Red Mike Messages

Red Mike Messages: The Quiet Poison of Toxic Workplaces
Toxic workplaces don’t always yell—they chip away at you.
So Build confidence, don’t break it.
#DrinkTheBourbon #Leadership

Red Mike Message: Campfire Truths and Boardroom Lies.
Leaders need more campfire honesty—plain talk, deep listening, real trust.
Swapping buzzwords for truth, posturing for solutions.
#Truth
#DrinkTheBourbon

Red Mike Message: Kid from a Trailer Park
Leaders aren’t born—they level up.
Even if you start in a small town with nothing, when your shot comes, you grab it…
#DrinkTheBourbon #funfriday #thelaststarfighter

Red Mike Message: Taking Your Lumps

Got de-cleated on a trap play.
Ate it hard on a speed skate.
Got grilled in a hearing for something I didn’t even do.

Leadership means taking your lumps—some fair, some not.
Get up. Learn the lesson. Don’t take the same hit twice.
#DrinkTheBourbon #Leadership

Red Mike Message: The Goodbye You Could’ve Prevented
Good people don’t just leave jobs—they leave bad leadership.
Turnover is expensive, avoidable, and often silent. Fix it before they walk.
Appreciate them now.
#leadership #DrinkTheBourbon

Red Mike Message: Words Mister Rogers Taught Us
Mister Rogers' 5 most-used words—Know. Make. Go. See. Oh.—form a better leadership manual than most.
Soft, yet strong, and scripted with purpose.
#DrinkTheBourbon #WordsThatWork

Red Mike Message: The Upside-Down Pyramid

Real leadership isn’t top-down—it’s upside-down.

You don’t sit at the top of the pyramid like a pharaoh. You hold the whole thing up.

Be visible. Be real.

Don’t lead like you’re too cool for the room.

#DrinkTheBourbon

#leadfrombelow

Red Mike Message: Thicker Skin, Fewer Tantrums.

Gen X didn’t cancel people—we quoted them.

We laughed near each other and survived Archie Bunker and Mel Brooks.

⁠#DrinkTheBourbon⁠ 

⁠#FunFriday⁠ 

⁠#GenX

Red Mike Message: How to Disagree Without Getting Fired

The word 'right' comes to mind.

But not 'being' right.

It's saying the right thing, the right way, at the right time.

#DrinkTheBourbon #ego

Red Mike Message: High Road

Jesus said turn the other cheek.

Buddha said let go of anger.

Samuel L. Jackson said, “I’m tryin’ real hard to be the shepherd.”

The high road isn’t about being soft.

It’s about being strong enough to choose better.

#Choose #DrinkTheBourbon