Matt Paknis Leadership Development

"Cold shoulders are used to make you feel invisible and powerless.” — Dr. Ramani  “Bullies isolate. They fear your voice, your truth, and allies who defend you.” — Unknown “Silence is the chosen weapon of the coward. It inflicts pain without leaving visible scars.” — Unknown #beseen #bepowerful #SpeakUp #truth #allies #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #courage #psycholigicalsafetyatworkact #strength

 

"Bullies are always terrified of the truth because it strips them of their manufactured power." - Unknown "Bullies are like fires—they need fuel to burn, and that fuel is your fear, your silence, and your compliance. Starve them with objective reality." - Unknown #truth #power #facts #observations #reality #LeadersArentBullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #rational #psychologicalsafetyatworkact #TruthToPower  Bullies always find ways to leverage their perceived power gap to an advantage. Call them out and challenge their fantasies with facts and observations.

"Laws are like spiderwebs, which catch the small flies and let the wasps and hornets break through."(A classic critique showing that legal systems often function to entangle the weak and defenseless while serving the powerful.) - Jonathan Swift "An unjust judge poisons the entire legal foundation of the commonwealth." - sir Francis Bacon "In most cases, it is the judicial apparatchiks, much more than those they prosecute, who belong behind bars." - Stephen Baskerville "There is no greater tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of the law and in the name of justice." - Montesquieu "Short of a gun to the head, a greater threat to First Amendment expression can scarcely be imagined."(Addressing SLAPP suits, where corporations initiate baseless, costly litigation against ordinary citizens to silence public scrutiny and exhaust their personal resources.) - Judge J. Nicholas Colabella #justice #law #freedomofspeech #FairTrial...

"Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains taken to bring it to light.... I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man." - George Washington “Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power....   Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?” - Abraham Lincoln #truth #light #virtue #honesty #character #prevail #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #power #psychologicalsafetyatworkact #friends

"The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid." - Jim Rohn “Speak softly and carry a big stick—you will go far.”- Theodore Roosevelt "Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke." Benjamin Disraeli  "Empty vessels make the most sound." - Proverb #strong #kind #bold #thoughtful #courageous #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #stealth #psychologicalsafetyatworkact #poise