Matt Paknis Leadership Development

"Change the changeable, (acknowledge) the unchangeable, and remove yourself from the unacceptable." - Denis Waitley "The proactive approach to a mistake is to acknowledge it instantly, correct and learn from it." - Stephen Covey #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #stepup #psychologicalsafetyatworkact

"Abuse grows from attitudes and values, not feelings. The roots are ownership, the trunk is entitlement, and the branches are control." - Lundy Bancroft "You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them." - Maya Angelou #stepup #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #psychologicalsafetyatworkact Bullying managers leverage email, voicemail, text, cell phones and other bullies to communicate unclear and accusatory messages meant to put the target or recipient on defense and focused on the bully instead of production and healthy performance/functioning.

"Doing well is the result of doing good. That's what capitalism is all about." - Ralph Waldo Emerson "The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction not a destination." - Carl Rogers "Never above you. Never below you. Always beside you." - Walter Winchell #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #stepup #psychologicalsafetyatworkact

"Leaders who are kind of insecure or egocentric, they basically sabotage themselves." - John C. Maxwell "Narcissism is a clinical trait that belies a deep sense of emptiness, low self-esteem, emotional detachment, self-loathing, extreme problems with intimacy." - Drew Pinsky Bullies create and either heroically put out their own fires, or they expect others to solve these problems, but a bully only delegates problems with impossible solutions, so those beholden to the bully fail to meet these unrealistic expectations. #LeadersArentBullies #healthyworkplaces #stepup   #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #psychologicalsafetyatworkact

"You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through." - Rosalynn Carter "Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars." - Khalil Gibran #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #stepup #psychologicalsafetyatworkact

"There cannot be greater rudeness than to interrupt another in the current of his discourse." - John Locke "Daring to set boundaries is about having the courage to love ourselves, even when we risk disappointing others." - Brene Brown #healthyworkplaces #stepup #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #psychologicalsafetyatworkact Bullies in management roles interrupt. They lack respect and consideration and fail to practice appropriate boundaries with their workers. #LeadersArentBullies Wind farm windmill heading to its permanent site.