Matt Paknis Leadership Development

"Frivolous lawsuits are booming in this county. The U.S. has more costs of litigation per person than any other industrialized nation in the world, and it is crippling our economy." - Jack Kingston After more than four years of unusual RI federal court delays and conflicting decisions, Toray Plastics America dismissed their case against me and my book, with prejudice, and paid my requisite and extensive legal fees. I signed nothing.   It was all a waste of time.  For a firm like Toray Industries, headquartered in Japan, where corporations never sue individuals and where lawsuits are viewed with disdain, it was also shocking.   The delay intended to interrupt my book's marketing and sales momentum, but mobilized me to finish my second book, on helping readers transcend childhood and interpersonal trauma and abuse.  It's a shame individuals, like those at Toray Plastics America, can hide behind, and sue in the name of, corporations without being fined or penalized for g

"To be silent is to be complicit." - Richard Edelman #endbullying #betransparent #leadersarentbullies #stepup #healthyworkplaces #innerpeace #metoomovement #metoo #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #psychologicalsafetyatworkact Repeated bullying only occurs in organizations that tolerate bullying behavior. Harassment, abuse, and bullying at work cannot occur without the direct or indirect agreement and condoning of senior management.

"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." -John Quincy Adams "A great person attracts great people and knows how to hold them together." -Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe “Leadership is the art of giving people a platform for spreading ideas that work." -Seth Godin "A leader is best when people barely know he exists. When his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves." -Lao Tzu

"We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented." - Elie Wiesel "In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends." - Martin Luther King, Jr. #endbullying #BeTransparent #innerpeace #leadersarentbullies #stepup #metoo #healthyworkenvironments #metoomovement #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #psychologicalsafetyatworkact  

"Goliath was a champion, a monster who had never been beaten, and then this young guy, David, came forward, a child who believed in God and did it." - Tyson Fury "Everybody pulls for David, nobody roots for Goliath." - Wilt Chamberlain "The collusion of big business, big labor, and big government threaten the spirit of small business that makes America great." - Foster Friess

“Leaders who practice favoritism in the workplace have no chance to build a culture of trust.” — Robert Whipple “Favoritism and nepotism always prevail in the purlieus of these establishments. Incompetent persons are  admitted, to the exclusion of the worthy.” — Herman Melville #endbullying #BeTransparent #innerpeace #leadersarentbullies #metoomovement #metoo #StepUp #healthyworkenvironments #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #psychologicalsafetyatworkact When a bully is a rainmaker or family member or adds a valued metric to an organization, the respective anti-bullying protocol and consequences may fall by the wayside and targets become scapegoats. This reinforces and rewards the bully’s offensive and despicable behaviors.