Matt Paknis Leadership Development

"The worst cruelty that can be inflicted on a human being is isolation." - Sukarno "Every terrorist regime (including some corporations) in the world uses isolation to break people's spirits." - bell hooks "Kindness is always fashionable, and always welcome." - Amelia Barr #invitation #welcome #include #Embrace #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #freedom #psychologicalsafetyatworkact #kindness

"Restriction of free thought and free speech is the most dangerous of all subversions. It is the one un-American act that could most easily defeat us." - William O. Douglas "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. "The definition of hell in the legal system is: endless due process and no justice." - Charlie Munger #freedom #speech #justice #FairTrial #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #truth #psychologicalsafetyatworkact #DueProcess

 "Create psychological safety with open discussion...it's okay to take risks and admit mistakes." — Parabol "Leaders who are learners set an example and create psychologically safe cultures..." — Minette Norman  "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." — Ben Franklin #safety #dialogue #risk #learning #health #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #trust  #psychologicalsafetyatworkact #listen  Good and decent leaders and organizations can manage successful outcomes to buck bullying with shared learning, understanding, accountability, consequences, goals, healthy relationships and executive commitment.

"Maturity is the ability to think, speak and act your feelings within the bounds of dignity." — Unknown "Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much." – Helen Keller "If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together." – African Proverb #maturity #dignity #decency #utility #together  #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #listen #psychologicalsafetyatworkact #collaboration

"The loudest one in the room is the weakest one in the room." — Frank Lucas "The empty vessel makes the loudest sound." — Plato "The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart." — Benjamin Franklin #strength #wisdom #heart #bounty #silence #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #empathy #psychologicalsafetyatworkact #listen

“If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil (like abuse and bullying) by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence (as with malicious prosecution).” - Justice Louis Brandeis #freedom #speech #truth #justice #Rights #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #FairTrial #psychologicalsafetyatworkact #protection