People Management: Psychological ownership is the key to developing ‘access economy’ talent

“Surely a non-employed CFO will never have the same level of accountability and commitment as a full-time employee?”

I hear this at least once a week, and I’ve thought it myself during my employed corporate days.

The answer?

It depends!

I've seen high and low levels of accountability and commitment on both sides of the employed vs non-employed coin.

What makes the difference? It’s clearly not just the employment contract.

After 20+ years in the fractional C-suite world and 4 years of focused investigation, my research points to this killer app:

🗝 Psychological Ownership

My latest article in People Management explores this.