertheless a large number – are the self-employed, micro-businesses, some SMEs and those who never get onto any formal statistics who actually have NO or very little work. Many of these are in the supply chains of larger businesses.
Kickstarting GROWTH – NOW! Is an Occasional Paper from Working Free – 18.4.25. (Since drafting, there have been many more recent statistics published – but none requiring any material amendments to the trends referred to.) It can be read here : Kickstarting GROWTH – NOW! (PDF Version)
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Why WorkingFree?
WorkingFree aims to understand the major and continuing changes in the workplace. Specifically, … the Senior executive considering a new career as an Independent Professional or for those already operating independently – but would like to do better.
WorkingFree has developed its model over a number of years and is a new niche-designed concept providing a structure for senior executives to re-invent themselves and transition from a mainstream career to become an Independent Professional.
The WorkingFree Programme consists of an expanding range of on-line MasterClasses, each supported by a Specialist Delivery Partner.
See WorkingFree Programmes Below.
WorkingFree for Organisations
WorkingFree offers benefits for Organisations as part of restructuring, redundancy, outplacement, career development or other mid-career transitioning arrangements.
- Good leavers are worth keeping in touch with – achieving enduring connections.
- Those leaving under restructuring programmes don’t all want to find roles mirroring the one they’ve just left.
- Re-engaging Former Employees on a Freelance Basis is becoming a default – in spite of IR35.
- Enhancing your corporate CSR and ESG Programmes.
- An enlightened alternative to traditional outplacement services.
WorkingFree for Individuals
WorkingFree can help you decide if an independent career is for you – either before you leave full time employment or during it or after you have left. We are living in a changing world. Post Covid , we are seeing the emergence of a variety of employment/ engagement – invariably bespoke – arrangements.
- A preparation for new working environments and models.
- A broadening, an extension and – maybe – a renewal – of personal and professional skills.
- An exploration of entrepreneurial skillsets, attitudes and behaviours.
- It’s a lifestyle change from dependence to independence.
- WorkingFree builds on what you’ve got – it does not start again.
WorkingFree Programmes
Discovery Suite
The Discovery Suite is our entry level MasterClass Programme, consisting of three MasterClasses.
Developing and Delivering your Personal Professional Product (PPP)
This is the starting point for all Clients, and includes one-to-one support from a specialist delivery partner.
Career Options
Clients can choose which career options to explore from our selection of Masterclass
There are 3 MasterClasses in each Career option all with one-to-one support from a specialist delivery partner.
Support Topics
Our support topics focus on key areas and topics that will support the skill sets, attitudes and behaviours required to work independently.