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Leadership After Service—Discipline, Empathy, and Building Community with Rich Brown

Author
Sana and Avik Chakraborty - by Healthy Mind by Avik ™. All rights reserved.
Published
Tue 02 Sep 2025
Episode Link
https://bizblend.podbean.com/e/leadership-after-service%e2%80%94discipline-empathy-and-building-community-with-rich-brown/

On this BizBlend episode, host Sana sits down with U.S. Marine Corps veteran and entrepreneur Rich Brown to unpack what leadership actually looks like after service—on the gym floor, inside a protection firm, and in the community. We cover firing clients on values, preventing burnout and injury while training, and why purpose-driven events like Guidon 22 (a 22-mile ruck with 22 lbs on November 22 in Fredericksburg, VA) matter for veteran suicide prevention. If you lead teams, run a business, or are rebuilding after hardship, this is a direct, practical conversation on standards, accountability, and service that scales. 


About the guest:


Rich Brown is a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, executive protection specialist (Leftwich Global Protective Services), and founder of Honor Bound FIT, a veteran-owned training facility focused on smart strength, recovery, and community. He is Event Director of Guidon 22, an annual ruck to honor veterans and drive suicide-prevention awareness.


Key takeaways:




  • Leadership isn’t one speed: “tough in tough situations, tender in tender ones”—and empathy is a learned skill.




  • Values must be operational: publish them, wear them, and invite accountability from your team and customers.




  • Smart training prevents churn: assess limits, scale intelligently, and avoid injuries; “CrossFit rehab” mindset beats ego lifting.




  • Community is strategy and mission: serve the right people with the right product and the rest follows.




  • Firing on principle protects culture: say no to revenue that violates your standards; your team is watching.




  • Purpose moves people: Guidon 22 gives veterans and first responders a cause, a unit to stand with, and a reason to show up.




  • Usefulness counters isolation: find a role, take responsibility, and lead locally to rebuild identity after service.




  • Military habits don’t equal rigidity: treat people as individuals, not labels; translate discipline without importing hierarchy.




Sound Bites:

  • "You need to be tough and tender."

  • "You have to have a good product."

  • "Find a way to be useful to people."

Chapters:

 
00:00  Introduction to Leadership and Resilience
06:21  Misconceptions of Leadership
12:06  Community as a Personal Mission
15:29  Mental Health and the Veteran Experience
18:30  Transitioning from Military to Entrepreneurship
25:00  Discipline and Individuality in Leadership

 


Connect with the guest:




  • Website: https://honorboundfit.com/




  • Facebook: Rich Brown | Honorbound Fit




  • Event: Guidon 22 — 22-mile ruck, 22 lbs, November 22, Fredericksburg, VA (veteran suicide prevention)



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