Matt Paknis Leadership Development

"People who feel inadequate, insecure, or overly dependent are scarred by childhood trauma and tend to be more jealous than others." - Helen Fisher "When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have to speak up. You have to say something; you have to do something." - John Lewis #leadersarentbullies #BeTransparent #endbullying #innerpeace #stepup #metoo #healthyworkenvironments #metoomovement #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #psychologicalsafetyatworkact  

Thank you all Veterans for protecting and preserving our Great American Freedoms, and, in particular, thanks to my Grandfather Edmund Bowen (WWI Army Combat), my Godfather Joseph Salvest (WWII Army Combat), my Father William Paknis (United States Army) and my High School Football Coach Ted Monica (Korean War Marine Combat).

"If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome." - Michael Jordan #leadersarentbullies #metoo #betransparent #stepup #endbullying #metoomovement #healthyworkenvironments #innerpeace #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #psychologicalsafetyatworkact A poorly selected, managed, and trained supervisor may also bully due to intense and unrealistic performance expectations and stress.  These power mechanisms, to control someone with unreasonable performance objectives, may not be perceived as traditional, berating and belittling, bullying, but, just like bullying, unrealistic expectations are used to control a target.

"The people have spoken. Their decision is sovereign. We all respect it... I wish good luck to those who will now govern (The USA)." - Alain Juppe "If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists - to protect them and to promote their common welfare - all else is lost." - Barack Obama "Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives." - Ronald Reagan "I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend." - Thomas Jefferson With Trump's re-election, my plan is to continue posting his picture with my book cover, to acknowledge his bullying behaviors if they continue and to recognize his leadership when worthy (and to promote my book and platform fighting bullying, and to secure a publisher.)   My publisher signed over the rights of my book to me in 2019 after Toray Plastics America aligned with colluding RI Federal Cour

"The superior (person) blames (themself). The inferior (person) blames others." - Don Shula "To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day." - Winston Churchill "Any jackass can kick down a barn, but it takes a good carpenter to build one." - Sam Rayburn #leadersarentbullies #metoomovement #endbullying #peaceofmind #stepup #metoo #healthyworkenvironments #BeTransparent #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #psychologicalsafetyatworkact  

"The freedom to criticize judges and other public officials is necessary to a vibrant democracy. The problem comes when healthy criticism is replaced with more destructive intimidation and sanctions." - Sandra Day O'Connor Below please find my response to a friend and colleague who had a personal encounter with Federal Judge William E. Smith.  My friend asked me about Smith's actions and decisions during Toray Plastics' America's lawsuit against me.   Following please find the facts of my professional legal experiences with RI Federal Court Judge Smith and Magistrate Patricia A. Sullivan.   Facts: In March 2023 Toray dismissed my case, with prejudice, and paid my considerable legal bills. I signed nothing. This suggests they admitted the case was frivolous and neither Toray or Smith wanted the case to be heard in public.  Toray dismissed 51 months after filing the lawsuit in December 2018.  Normal federal court filing to hearing time is 12 to 14 months.   Smit

"Education in the key to preventing the cycle of violence and hatred that marred the 20th century from repeating itself in the 21st century." - Elie Wiesel "Violence will only increase the cycle of violence." - Dalai Lama #endbullying #betransparent #stepup #metoo #peaceofmind #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkenvironments #metoomovement #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #psychologicalsafetyatworkact Being bullied and berated at work may lead a target to repeat the abuse cycle if a victim lacks self awareness and the character to stop the abuse. If an abused victim of workplace bullying supervises others, these employees may become targets. The chain of abuse initiated several levels above front-line workers lands on their shoulders. They, in turn, may direct the rage at people they come across in their homes, in public, towards their friends, pets, etc.

"Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education." - Franklin D. Roosevelt "Leadership is not about the next election, it's about the next generation." - Simon Sinek "It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting." - Tom Stoppard

"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win." - Mahatma Gandhi "The happiness of one's own heart alone cannot satisfy the soul; one must try to include, as necessary to one's own happiness, the happiness of others." - Paramahansa Yogananda #endbullying #BeTransparent #metoo #stepup #leadersarentbullies #innerpeace #healthyworkenvironments #metoomovement #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #psychologicalsafetyatworkact

"The freedom to criticize judges and other public officials is necessary to a vibrant democracy. The problem comes when healthy criticism is replaced with more destructive intimidation and sanctions." - Sandra Day O'Connor Below please find my response to a friend and colleague who had a personal encounter with Federal Judge William E. Smith.  My friend asked me about Smith's actions and decisions during Toray Plastics' America's lawsuit against me.   Following please find the facts of my professional legal experiences with RI Federal Court Judge Smith and Magistrate Patricia A. Sullivan.   Facts: In March 2023 Toray dismissed my case, with prejudice, and paid my considerable legal bills. I signed nothing. This suggests they admitted the case was frivolous and neither Toray or Smith wanted the case to be heard in public.  Toray dismissed 51 months after filing the lawsuit in December 2018.  Normal federal court filing to hearing time is 12 to 14 months.   Smit

"When autumn darkness falls, what we will remember are the small acts of kindness: a cake, a hug, an invitation to talk, and every single rose. These are all expressions of a nation coming together and caring about its people." - Jens Stoltenberg #endbullying #betransparent #stepup #metoo #leadersarentbullies #metoomovement #healthyworkenvironments #innerpeace #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #psychologicalsafetyatworkact Social inclusion—belonging to a group—is a fundamental human need. When coworkers are driven to ostracize one or more of their own, they are cutting out part of their own soul.

Unify and Elevate America "And just as the terrorist seeks to divide humanity in hate, so we have to unify it around an idea. And that idea is liberty." -Tony Blair "It's an honor to have the opportunity and platform to elevate my country and inspire and empower my people." - Koffee