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Rachel Miller

Rachel Miller organizes the universe and makes things pretty. As a social business strategist she helps companies identify and engage key community members and influencers to craft and amplify brand stories. RachelMiller2015! Rachel co-hosts Social Business Hour (#SbizHour) every Monday at 1pm PT with Brian Fanzo (@iSocialFanz). Connect with Rachel on Twitter at @rachelloumiller or on Google+.
Picture of Rachel Miller

Rachel Miller

Rachel Miller organizes the universe and makes things pretty. As a social business strategist she helps companies identify and engage key community members and influencers to craft and amplify brand stories. RachelMiller2015! Rachel co-hosts Social Business Hour (#SbizHour) every Monday at 1pm PT with Brian Fanzo (@iSocialFanz). Connect with Rachel on Twitter at @rachelloumiller or on Google+.

Professional Development: Never Stop Learning to Learn

It has been said that you should never stop learning, and that’s good advice. If there was ever a case for applying the lesson to the lesson then this is it: professional development. Because, not only should you never stop learning, but you should never stop learning new approaches to the way that you learn. Learning Outside Your Comfort Zone In Purple Cow, Seth Godin pointed out the benefits for marketers and designers of learning something from each other’s skill sets. By sending marketers on a design course and designers on a marketing course, companies can make sure that the different

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Lasting Career Tips for Engineers

If you’re an engineer, you’re automatically in a prime negotiating position when it comes to commanding a good salary–it’s a simple matter of supply and demand. But while a big check in the near term might seem like the best idea, it may not be the best move for your overall career. The career tips below will make sure you’re doing what’s best for the long haul. On Asking For And Negotiating A Pay Raise (Successfully!) Often, people place too much emphasis on current salary. Money will come to those that enter a company and find the opportunity to significantly improve

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10 Ways to Be a Better Leader Without Spending Anything

Thanks to all the resources available from the explosion of online learning opportunities, it’s far easier to enhance your own skills today than ever before. This means that you no longer have any excuses to put off your own development learning plan. I can already hear some of you saying you don’t have the finances or time. Well, I can tell you the former is not a problem and the latter all comes down to making time for what’s really important for you. If you need any more convicing on the importance of continual learning to be a better leader, consider

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Managers Are Not Interested In Interpersonal Skills

According to a research run by Impraise, managers are more focused on getting feedback on productivity skills rather than interpersonal skills such as listening. The ability to ask for feedback in real-time revealed some interesting facts about the skills that managers care most about. Managers that work with this new type of performance management, real-time 360 degree feedback, show little interest in improving their listening skills although employees see it as most relevant topic. The research “Global analysis: how real-time feedback affects work performance and employee engagement” run by Impraise, a web based and mobile solution for timely, actionable feedback at work

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