Matt Paknis Leadership Development

"Leadership is influence." - John C. Maxwell "Educate the masses, elevate their standard of intelligence, and you will certainly have a successful nation." - Alexander Graham Bell

“Nine times out of ten, the story behind the misbehavior won’t make you angry, it will break your heart.” - Annette Breaux “Our brains are wired for connection, but trauma rewires them for protection. That’s why healthy relationships are difficult for wounded people.” - Ryan North “As traumatized children, we always dreamed that someone would come and save us. We never dreamed that it would, in fact, be ourselves as adults.” - Alice Little #innerpeace #endbullying #BeTransparent #metoo #stepup

Below please find an updated Toray vs. Paknis abbreviated timeline, dated 10-14-2024, explaining why Toray Plastics America (TPA) sued me in Providence Federal Court in December 2018 and threatened my publisher with a lawsuit in June of 2019. The Goal in Writing Successful Leaders Aren't Bullies was for the book to be considered the universal go to source for people and organizations seeking protection and freedom from workplace bullying and abuse.   The book presents real life, yet scrubbed to protect identities, workplace bullying cases I addressed during my 25 + year long international consulting career.  The book was released in 9/2018 and was well received.  It gained an immediate and strong following until a  former client, Toray Plastics America, sued me in 12/2018 on false grounds, claiming a common reader could identify Toray in my book.  Toray also threatened to sue, in 6/2019, my publisher, unless they stopped printing and distributing my book.  The rights of the book we

“Creating an atmosphere of mutual respect and consideration for boundaries can lead to happiness.” – Nancy B. Urbach "Our world must avoid being a community of dreadful fear and hate, and be, instead, a proud confederation of mutual trust and respect." - Dwight D. Eisenhower #endbullying #BeTransparent #metoo #stepup #leadersarentbullies #metoomovement #healthyworkenvironments #innerpeace #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #psychologicalsafetyatworkact In several client organizations, workers complained of being held “captive” by bullying bosses who use company-issued cell phones to contact subordinates whenever desired. This technology allows bullies to invade target and victim boundaries outside of work.

"Goodness is about character - integrity, honesty, kindness, generosity, moral courage, and the like. More than anything else, it is about how we treat other people." - Dennis Prager "Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you." - H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

"Recognition is a reward in itself. Any form of appreciation, even a small word, is important." - Vikrant Massey "Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well." - Voltaire #endbullying #BeTransparent #metoo #stepup #leadersarentbullies #metoomovement #healthyworkenvironments #innerpeace #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #psychologicalsafetyatworkact