Matt Paknis Leadership Development

 "I believe the root of all evil is abuse of power." - Patricia Cornwell "What I fear most is power with impunity. I fear abuse of power, and the power to abuse." - Isabel Allende "Collaboration is give and take from each other, to create totally new things." - Virgil Abloh #HealthyWorkplaces #stepup #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #psychologicalsafetyatworkact #BeTransparent Predatory bullying is more prevalent in organizations in countries with more aggressive cultures, where the perceived power gap separating reporting relationships is wide and top down, rather than collaborative. #LeadersArentBullies

"A lack of transparency results in distrust and a deep sense of insecurity." - Dalai Lama "Be careful not to mistake insecurity and inadequacy for humility! Humility has nothing to do with the insecure and inadequate! Just like arrogance has nothing to do with greatness!" - C. JoyBell C. Talented people trigger a bully's greatest fear; being exposed as an incompetent fraud. #leadersarentbullies #HealthyWorkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #stepup #psychologicalsafetyatworkact #BeTransparent

"The consequences of an act affect the probability of its occurring again." - B. F. Skinner "Terrorism is not a sign of courage. It means cowardice." - Kay Kay Menon #healthyworkplaces #stepup #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #psychologicalsafetyatworkact #betransparent Bullying children, unless held accountable with consequences for their abusive behaviors, become bulling adults where they continue to do what they learned to do best to get what they want—terrorize others. #LeadersArentBullies

"(Humans) must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love." - Martin Luther King, Jr. "If you cross me, I will do everything in my power to destroy you." - HR executive #leadersarentbullies #HealthyWorkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #StepUp #psychologicalsafetyatworkact #BeTransparent

 

"There is strength in numbers, but even more so in collective good will. For those endeavors are supported by mighty forces unseen." - Richelle E. Goodrich "Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence." - John Adams #leadersarentbullies #HealthyWorkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #StepUp #psychologicalsafetyatworkact #BeTransparent Objective bullying evidence is necessary to prove workplace abuse, although bear in  mind there is also strength in numbers with witnesses. 

"People are afraid of things they don't understand. They don't know how to relate. It threatens their security, their existence, their career, image." - Bill Laswell "A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a symptom of neurotic insecurity." - Robert A. Heinlein #leadersarentbullies #HealthyWorkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #StepUp #psychologicalsafetyatworkact #BeTransparent

  "The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any." - Alice Walker "Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely." - John Dalberg-Acton "Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence." - Leonardo da Vinci #healthyworkplaces #StepUp #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #psychologicalsafetyatworkact #BeTransparent Bullying includes exposure to repeated and enduring negative acts in the workplace when an imbalance in formal or informal power exists between the involved parties. #LeadersArentBullies #workplaceculture

Rhode Island is steps away from passing a first-of-its-kind legislation that targets toxic workplaces. It looks like the RI Psychological Safety at Work Bill I testified for this week will become law. A similar Bill is on the docket in MA, where I also testified, per this article where I am also  interviewed.  https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/05/03/opinion/office-bullying-rhode-island-law/?et_rid=156254964&s_campaign=todaysheadlines:newsletter

The RI Senate approved the Workplace Psychological Safety Bill last week. This past Wednesday I testified before the RI  House Labor Committee to pass this Bill into Law!  We are very close!   Please feel free to watch, forward, and post my  testimony to gain momentum to free and print and distribute my book, Successful Leaders Aren't Bullies.   Over five years ago a vindictive former client sued me on baseless grounds and threatened Post Hill Press and Simon & Schuster, locking the book up for five years while the frivolous case festered in Federal Court and keeping the book from distribution while violating my First Amendment Rights. I am hoping public awareness will generate interest and attract a publisher to reprint the book.  Your assistance is most appreciated! https://youtu.be/zrlDN_i54h0

"The collusion of big business, big labor, and big government threaten the spirit of small business that makes America great." - Foster Friess "At the end of the day, the goals are simple: safety and security." - Jodi Rell #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #Betransparent #stepup #psychologicalsafetyatworkact In a bullying environment, complicit, colluding relationships with an executive trumped worker health, safety, and productivity. #LeadersArentBullies #healthyworkplaces

"Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud." - Sophocles "Some people think that the truth can be hidden with a little cover-up and decoration. But as time goes by, what is true is revealed, and what is fake fades away." - Ismail Haniyeh #leadersarentbullies #HealthyWorkplaces #psychologicalsafetyatworkact #stepup #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #BeTransparent

"Honesty is the fastest way to prevent a mistake from turning into a failure." - James Altucher "If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people." - Virginia Woolf #HealthyWorkplaces #stepup #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #psychologicalsafetyatworkact #BeTransparent Bullies hate to be objective. It requires honesty and truth, unwelcome traits in their distorted power-control universes. #LeadersArentBullies