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Not therapy. Not cheerleading. I find what's blocking your growth, put a number on it, and help you remove it. Since 2006.

OVER THE PAST 15 YEARS,
Rich has inspired thousands of business owners and executives make the shift from a simple dream and turn it into action — to build upon their success and have more fun during the process. RICH IS ONE OF THE NATION'S LEADING full-time business & career coaches — frequently tapped by the NY Times, WSJ, and Today Show for interviews on key business topics. He also hosted a y

ear-long syndicated weekly newspaper column for Hearst Publications, titled ASK RICH GEE. COMBINING 20 YEARS IN MARKETING, SALES & MANAGEMENT at Fortune 500 companies, Rich's talks have reached hundreds of organizations on leadership, communication and teamwork!

10/06/2026

Most business owners in the $1M to $10M range don't run a business. They run a glorified hub-and-spoke model where every single problem, decision, and pivot lands squarely on their desk.

They think the bottleneck is the market. They think it's the team.

But when we actually ran her Ceiling Score, the liability was glaringly obvious: It was her calendar.

We stopped letting her be the ceiling. We fundamentally rewired the company's decision-making architecture, pushed authority down the chain, and standardized the operational rhythm.

The business finally had room to breathe. Revenue scaled, and the founder stepped out of the weeds.

If your company's growth requires your constant intervention, you haven't built an asset. You've built a trap.

Stop being the ceiling. Get your free Ceiling Score here: https://lnkd.in/e9Zsu4am

09/06/2026

Signs You Are Underpricing Your Services: The 20-Minute Fix.

Stop blaming "the economy" for your bleeding margins. Look at your books.

If you haven't raised prices on your oldest clients in the last two years, you aren't being a loyal partner. You are literally funding their business out of your own pocket.

I call it the Coward Tax.

Right now, most owners are undercharging by 15–20% simply to avoid an uncomfortable ten-minute conversation. It’s the fastest way to crush your cash flow and guarantee you never hit that 20–25% annual growth target.

You are slamming right into your own performance ceiling because you refuse to invoice for the actual value you deliver.

I just published a new piece breaking down a 20-minute fix you can run today to find the exact leaks in your P&L and correct your baseline immediately.

Stop apologizing for your value and start charging for it.

"Profit is a theory, and cash is a fact."

Read the full breakdown and go get your money: https://www.richgee.com/articlesold/2026/6/9/signs-you-are-underpricing-your-services-the-20-minute-fix

08/06/2026

Unpopular opinion: most small business owners don't have a revenue problem. They have a decision problem.

They're sitting on 3-5 decisions they've been avoiding for months - sometimes years.

→ The wrong hire they won't fire.
→ The service line that's bleeding money.
→ The partner conversation they keep ducking.

When we run the Ceiling Score on their business, the gap is almost always traced back to decisions, not strategy.

05/06/2026

Most small business owners I talk to are working harder than they've ever worked. And their revenue hasn't moved in 18 months.

They hired new people.
They marketed their brains out on social media.
They tried new expensive systems.
Still stuck.

Here's what almost nobody tells you: the ceiling isn't your market. It's not your team. It's not the economy.

It's the way you built the business - with yourself at the center of every important decision.

That's not a character flaw. It's what got you to $1M or $2M or $5M. It's also exactly what stops you from getting past it.

The business didn't plateau. You did.

→ If this sounds familiar, I'd be curious what you've tried. Drop it in the comments.

27/05/2026

New article: The leadership mistake costing your business its next level of growth. Most business owners say they want to scale.

But deep down, they still need to be the hero:
→ Solving every problem
→ Approving every decision
→ Jumping into every fire

And it’s quietly capping the business.

This week, I break down why companies cannot scale until the owner stops acting like the star player and starts acting like the conductor - building alignment, trust, accountability, and leadership across the team.

Because if your company cannot run without you, you don’t own a business yet - you own a stressful job. https://www.richgee.com/articlesold/your-company-cant-scale-until-you-stop-being-the-hero

22/05/2026

If my content has been resonating and you've been wondering what working together would look like, the door is open. DM me. No pitch. Just a conversation to see if I can help.

If you'd like to see how your business is doing this year, feel free to take my 60-second assessment (no registration or obligation) - link: https://www.richgee.com/the-performance-ceiling-quiz

19/05/2026

Everything in life has a bell curve. You go up, hit a peak, and then you go down. Smart business people launch new products, services, and initiatives at the peak, not at the bottom.

In 2005, the iPod was printing cash. Most executives would have milked that product line for a decade while margins slowly bled out. Steve Jobs didn’t. He took massive resources from his most profitable division to fund a project designed to render the iPod obsolete: the iPhone.

He didn't wait for the decline. He funded the next trajectory at the point of maximum capital.

The brutal reality of the market is that everything has an expiration date. Your current peak is not a permanent state; it is a point on a predictable curve. If your revenue, client base, or capability isn't experiencing rapid upward velocity right now, you are on a plateau.

Acknowledge it. Your clock is ticking.

The only time to dig your next well is while you are still drinking deeply from your current one. Waiting until you are drowning to pivot is acting out of desperation - and desperation is not a strategy.

Here are the exact mechanics of the Strategic Pivot in my latest article: https://www.richgee.com/articlesold/2026/5/19/cannibalize-yourself-or-someone-else-will

15/05/2026

Most $1M-$10M service business owners who stall think they have a sales problem. Or a marketing problem. Or a hiring problem.

They don't. They have a structural one - and effort alone won't fix it.

I put together a one-page infographic of The Performance Ceiling: why growth flatlines between $1M and $10M, the 5 warning signs every owner should know, and the 4 phases that actually break through.

Take 60 seconds with it. If three or more of the warning signs describe your business right now, you already know what's coming.

Assessment here: https://www.richgee.com/the-performance-ceiling-quiz
Report PDF:https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5bef411c297114be06aed2a5/t/69db86fe1c8b513f56b1f245/1775994622750/The+Performance+Ceiling+Report+-+Rich+Gee+Business+Coaching+2026.pdf

14/05/2026

I built a quick, free assessment for business owners that I've been getting good feedback on.

It's 6 questions. Takes about 1-2 minutes.

It tells you which of four patterns you're likely stuck in - and what that pattern is specifically costing you every month you leave it in place.

No email required to see your results. No pitch at the end.

Just a clear picture of where you are: https://lnkd.in/e9Zsu4am

If you take it, I'd be genuinely curious what you got - drop your result in the comments. You don't have to share the score, just the persona name.

18/02/2026

Fairness is destroying your high performers.
Most leaders wear “fairness” like a badge of honor. They try to give equal time to every employee.

This isn’t leadership. It’s negligence.

While you are spending 80% of your week trying to “coach up” a liability who refuses to improve, your top performers - the ones actually driving your revenue - are being ignored.

They aren’t looking for “support.” They are looking for the exit.

You cannot manage a Force Multiplier the same way you manage an Anchor. You need a ruthlessly segmented strategy:

- Top: Unleash them.
- Average: Systematize them.
- Poor: Eliminate the drag.

I just released the Operator’s Guide to the Performance Bell Curve. It strips away the HR fluff and gives you the raw mechanics of talent allocation.

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