We’ve all at least known, if not actually been, a disgruntled former employee. Disgruntled former employees (DFE’s, for short), are often problematic in the eyes of management. After all, they’re often the loudest, most publicly opposed to leadership. They’re completely unhampered by any societal obligations to their now-ex-coworkers, and unless […]
Author: Rick
B.O., Rotting Food, and Moldy Lemons
The dish was filled up with dishes that were only moderately rinsed and the drain trap was partially blocked with food chunks. The nearby counter had a plastic bag with lemons in it, given to us a week ago. One was covered in a soft, fuzzy blanket of powdery mold. […]
What’s Your Priority?
A question that often gets overlooked is “What does improving my life look like?” It’s easy to use other people’s metrics, but it’s crucial to find the metrics that matter the most for your own life. Speaking for myself, it’s easy to assume that it means the same as the […]
Don’t Break Belonging
If you’re a leader seeking to build belonging in your organization or team or loose confederation of monster hunters or whatever, you’ve got to build trust. Trust, interestingly enough, is measured by its weakest facet. This means you can have all the credibility in the world, but if you don’t […]
Ukraine
I am not a foreign policy expert, nor a diplomat, nor a politician. At the end of the day, I’m some dude in California who talks about leadership and makes monster art. I have the privilege of never knowing what it’s like to live in a country where war is […]
Arbitrary Dates
Happy 2022, everyone. You might find today to be a momentous occasion, as it’s the start of a new calendar year. After all, we’ve created parades, funding and budget cycles, national holidays, and a bunch of other cultural norms around this day. So if that’s your jam, ride that inspiration […]
Falling On the Wagon
The term falling off the wagon usually refers to someone breaking a habit. It’s pretty apt in the way that it seems very intuitive that one can fall off a moving wagon if they simply lose their footing and get jostled by the natural bumpiness of the roads that a […]
Are You Busy or Lazy?
That’s the question I was asking myself the other day. Given a culture where most famous thought leaders espouse waking up prior to the sun and working out, meditating, and doing daily pages prior to 7am, it makes sense as a night owl who regularly finds a groove between 11pm […]
Building in Public #2
HEY. Non-bro dudes, I’m talking to you. Yeah, you know who you are. You’re a dude, but you also aren’t a fan of toxic bro culture. You might be a football fan, but also feel torn because of the long-term head trauma associated with the game. Maybe you’re a straight […]
Building in Public
I’ve been thinking a lot about Kaiju Coaching this weekend, and something I’ve come up with is that I’ve been pretty unclear about who I serve specifically. “Leaders” and “those with impostor syndrome” are pretty general, and since I’ve also been reflecting on copywriting (probably because I’ll be head coaching […]