Matt Paknis Leadership Development

"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

"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

"[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