Matt Paknis Leadership Development

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." Ida B. Wells: "The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them." Mahatma Gandhi: "Silence becomes cowardice when occasion demands speaking out the whole truth and acting accordingly." Thurgood Marshall: "Where you see wrong or inequality or injustice, speak out, because this is your country." #justice #truth #equality #light #speakout #leadersarentbullies #HealthyWorkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #rights  #psycholigicalsafetyatworkact #courage  

"The true threat to our liberty and equality is when unelected judges with life tenure act as servants to powerful business interests." - Sheldon Whitehouse  Toray's collusion with these Federal Judges "is flat-out corruption of the judicial system... a complete miscarriage of justice and a violation of the American principle of equal treatment under the law." — Jack Reed #liberty #equality #justice #FairTrial #FreeSpeech #leadersarentbullies #HealthyWorkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #rights #psycholigicalsafetyatworkact #SpeakUp

Eradicating bullying is not just a “just and right thing to do,” it’s a “must do.”  Organizational survival in the twenty-first century depends on it. #trust #respect #safety #retain #morale #ideas  #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #happy  #psycholigicalsafetyatworkact #productivity "People stay where they feel respected. They grow where they feel trusted." — Sarah Rilling  "Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people." — Eleanor Roosevelt "Toxic workplaces destroy productivity, morale, and, ultimately, the organization." — Jim Collins

"We are going to protect the right of every citizen to speak their mind without fear of government censorship." - Donald Trump "'Representative government and trial by jury are  heart and lungs of liberty' and that no free man should be denied the right to counsel." - John Adams "The true threat to our liberty and equality is when unelected judges with life tenure act as servants to powerful business interests." - Sheldon Whitehouse  #protect #individual #rights #speech #trial #leadersarentbullies #HealthyWorkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #truth #psycholigicalsafetyatworkact #liberty

"The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new." - Socrates "The reality is that the only way change comes is when you lead by example." — Anne Wojcicki "Modeling a behavior is stronger than telling someone to act differently." — James Clear #build #new #energy #change #lead #Model #leadersarentbullies #HealthyWorkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #stength #psycholigicalsafetyatworkact #influence  

"Whistleblower cases can pit laypeople—an everyday worker just trying to do the right thing—against well-heeled, powerful, experienced opponents." — Keller Grover "In these David and Goliath battles, someone has to stand up for David... you cannot put profit over people!" — Benjamin L. Crump "You come to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel." — David (1 Samuel 17:45) #DoTheRightThings #standup #protect #David #leadersarentbullies #HealthyWorkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #people #psycholigicalsafetyatworkact #SpeakUp