Matt Paknis Leadership Development

"Productivity is never an accident. It is always the result of teamwork, a commitment to excellence, intelligent planning, and focused effort." - Paul J. Meyer #leadersarentbullies The combination of productivity lost by workplace bullying victims  and the resultant third party (legal) intervention costs ranges between $30,000 and $100,000 per each  abuse case per year.

“Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.” ~Franklin D. Roosevelt “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, then you are a leader.” ~John Quincy Adams “If you always support the correct principles, then you will never get the wrong results.” ~Andrew Johnson #leadersarentbullies

"We are in this life to enlarge the soul, liberate the spirit, and light up the brain." - Tom Robbins "Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be." - Ralph Waldo Emerson #leadersarentbullies #InnerPeace #stepup #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #psychologicalsafetyatworkact

"Power is always dangerous. Power attracts the worst and corrupts the best." - Edward Abbey "Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.“ - Leonardo da Vinci "When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful." - Malala Yousafzai "Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains to bring it to light." - George Washington

"Unresolved trauma can affect our habits and outlook. It can harm our relationships. It can trigger physical pain, symptoms, and disease, leading to self- destructive behaviors. Trauma has both the power to destroy and the power to transform and to resurrect." - Peter A. Levine On a personal, or micro, level,  employees claim workplace abuse and bullying is more crippling and devastating than all other work-related stressors combined. #LeadersArentBullies

 

"It is the responsibility of the citizen to maintain the integrity of our republic."1 "The highest principle can only be achieved through unity."2 "To govern wisely, one must lead with empathy and compassion."3 1,2,3 - Chester A. Arthur #leadersarentbullies #mentalhealth #innerpeace #BeTransparent #healthyworkplaces #metoomovement #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #psychologicalsafetyatworkact

"Unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.“ - Martin Luther King, Jr. "Creating a better world requires teamwork, partnerships, and collaboration. This means corporations must embrace the benefits of cooperating with one another." - Simon Mainwaring #healthyworkplaces #stepup #metoo #psychologicalsafetyatworkact

"The corruption of the best things gives rise to the worst." - David Hume "When you don't take a stand against corruption you tacitly support it." - Kamal Haasan "Journalism should be devoted to putting pressure on power, on nonsense, on chicanery of all kinds. If it invites a lawsuit, well, bring it on." - David Remnick #leadersarentbullies #metoo #stepup

"Good manners are cost effective. They not only increase the quality of life in the workplace, they contribute to employee morale, embellish the company image, and play a major role in generating profit." - Letitia Baldrige #healthyworkplaces #stepup #psychologicalsafetyatworkact It should be unsurprising that workplace bullying in the United States costs organizations as much as $14K per employee per year in lost performance. #LeadersArentBullies

"A chain is no stronger than its weakest link, and life is after all a chain." - William James #leadersarentbullies #mentalhealth #BeTransparent #metoomovement #psychologicalsafetyatworkact

"Power can be taken, but not given. The process of the taking is empowerment in itself." - Gloria Steinem "Trust is built with consistency." - Lincoln Chafee "Transparency increases credibility and accountability." - Park Won-soon "Nothing can be done without hope and confidence." - Helen Keller

 

"Sensing control of your life with realistic expectations of day-to-day challenges is key to stress management; perhaps it's the key ingredient to living a happy, healthy and rewarding life." - Marilu Henner "Predators want silence & control. It feeds their power." - Viola Davis #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #mentalhealth #metoo Speaking of great costs, the emotional and physiological damage induced by workplace bullying extracts a significant human cost, with deleterious organizational implications in the form of sickness, vandalism, low production, and absenteeism. #innerpeace

“Champions keep playing until they get it right.” - Billie Jean King "Where there is unity there is always victory." - Publilius Syrus "The Bible tells us, 'How good and pleasant it is when God's people live together in unity.'" - Donald Trump #leadersarentbullies #BeTransparent #metoo

"Research indicates that employees have three prime needs: Interesting work, recognition for doing a good job, and being let in on things that are going on in the company." - Zig Ziglar #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #psychologicalsafetyatworkact #metoo

"Japanese management prioritizes group consensus and long-term loyalty, while American management values individual achievement and short-term results." - Richard Lewis "Americans file more lawsuits per capita than Japanese people. This is because Japan's court system is designed to resolve disputes quickly and economically, so opposing parties rarely take their case to trial." - Kevin R. Clermont No surprise Toray Plastics America, based in North Kingstown, RI, sued me on false grounds and more than four years later dismissed the case with prejudice and paid my legal fees without Toray Industries of Tokyo's awareness.

"What happens when you get any kind of entrenched power is that it just becomes kind of corrupt and self-serving." - Irvine Welsh "Entrenched bureaucracies are always opposed to fundamental changes." - Christopher Dodd #healthyworkplaces #stepup Workplace bullying may be normalized behavior, tolerated as part of the “way things have always been done.” Demand change! #LeadersArentBullies

"Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start having positive results." - Willie Nelson "Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence." - George Washington #leadersarentbullies #innerpeace #stepup   #BeTransparent #metoo movement #psychologicalsafetyatworkact

"For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others." - Nelson Mandela "A noble purpose inspires sacrifice, stimulates innovation and encourages perseverance." - Gary Hamel #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #stepup #BeTransparent #metoo #innerpeace #psychologicalsafetyatworkact

"The Goliath Corporation is falling far short of its promises of fairness and altruism." - Jasper Fforde "The collusion of big business, big labor, and big government threaten the spirit of small business that makes America great." - Foster Friess #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #psychologicalsafetyatworkact

"The right people, culture, and values can accomplish great things." - Tricia Griffith "The greatest accomplishment is in rising again after you fall." - Vince Lombardi "When decency is the norm; integrity, honesty, compassion, kindness, and trust thrive." - Raja Krishnamoorthi #leadersarentbullies #innerpeace #metoo  #healthyworkplaces #BeTransparent  #psychologicalsafetyatworkact Organizational culture is shared values, beliefs, and behaviors influencing how people get things accomplished.

"To make no mistakes is not in the power of humans; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future." - Plutarch "You must be the change you wish to see in the world." - Mahatma Gandhi #leadersarentbullies #BeTransparent   #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct

"Awareness is the first step in healing." - Dean Ornish "Each one of us can make a difference. Together we make change." - Barbara Mikulski "When solving problems, dig at the roots instead of just hacking at the leaves." - Anthony J. D'Angelo

"To promote a sense of employee unity and camaraderie, Japanese companies, like Toray, claim to create supportive and inclusive work environments." Where does filing a malicious and frivolous lawsuit, like Toray Plastics America did to me, fit in this equation? "Misery is the company of lawsuits." - Francois Rabelais "Lawsuit abuse is a major contributor to the increased costs of healthcare, goods and services to consumers." - Charles W. Pickering

"True freedom requires the rule of law and justice." - Jonathan Sacks "Fairness is what justice really is."- Potter Stewart #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces An organization's formal response to bullies and their targets reflects its values and determines how employees experience their organization's culture and outcomes.

"Resilience is all about being able to overcome the unexpected. Sustainability is about survival. The goal of resilience is to thrive." - Jamais Cascio "Personality has power to uplift, power to depress, power to curse, and power to bless." - Paul P. Harris

"The paradox of trauma is that it has both the power to destroy and the power to transform and resurrect." - Peter A. Levine "I'm still coping with my trauma, but coping by trying to find different ways to heal it rather than hide it." - Clemantine Wamariya "A lot of people are living with mental illness around them. Either you love one or you are one." - Mark Ruffalo #leadersarentbullies #innerpeace

"The corruption of the best things gives rise to the worst." - David Hume "The collusion of big business, big labor, and big government threaten the spirit of small business that makes America great." - Foster Friess "There is no compromise when it comes to corruption. You have to fight it." - A. K. Antony #leadersarentbullies #stepup #endbullying

  "Only humans have law. Law must be built." - Raphael Lemkin "The good of the people is the greatest law." - Cicero "All that makes existence valuable to any one depends on the enforcement of restraints upon the actions of other people." - John Stuart Mill #leadersarentbullies #psychologicalsafetyatworkact #endbullying #healthyworkplaces #innerpeace Having a credible and confidential process for managing complaints and intervening in #bullying cases inhibits aggressive, bullying behaviors and reduces defenseless target anxiety.

"The chief purpose of government is to protect life." - Thomas Jefferson "Journalism is the protection between people and any sort of totalitarian rule. That's why my hero, admittedly a flawed one, is a journalist." - Andrew Vachss #leadersarentbullies #endbullying #metoo

Happy New Year!  May all your efforts lead to great outcomes (and victories)!