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		<title>Why Leaders Can&#8217;t Coach.</title>
		<link>http://richgee.com/2011/08/why-leaders-cant-coach/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 10:11:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Gee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["All coaching is, is taking a player where he can't take himself." - Bill McCartney

When executives coach, they commonly make the mistake of downplaying their role as the boss. Confusion occurs with the associate and coaching fails.

To be clear, a boss is the one who holds people accountable for results. A coach helps people increase their skills to achieve the results. ]]></description>
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		<title>How To Make Work Bearable &amp; Fun.</title>
		<link>http://richgee.com/2011/04/how-to-make-work-bearable-fun/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 11:07:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Gee</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Change]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.richgee.com/?p=5334</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You hate your job. You hate going to work. You hate your boss. You hate the people you work with. You hate your cubicle. Or it's not good or bad — just boring. You watch the clock and pray for 5 PM to roll around.]]></description>
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		<title>There&#8217;s No Speed Limit (Lessons That Changed My Life).</title>
		<link>http://richgee.com/2009/12/theres-no-speed-limit-the-lessons-that-changed-my-life/</link>
		<comments>http://richgee.com/2009/12/theres-no-speed-limit-the-lessons-that-changed-my-life/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:02:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Gee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whether you're a student, teacher, or parent, I think you'll appreciate this story of how one teacher can completely and permanently change someone's life in only a few lessons.]]></description>
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		<title>Five Reasons Why Leaders Fail (&amp; Why Failures Lead).</title>
		<link>http://richgee.com/2009/11/five-reasons-why-leaders-fail/</link>
		<comments>http://richgee.com/2009/11/five-reasons-why-leaders-fail/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:27:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Gee</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[ADD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Confidence]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.richgee.com/?p=2030</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It's hard to be a leader in today's economy. Add that you need equal parts of courage, vision, empathy, and reality (Peter Koestenbaum's Leadership Diamond) AND get your work done, it's almost impossible. I've reduced my list of hundreds down to five reasons.]]></description>
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		<title>Get Ready For Annual Reviews!</title>
		<link>http://richgee.com/2009/11/get-ready-for-annual-reviews/</link>
		<comments>http://richgee.com/2009/11/get-ready-for-annual-reviews/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 12:35:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Gee</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.richgee.com/?p=2005</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It's the most wonderful time of the year . . . Yes — it's that time to prepare for annual reviews. Most leaders look at this as a frustrating zone between a rock and a hard place (is this you?).]]></description>
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		<title>The Future CIO &#8211; Are You Prepared?</title>
		<link>http://richgee.com/2009/08/the-future-cio-are-you-prepared/</link>
		<comments>http://richgee.com/2009/08/the-future-cio-are-you-prepared/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Gee</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.richgee.com/?p=1488</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[CIOs are under more pressure than ever. The job is incredibly challenging. Despite recent arguments to the contrary, we believe information technology is at the heart of corporate strategy. IT must deliver more systems faster and operate them in a fail-safe environment. Being successful as a CIO requires an unusual combination of technical know-how, business acumen, and organizational leadership skills. It's a job with a sometimes short life cycle, and it takes a seemingly superhuman to do it effectively.]]></description>
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		<title>The New Joblessness.</title>
		<link>http://richgee.com/2009/07/the-new-joblessness/</link>
		<comments>http://richgee.com/2009/07/the-new-joblessness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 11:04:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Gee</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[NY Times]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. economy is not only shedding jobs at a record rate; it is shedding more jobs than it is supposed to. It’s bad enough that the unemployment rate has doubled in only a year and a half and one out of six construction workers is out of work. ]]></description>
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		<title>Get It Done. Make It Happen.</title>
		<link>http://richgee.com/2009/06/get-it-done-make-it-happen/</link>
		<comments>http://richgee.com/2009/06/get-it-done-make-it-happen/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 11:30:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Gee</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Action]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.richgee.com/?p=1166</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[That's my mantra. And I make all my clients tattoo it on their arms. Why? Because it works. It all comes down to ACTION.]]></description>
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		<title>3 Critical Skills of Effective Leaders.</title>
		<link>http://richgee.com/2009/06/3-critical-skills-of-effective-leaders/</link>
		<comments>http://richgee.com/2009/06/3-critical-skills-of-effective-leaders/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 12:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Gee</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Motivation]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.richgee.com/?p=1129</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Great leaders translate vision into decisive action — a skill that&#8217;s especially vital in tough times. But what are those skills? Do you have a blind spot? Should you be doing more? First off — great leaders do three things — no more, no less: They motivate their people. They deliver information when required. They [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Future of Work: We&#8217;re Getting Off The Ladder.</title>
		<link>http://richgee.com/2009/05/the-future-of-work-were-getting-off-the-ladder/</link>
		<comments>http://richgee.com/2009/05/the-future-of-work-were-getting-off-the-ladder/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 11:37:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Gee</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.richgee.com/?p=1083</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Companies are increasingly supporting more natural growth, letting employees wend their way upward like climbing vines.]]></description>
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		<title>Too Busy? You Must Delegate.</title>
		<link>http://richgee.com/2009/05/too-busy-you-must-delegate/</link>
		<comments>http://richgee.com/2009/05/too-busy-you-must-delegate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2009 14:28:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Gee</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.richgee.com/?p=1038</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The hallmark of a great leader is effective delegation. Effective delegation develops people who are ultimately more fulfilled and productive. Managers become more fulfilled and productive themselves as they learn to count on their staffs and are freed up to attend to more strategic issues.]]></description>
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		<title>Convince Your Boss to Let You Become a &#8216;Workshifter&#8217;.</title>
		<link>http://richgee.com/2009/05/how-i-convinced-my-boss-to-let-me-become-a-workshifter/</link>
		<comments>http://richgee.com/2009/05/how-i-convinced-my-boss-to-let-me-become-a-workshifter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2009 12:48:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Gee</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.richgee.com/?p=1030</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the course of the life of this blog, other authors will approach this different ways. I convinced my supervisor at a wireless telecom company (this was in 2005) to let me become a workshifter for three out of five days a week. It wasn't easy, but I found several keys that got me the freedom to work out of a coffeeshop, and the flexibility to do more with the two hours a day that shift brought me.]]></description>
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		<title>Reinvigorate Your Business Before You’re Forced To.</title>
		<link>http://richgee.com/2009/05/reinvigorate-your-business-before-you%e2%80%99re-forced-to/</link>
		<comments>http://richgee.com/2009/05/reinvigorate-your-business-before-you%e2%80%99re-forced-to/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Gee</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.richgee.com/?p=992</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In an unpredictable world, trying to be right can lead managers terribly astray. So what do we do during uncertain times of business? ]]></description>
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		<title>How David Beats Goliath or When Underdogs Break The Rules.</title>
		<link>http://richgee.com/2009/05/how-david-beats-goliath-or-when-underdogs-break-the-rules/</link>
		<comments>http://richgee.com/2009/05/how-david-beats-goliath-or-when-underdogs-break-the-rules/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 12:09:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Gee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gladwell again uses history to reinforce his argument that with the proper planning and doing something different (something that your opposing team (i.e., competition) isn't expecting) even though you are the underdog — you will succeed.]]></description>
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		<title>Keep Your Email Under Control.</title>
		<link>http://richgee.com/2009/05/keep-your-email-under-control/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 12:50:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Gee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I'm happy the question asks, "how do you deal." An inbox is as personal a space as an underwear drawer — we all have one and are all embarrassed by both its organization and contents. Thus to tell someone how to manage their inbox could be perceived as an intrusion into their undergarments.]]></description>
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