Matt Paknis Leadership Development

Employees who receive constructive performance feedback from supervisors and managers who are not considered bullies state they use the feedback to strive to improve.  #LeadersArentBullies "I think of feedback as constructive, not positive or negative. You choose to do what you want with it." - Denise Morrison #healthyworkplaces #stepup #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #DignityAtWorkAct

"Everyone talks about building a relationship with your customer. I think you build one with your employees first." - Angela Ahrendts #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #stepup #DignityAtWorkAct  

"The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable." - James A. Garfield "No legacy is so rich as honesty." - William Shakespeare #healthyworkplaces #stepup #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #DignityAtWorkAct Honest improvement feedback is necessary to learn and to grow into and with a job.... When feedback is given without petty berating and irrational attacks and is based on observable and agreeable facts; workers strive to improve their performance. #LeadersArentBullies

"To those who abuse: the sin is yours, the crime is yours, and the shame is yours. To those who protect the perpetrators: blaming the victims only masks the evil within, making you as guilty as those who abuse. Stand up for the innocent or go down with the rest." - Flora Jessop, #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #stepup #DignityAtWorkAct

 

“Leaders inspire accountability through their ability to accept responsibility before they place blame.”― Courtney Lynch #healthyworkplaces #stepup #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #DignityAtWorkAct Bullying policies should apply to everyone from a chief executive to field and frontline staff, and from directors and team leaders to human resources employees. #LeadersArentBullies

 "The first step in solving a problem is to recognize that it does exist." - Zig Ziglar #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #stepup #DignityAtWorkAct

“The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new” -Socrates #healthyworkplaces #stepup #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #DignityAtWorkAct Publicized, simple, efficient, consistent, and effective responses to help workers identify, address, prevent, and transcend workplace bullying are critical in establishing healthy workplaces. #LeadersArentBullies

"We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light." - Plato #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #stepup #DignityAtWorkAct

Healthy organizations train all employees to acquire and apply consistent and clear information outlining the organization’s values and their respective anti-bullying response policies. "Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge." - Plato "Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe #leadersarentbullies #stepup #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #DignityAtWorkAct

"The seas were angry that day, my friend!"  Hope you all are safe and well.  

Tide last night was the highest it's ever been seen at Westport Point Wharf, about 6 inches from its top.  Stay safe my friends!

"Some people are cowards... I think by and large a third of people are villains, a third are cowards, and a third are heroes. Now, a villain and a coward can choose to be a hero, but they've got to make that choice." - Tom Hanks #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #stepup #DignityAtWorkAct

 

Separate people from the problem. Identify, define, and address the problem with everyone's perspective. Attack problems, not  people. #LeadersArentBullies "Respect requires empathy, the capacity to anticipate and understand the feelings of others. It requires consideration." - Deborah Norville #healthyworkplaces #stepup #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #DignityAtWorkAct

 “No matter how bleak or menacing a situation may appear, it does not entirely own us. It can’t take away our freedom to respond, our power to take action.” ― Ryder Carroll #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #stepup #DignityAtWorkAct

"The test of leadership is, is anything or anyone better because of you?" - Mark Sanborn #stepup #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #DignityAtWorkAct Successful leaders build trust. They make vulnerable workers feel safe. They generate a positive spark to innovate with a cycle of effectiveness. They shed light on bullying with transparency and self-awareness. They have integrity. #LeadersArentBullies

 

"Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision, the ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results." -- Andrew Carnegie "Alone, we can do so little; together we can do so much." -- Helen Keller #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #stepup #DignityAtWorkAct  

"Being honest may not get you a lot of friends but it’ll always get you the right ones." - John Lennon #healthyworkplaces #stepup #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #DignityAtWorkAct Organizations and their leaders must be transparent, objective, rational, and honest while inspecting and determining whether their managers are bullies. #LeadersArentBullies

 “But that’s the thing about narcissists (and workplace bullies). They can try to fool you, with all their heart, but in the end, they’re just fooling themselves.” ― Ellie Fox #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #stepup #DignityAtWorkAct

"If you are lucky enough to be someone’s employer, then you have a moral obligation to make sure people do look forward to coming to work in the morning." - John Mackey, Whole Foods #healthyworkplaces #stepup #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #DignityAtWorkAct  Successful leaders in thriving organizations make it clear; bullying is not tolerated in their businesses. Employees are expected to treat each other with  dignity and respect.  #LeadersArentBullies

 

  " Leaders don't create followers, they create more leaders." - Tom Peters    "As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others." - Bill Gates     #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #stepup #DignityAtWorkAct

Moving an organization (or society) forward with vitality requires everyone being a continuous learner. They should know how to see different perspectives, to  influence others with respect. This requires identifying obstacles, like flawed mental models, to growth and dignity. "One of the most sincere forms of respect is listening to what another has to say." - Bryant H. McGill "There is no respect for others without humility in one's self." - Henri Frederic Amiel  #leadersarentbullies #stepup #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #DignityAtWorkAct 

"Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth." - Henry David Thoreau #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #stepup #DignityAtWorkAct

 

"Learning never exhausts the mind." - Leonardo da Vinci "There's no more powerful lesson than knowing that your setbacks will one day help you succeed." - Reshma Saujani #healthyworkplaces #stepup #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #DignityAtWorkAct A critical difference between thriving organizations and those struggling to survive is the capacity to learn from circumstances, experiences, and the message the environment is sending. #LeadersArentBullies

“Since narcissists (like bullies) deep down feel themselves to be faultless, it is inevitable that when they are in conflict with the world they will invariably perceive the conflict as the world’s fault.” – M. Scott Peck #healthyworkplaces #stepup #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #DignityAtWorkAct  

 Elk River, Clenendin, WV Healthy employers' values, beliefs, and behaviors dictate they treat bullying as if it’s a crime. They identify, address, prevent, and overcome bullying like it is illegal activity. #LeadersArentBullies "Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility." --   Dietrich Bonhoeffer "Accountability breeds response-ability."   ― Stephen R. Covey #healthyworkplaces #stepup #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #DignityAtWorkAct

“ People don’t leave jobs, they leave toxic work cultures!” - Dr. Amina Aitsi-Selmi #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #stepup #DignityAtWorkAct  

"Leadership is the ability to facilitate movement in the needed direction and have people feel good about it." - Tom Smith "Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other." - John F. Kennedy #healthyworkplaces #stepup #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #DignityAtWorkAct Successful leaders in healthy organizations stop and prevent bullying with 3 measured  outcomes: by leading team results, by managing their own personal development, and by influencing healthy relationships.  #LeadersArentBullies

"If you look at history, innovation doesn't come just from giving people incentives; it comes from creating environments where their ideas can connect." - Steven Johnson #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #stepup #DignityAtWorkAct

Great managers and coaches and teachers and leaders are constantly inspecting themselves and their organizations to expose their weaknesses or flaws  to remove or improve these flaws to make themselves and their organizations better.  #LeadersArentBullies "The biggest room in the world is the room for improvement." - Helmut Schmidt "A true genius admits that he/she knows nothing." - Albert Einstein #healthyworkplaces #stepup #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #DignityAtWorkAct

 “Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil to triumph.” — Haile Selassie #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #stepup #DignityAtWorkAct

People in healthy organizations share understood and accepted goals, roles, processes, healthy relationships, and a shared sense of commitment to growth. They are relentless in their desire to operate without secrets or blind spots.  #LeadersArentBullies “Individual commitment to a group effort—that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilisation work.” - Vince Lombardi “Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much.” - Helen Keller #HealthyWorkPlaces #stepup #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #DignityAtWorkAct

As demonstrated this week by one of the world's greatest athletes.... "There are wounds that never show on the body that are deeper and more hurtful than anything that bleeds." - Laurell K. Hamilton "Hold yourself back, or heal yourself back together. You decide." - Brittany Burgunder #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #stepup #DignityAtWorkAct