Matt Paknis Leadership Development

"Evil prospers in the shadows." - John Curran  #LeadersArentBullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #light  #psycholigicalsafetyatworkact #truth  For predators to be held accountable and bullying and abuse to cease, #transparency is essential. When an organization's members (workers, students, citizens, etc.) learn to distinguish healthy leaders from bullies  and thriving from toxic cultures. When people are protected and encouraged to report egregious behaviors, transparency will be normalized.

Happy Memorial Day! "For love of country they accepted death, and thus resolved all doubts, and made immortal their patriotism and their virtue." — President James A. Garfield "Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one's life for one's friends." — John 15:13 #sacrifice #virtue #freedom #love #liberty

"The predator wants your silence. It feeds their power, entitlement, and they want it to feed your shame." - Viola Davis "Sunlight is the best disinfectant." – Justice Louis D. Brandeis "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good (people) to do nothing." – Edmund Burke "Stop protecting predators." – Rep. Ro Khanna "We must protect those who cannot protect themselves." – Brandon Sanderson #SpeakUp #light #action #protect #truth #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #fight  #psychologicalsafetyatworkact #courage

"Global enterprises are bumbling, shambolic, bullying, bureaucratic affairs, as certain of the rightness of their cause in infancy, as they are corrupted by power in their dotage." - Felix Dennis "The corporate state has successfully captured the very agencies and courts designed to regulate it, turning the tools of justice into tools of influence." - Ralph Nader #true #noble #dedication #agile #transparent #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #earnest #psychologicalsafetyatworkact #Decent

"Adopting a continuous learning mindset ensures personal growth and resilience." - Carol Dweck  "Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." — Confucius "It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see." - Henry David Thoreau #resilience #positive #silverlinings #learning #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #growth #psychologicalsafetyatworkact #hope  #Resilient people acknowledge reality and the problem and look for positive outcomes and options. Ask yourself: am I finding a silver lining or the hidden lesson or benefit in this experience?

Abraham Lincoln: "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." Dwight D. Eisenhower: "The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity." Thomas Jefferson: "On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a rock." #Character #integrity #style #principles #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #honesty #psychologicalsafetyatworkact #empower