Matt Paknis Leadership Development

“Emotional detachment is a simple and effective way to maintain your poise in a stressful environment and around taxing people.” -  Remez Sasson #leadersarentbullies #HealthyWorkplaces #mentalhealth #InnerPeace #BeTransparent #psychologicalsafetyatworkact #SpeakUp #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct Presenteeism also describes bullied workers who cannot find another job elsewhere with equivalent pay. So, they stay, show up daily, but they are present only in body and not in spirit or mind. They are the antithesis of an “engaged” worker.

"Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all." - George Washington "Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth." - Abraham Lincoln #leadersarentbullies #HealthyWorkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #SpeakUp #mentalhealth #BeTransparent #innerpeace #psychologicalsafetyatworkact

"The predator wants your silence. It feeds their power, entitlement, and they want it to feed your shame." - Viola Davis "Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used to protect the innocent." - Jonathan Swift #leadersarentbullies #HealthyWorkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #SpeakUp #BeTransparent #mentalhealth #innerpeace #psychologicalsafetyatworkact

"Giants are not what we think they are. The same qualities that appear to give them strength are often the sources of great weakness." - Malcolm Gladwell, David and Goliath "Goliath was a champion, a monster who had never been beaten, and then this young guy, David, came forward, a child who believed in God and did it." - Tyson Fury "Nobody roots for Goliath." - Wilt Chamberlain #maliciousprosecution #TortiousInterference #HealthyWorkplaces #SpeakUp #mentalhealth #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #psychologicalsafetyatworkact #BeTransparent #innerpeace

"Perception is reality." - Lee Atwater #leadersarentbullies #HealthyWorkplaces #SpeakUp #BeTransparent #mentalhealth #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #innerpeace #psychologicalsafetyatworkact Several small and isolated bullying incidents at the worker /operational level can spread through the rumor mill and be perceived to reflect a hostile and threatening global workplace culture.

"I am a tariff man, standing on a tariff platform." - William McKinley "That's all a man can hope for during his lifetime - to set an example - and when he is dead, to be an inspiration for history." - William McKinley #leadersarentbullies #HealthyWorkplaces #mentalhealth #SpeakUp #BeTransparent #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #psychologicalsafetyatworkact

“When mental health is ultimately recognized as essential to physical health, not an extraneous element of it, then we will have access to true, complete, modern medicine.” - John Campo "You've got to change incentives for good behavior as opposed to just disincentivizing bad behavior." - Gavin Newsom #leadersarentbullies #HealthyWorkplaces #mentalhealth #SpeakUp #BeTransparent #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #psychologicalsafetyatworkact

"I have no patience for injustice, no tolerance for government incompetence, no sympathy for leaders who fail their citizens." - Donald Trump "If the Court always voted for the corporation against the plaintiffs, and for the government against the condemned, a vital spark of American democracy would be extinguished." - Sheldon Whitehouse "There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest." - Elie Wiesel #maliciousprosecution #tortiousinterference #leadersarentbullies #HealthyWorkplaces #psychologicalsafetyatworkact

"In psychotherapy, we talk about our problems, our symptoms, or our relationships. And then the therapist often tries to get the client to feel what they're feeling when they talk about those kinds of things." - Peter A. Levine #healthyworkplaces #mentalhealth #innerpeace #leadersarentbullies #psychologicalsafetyatworkact The most common, primary response is to discuss the bullying problem with colleagues. This debriefing, non producing time has a negative impact on productivity. This hurts the organization.

"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 "The single most important ingredient in the recipe for success is transparency because transparency builds trust." - Denise Morrison #leadersarentbullies #BeTransparent #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #psychologicalsafetyatworkact

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." - Martin Luther King, Jr. "Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness." - Desmond Tutu "Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark." - Rabindranath Tagore #leadersarentbullies #BeTransparent #innerpeace #psychologicalsafetyatworkact #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct

"The collusion of big business, big labor, and big government threaten the spirit of small business that makes America great." - Foster Friess "When there is no sharing of power, no rule of law, no accountability, there is abuse, corruption, subjugation and indignation." - Atifete Jahjaga #leadersarentbullies #HealthyWorkplaces #maliciousprosecution #mentalhealth #SpeakUp #BeTransparent #psychologicalsafetyatworkact

"We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented." - Elie Wiesel "The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people." - Martin Luther King, Jr. #LeadersArentBullies #SpeakUp #psychologicalsafetyatworkact The most commonly accepted definition to-date of bullying, is when “one or more targets, repeatedly over a period, are exposed to negative acts conducted by one or more predators.” 

"Change happens by listening and then starting a dialogue with the people who are doing something you don't believe is right." - Jane Goodall "It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels." - Saint Augustine #leadersarentbullies #HealthyWorkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #psychologicalsafetyatworkact

"You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them." - Maya Angelou "Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom." - Viktor E. Frankl #leadersarentbullies #mentalhealth #innerpeace

“Without strong watchdog institutions, impunity becomes the very foundation upon which systems of corruption are built. And if impunity is not demolished, all efforts to bring an end to corruption are in vain. “ — Rigoberta Menchú “There can be no faith in government if our highest offices are excused from scrutiny — they should be setting the example of transparency.” — Edward Snowden #BeTransparent #maliciousprosecution #psychologicalsafetyatworkact

"Safety has to be everyone’s responsibility… Everyone needs to know that they are empowered to speak up if there’s an issue.” - Captain Scott Kelly “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” - Benjamin Franklin #leadersarentbullies #HealthyWorkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #psychologicalsafetyatworkact The International Labor Office (ILO), a UN Agency, states “workplace bullying is one of the fastest-growing forms of workplace violence.” #workplaceculture

“As for the future, your task is not to foresee it, but to enable it.” – Antoine de Saint Exupery "For this generation, ours, life is nuclear survival, liberty is human rights, the pursuit of happiness is a planet whose resources are devoted to the physical and spiritual nourishment of its inhabitants." - Jimmy Carter #leadersarentbullies #stepup #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct   #psychologicalsafetyatworkact

"There will always be obstacles and challenges that stand in your way. Building mental strength will help you develop resilience to those potential hazards so you can continue on your journey to success." - Amy Morin #leadersarentbullies #stepup #HealthyWorkplaces #psychologicalsafetyatworkact

"In a democracy, you need to have a strong judicial system. You need freedom of speech, you need art, and you need a free press." - Tzipi Livni "A free press can, of course, be good or bad, but, most certainly without freedom, the press will never be anything but bad." - Albert Camus "I tell you, in my opinion, the cornerstone of democracy is free press - that's the cornerstone." - Milos Forman #leadersarentbullies #BeTransparent #maliciousprosecution #HealthyWorkplaces #psychologicalsafetyatworkact

“Thou shalt not be a victim. Thou shalt not be a perpetrator. Above all, thou shalt not be a bystander.” - Ken Wytsma "When you start to normalize bad things. Bad things will start to normalize themselves happening to you. Be careful of what you normalize in life." - D J Kyos #HealthyWorkplaces #BeTransparent #metoomovement #psychologicalsafetyatworkact The sickest work environments tolerate, and even encourage, bullying behaviors, hostility, and aggressiveness, resulting in an exasperated and deflated workforce.   #LeadersArentBullies

"A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people." - John F. Kennedy "The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse." - Edmund Burke #leadersarentbullies #BeTransparent

"Leadership is taking accountability yourself and holding others to the same standard, regardless of what's going on." - Jason Kelce "I love being part of a team; I love working toward a common goal." - Tom Brady “We can improve our relationships when we become encouragers instead of critics.” — Joyce Meyer

"If everyone on the Court always voted for the prosecution against the defendant, for the corporation against the plaintiffs, and for the government against the condemned, a vital spark of American democracy would be extinguished." - Sheldon Whitehouse #maliciousprosecution #leadersarentbullies

"Leaders who are kind of insecure or egocentric, they basically sabotage themselves." - John C. Maxwell "I have no right, by anything I do or say, to demean a human being in (their) own eyes.  To undermine a (person's) self-respect is a sin." - Antoine de Saint-Exupery #stepup #leadersarentbullies #BeTransparent #metoomovement #psychologicalsafetyatworkact

"A chain is no stronger than its weakest link, and life is after all a chain." - William James "At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst." - Aristotle "If you want to see the true measure of a man, watch how he treats his inferiors, not his equals." + J. K. Rowling #HealthyWorkplaces #BeTransparent #leadersarentbullies #stepup

"A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself." - Joseph Campbell "Nobody is a villain in their own story. We're all the heroes of our own stories." - George R. R. Martin "Anyone who does anything to help a child is a hero to me." - Fred Rogers #leadersarentbullies #BeTransparent

"It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently." - Warren Buffett "If ethics are poor at the top, that behavior is copied down through the organization." - Robert Noyce #HealthyWorkplaces #BeTransparent #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #psychologicalsafetyatworkact