Mike is Co-Founder and Director of Operations of The RAD Group.  He is a former teacher and coach who led high school teams to ten state championships in football and baseball. He was recognized by Steven Covey as “Facilitator of the Year” in 1997.  In 1998, after spending 16 years in the oil and gas industry and reaching the position of Corporate Director of Quality and Training, he brought his fiery and motivational brand of coaching and training to the RAD Group.  Mike is passionate about Safety in the workplace and has had much success in training and motivating others to change unsafe behaviors and become safety leaders. He understands what it takes to be a successful leader and is credited by many of his clients as the person who helped them make the turn from manager/supervisor to leader.  Mike is co-author of many training programs including SafetyCompass®, PerformanceCompass®, and Performance Management in the Workplace, which have been used to train thousands of managers and supervisors around the world.

Phillip is a former instructor of ethics and logic at Texas Tech University, with expertise in Organizational Behavior and Human Performance Improvement. In addition to directing The RAD Group’s research and development division, Phillip is an experienced trainer, instructional designer and Human Performance Improvement SME. He has trained thousands of people across industries and led culture-change strategies in dozens of organizations. Phillip has developed a range of training programs that are currently used around the world, including the SafetyCompass®, PerformanceCompass® and Honest Dialogue® training programs.

Phillip is the author of numerous articles and books on Culture, Business Ethics, Communication, Leadership, Human Performance and Safety Intervention.

A sought-after keynote speaker with a lively educational style, Phillip prides himself on making complex subjects simple and easy to translate to real life.

Kevin Pope is a retired, 25 year Navy SEAL Master Chief — the second highest ranking enlisted SEAL in the Navy, with 11 international deployments and 8 combat tours. Throughout his military career, Kevin Managed the Operational requirements for 8,600 personnel, including SEAL, SWCC, support technicians, and civilian government employees deployed to 78 countries daily.

Following his retirement in 2014, Kevin became Operations Manger, Business Development and Director of Personnel for the integrated business Beckman Production Services / RedZone Coil Tubing. In 2016, Kevin completed an Operational tour as Region Manager, where his leadership enabled the region to obtain the company’s highest margins and an incident free operation. In 2017, Kevin joined Brigade Energy Services as the VP of Service Quality with direct control of HR, HSE, DOT, Training and Cultural Development, Technology Innovation and Business Integration. In this role, he led Brigade through tremendous growth, from 70 employees to over 1000 in less the two years. 

In 2021, Kevin joined The RAD Group as a Subject Matter Expert in leadership and culture development, where he shares his knowledge and experience in leading high performance cultures.