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Never Give Up

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"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?

Essence of Leadership

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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

Give Me Liberty

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"Normalizing abuse behaviors empowers abusers, not survivors." — Anonymous  “What is happening to me? Am I crazy? It's normal?” — Anonymous “Abuse is a choice, not a given... make no excuse for abuse.” — Lundy Banroft #health #empower #ChooseWisely #protection  #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #trust #psychologicalsafetyatworkact #liberty

Justice for All

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"[J]udge-shopping sends a terrible message to the public at large about the neutrality of the federal courts... [when] litigants' 'partisan behavior' makes the courts look like they can be so easily manipulated..." - Steve Vladeck  "Representative government and trial by jury are the heart and lungs of liberty." — Thomas Jefferson #justice #equality #FairTrial #truth #liberty #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #ethical #psychologicalsafetyatworkact #transparency

Facts Over Feelings

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"My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me." — Jane Austen "Take nothing on its looks; take everything on evidence. There's no better rule." - Charles Dickens "False face must hide what the false heart doth know." - William Shakespeare #transparency #heart #truth #evidence  #leadersarentbullies  #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #factfind #psychologicalsafetyatworkact #courage  Bullies and bullying organizations leverage false appearances. They go to great lengths to appear competent or appealing, or they use intimidation and fear to control their followers.

Come Together

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"We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools." -  Martin Luther King, Jr. "You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars. If they don't play together, the club won't be worth a dime." - Babe Ruth "Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success." — Henry Ford #together #brothers #sisters #team #success #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #maturity #psychologicalsafetyatworkact #love

Shine the Light

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"It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light." - Aristotle "Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that." - "Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. "There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in." - Leonard Cohen #light #truth #Love #expose #heal #freedom #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #SpeakUp #psychologicalsafetyatworkact #nevergiveup