Chris Maye

Chris Maye writes the stories leaders wish they’d had sooner. As the creator of GoingRogueHR, Chris has coached operators, people leaders, and founders to trade chaos for cadence using small, boring, repeatable rituals—ten-minute standups, end-of-day recaps, and experiments with owners and dates. The GoingRogueHR fiction series follows Penelope “Penny,” a relentless operator who learns to lead with Compassion, Service, and Relentlessness while navigating modern work, real relationships, and the pressure to ship. Chris teaches Mgmt 101 on human skills in leadership, speaks with HR/ops communities, and publishes practical playbooks on the GoingRogueHR YouTube channel. Off the clock, you’ll find him refining fridge rules, making soup for the people he loves, and proving that hard and bad are not the same thing when you do the work.