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A Brilliant Turn of a Management Phrase

Sep 12

Jay Shepherd’s Gruntled Employees is one of my favorite reads. Jay’s the CEO of an employment-law firm and writes about what he calls, “How to keep employees gruntled.” That makes me chuckle every time I read it.

Yesterday, he wrote my favorite phrase of the year:

Ept managers lead to gruntled employees, which in turn lead to minishing profits.

Click on over and see what that means. He’s on his way to the Universal Theory of People Management.

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Frank Roche

Frank started IFRACTAL over 7 years ago with Sarah Chambers. Together, they've created HR communications and HR software for some of the world's leading companies. Frank is also studying Flamenco guitar and origami.

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Jay Shepherd says:

September 12, 2007 at 11:56 am

Frank, you’re the best. I really appreciate the thoughts and words. And KnowHR is one of my very favorites. Thanks again, Jay

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Travis http://www.peopleforcesolutions.com says:

March 25, 2008 at 4:21 pm

Very funny stuff. Time and attendance solutions should be able to take care of all those “gruntled” employees. If not, welcome in “minishing” profits.

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