Red Mike Messages

Red Mike Message: Hide the Ball
🏈 Works in football. Fails in leadership.
If you're burying cancel buttons, spinning press releases, or omitting key facts—you’re not clever. You’re hoping no one notices.
Real leaders don’t trick people.
They earn trust. They move the ball straight.
#trust #DrinkTheBourbon

Red Mike Message: If It Ain’t the Thing, It Ain’t the Thing
Fake chocolate? Beanless coffee? Meatless meat? If it ain’t the thing, it ain’t the thing.

Stop pretending fake is better than real.
#funfriday
#DrinkTheBourbon

Red Mike Message: Cruel To Be Kind
Tough love, in the right measure, isn’t punishment—it’s preparation.
#NickLowe #letterstocleo #10ThingsIhateaboutyou #DrinkTheBourbon

Title: Talk to the Hand Is Poor Leadership

When leaders ignore the experts they hired—comms, ops, frontline, anyone—they don’t avoid risk, they invite it. Talk to the hand is poor leadership. #DianaRoss #DrinkTheBourbon

Red Mike Message: You’re Not Building a Highlight Reel—You’re Building a Team
Great managers don’t chase MVPs—they build teams.
Coach effort.
Reward growth.
Drop the labels.
Culture beats flash every time.
#LeadershipMatters
#DrinkTheBourbon

Red Mike Message: Tartlets!

I see “rockstar” in a post, I keep moving.

It’s the tartlet of modern buzzwords—overused and overbaked.

Be real. Be specific. Say what you mean.

#Rockstar #DrinkTheBourbon

Red Mike Message: Do It Anyway

Did the thing that scared me. Can't Dance. Did it anyway.

#WearSunscreen #DrinkTheBourbon

Red Mike Message: Short, but Powerful Verse

Be Present.Offer the hug. Make the call. Say the words.#griefsupport

#DrinkTheBourbon

Red Mike Message: The Certainty Curve When things feel most uncertain, that’s when we need the most humility. @mikeroweworks I hope I got this right: more humility, less certainty. #LeadershipMatters #DrinkTheBourbon https://www.instagram.com/p/DLhhI2PqEB-/

Red Mike Message: Playground Rules Still Apply
Some of the best leadership advice still comes on construction paper:
Be kind
Keep your word
Try new things
Take turns
Share your fries
#funfriday
#DrinkTheBourbon