Matt Paknis Leadership Development

"Adopting a continuous learning mindset ensures personal growth and resilience." - Carol Dweck  "Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." — Confucius "It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see." - Henry David Thoreau #resilience #positive #silverlinings #learning #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #growth #psychologicalsafetyatworkact #hope  #Resilient people acknowledge reality and the problem and look for positive outcomes and options. Ask yourself: am I finding a silver lining or the hidden lesson or benefit in this experience?

Abraham Lincoln: "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." Dwight D. Eisenhower: "The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity." Thomas Jefferson: "On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a rock." #Character #integrity #style #principles #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #honesty #psychologicalsafetyatworkact #empower

"Normalizing abuse behaviors empowers abusers, not survivors." — Anonymous  “What is happening to me? Am I crazy? It's normal?” — Anonymous “Abuse is a choice, not a given... make no excuse for abuse.” — Lundy Banroft #health #empower #ChooseWisely #protection  #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #trust #psychologicalsafetyatworkact #liberty

"[J]udge-shopping sends a terrible message to the public at large about the neutrality of the federal courts... [when] litigants' 'partisan behavior' makes the courts look like they can be so easily manipulated..." - Steve Vladeck  "Representative government and trial by jury are the heart and lungs of liberty." — Thomas Jefferson #justice #equality #FairTrial #truth #liberty #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #ethical #psychologicalsafetyatworkact #transparency

"My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me." — Jane Austen "Take nothing on its looks; take everything on evidence. There's no better rule." - Charles Dickens "False face must hide what the false heart doth know." - William Shakespeare #transparency #heart #truth #evidence  #leadersarentbullies  #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #factfind #psychologicalsafetyatworkact #courage  Bullies and bullying organizations leverage false appearances. They go to great lengths to appear competent or appealing, or they use intimidation and fear to control their followers.

"We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools." -  Martin Luther King, Jr. "You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars. If they don't play together, the club won't be worth a dime." - Babe Ruth "Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success." — Henry Ford #together #brothers #sisters #team #success #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #maturity #psychologicalsafetyatworkact #love

"It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light." - Aristotle "Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that." - "Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. "There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in." - Leonard Cohen #light #truth #Love #expose #heal #freedom #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #SpeakUp #psychologicalsafetyatworkact #nevergiveup

Miscarriages of justice, where innocent individuals are wrongfully accused or convicted or the legal system fails to uphold fairness, are often described as profound systemic failures.  "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." — Martin Luther King, Jr. "The moment you lay down—that's when it's over." — Huwe Burton "Give me the man and I will give you the case against him." — Soviet-era jurists #innocence #justice #fairness #fight #truth #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #honor #psychologicalsafetyatworkact #FreeSpeech

“We must work together to ensure the equitable distribution of wealth, opportunity, and power in our society.” – Nelson Mandela #equality #power #opportunity #wealth  #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces  #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #justice #psychologicalsafetyatworkact #freedom  Bad executives cultivate in constituents a sense of financial dependence to undermine free speech and self-efficacy. Deviant managers can manipulate and leverage worker insecurities and immaturity to force compliance, rather than empowering employee commitment.

"We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided." - J.K. Rowling "Government of the people, by the people, for the people." - Abraham Lincoln #united #strong #people #equality #together #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #team #psychologically #justice

"The simple step of a courageous individual is not to take part in the lie." - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn "Cowards are cruel, but the brave love mercy and delight to save." — John Gay "The world is not fair, and often fools, cowards, liars, and the selfish hide in high places." — Bryant McGill  "Bullies are always cowards at heart." — Anna Julia Cooper "Time will inevitably uncover dishonesty and lies." — Norodom Sihanouk #courage #brave #mercy #honesty #Solid #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #strength #psychologicalsafetyatworkact #character

"The entire judicial apparatus is hopelessly corrupt and beholden to the same corporate interests that own our legislatures." — Bob Marley "The Founding Fathers deeply distrusted judges and thought that the lawyer class was dangerous and that you could not give them unbridled power or they would undermine and destroy free society." — Newt Gingrich #integrity #hope #trust #safety #freedom #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #justice #psychologicalsafetyatworkact #equality

“There is no limit to what a (person) can do so long as they do not care a straw who gets the credit for it.” – Charles Edward Montague “Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.” – Albert Einstein “We don’t accomplish anything in this world alone” -Sandra Day O’Connor #sharethelove #others #worth #together  #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #give #psychologicalsafetyatworkact #collective How many executives choose individual incentives for profit and status, or, despite incompetence, to fill pivotal roles, over their employees’ and constituents' safety, health, peace, and well-being? As consumers, employees, and citizens, demand multi sum, utilitarian, outcomes.

"United we stand, divided we fall." — Aesop "Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable." — Kenyan Proverb "There is not a liberal America and a conservative America – there is the United States of America." — Barack Obama "When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you." — Winston S. Churchill #united #unbreakable #community #teamwork  #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #share #psychologicalsafetyatworkact #learning

"Fall seven times, stand up eight." — Japanese Proverb "If you're going through hell, keep going." — Winston Churchill "Still I Rise." — Maya Angelou "Endure and persist." — Marcus Aurelius #StandUp #keepgoing #RiseUp #endure #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #persist #psychologicalsafetyatworkact #nevergiveup

"Big business is tightening its grip on our courts. Instead of serving as a last resort for Americans seeking justice, judges are bending the law to satisfy the concerns of their corporate donors." — Billy Corriher "The appearance of corporate influence or access... breeds cynicism and distrust." — Judge Paul A. Crotty #justice #rights #influence #Transparency #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #trust #psychologicalsafetyatworkact #integrity

A voice is a human gift; it should be cherished and used, to utter fully human speech as possible." — Margaret Atwood "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." — Martin Luther King Jr. #speak #cherish #matter #humanity  #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #stepup #psychologicalsafetyatworkact #justice Victims and targets who make bullying observations and claims are often stigmatized as troublemakers or whistleblowers, even though breaking the silence by exposing and stopping bullying and abuse is most courageous and admirable.

"I've been blessed with a deep and abiding faith in the country I love." - Barack Obama "I love the United States very much. We are one people, chasing one dream, and one magnificent destiny." - Donald Trump  #blessed #faith #love #dream #destiny #usa #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #Respect #psychologicalsafetyatworkact #dignity

"Nowadays, respect is disappearing. People no longer know how to treat one another with dignity," —Yan Keirstin Domdom "Without dignity, identity is erased." —Laura Hillenbrand "Respect is a reflection of inner strength. Choosing dignity in every interaction says more..." — Judge Frank Caprio #respect #dignity #identity #strength #stand #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #SpeakUp #psychologicalsafetyatworkact #support

"When you make threats to do physical harm, it becomes more than a prank – it becomes illegal." - Rusty Fulbright "Workplace "leaking"—when a person shares their intent to harm—should be treated as a serious red flag, not a joke." - Reid Meloy "Anger, resentment and jealousy doesn't change the heart of others-- it only changes yours." - Shannon Alder #takeaction #investigate #protection #safety #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #justice #psychologicalsafetyatworkact #truth

"In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." — George Orwell "Truth is mighty and will prevail." — Mark Twain "Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom." — Thomas Jefferson #truth #honesty #wisdom #prevails #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #mighty #psychologicalsafetyatworkact #light  Successful leaders seek and embrace the truth. They solve problems, influence people in positive ways, and achieve growth-perpetuating healthy outcomes.

"Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much." - Hellen Keller "Coming together is a beginning... Working together is success." - Henry Ford  "We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now". - Martin Luther King, Jr. "Individual commitment to a group effort—that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work." - Vince Lombardi #together #success #team #commitment #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #unity #psychologicalsafetyatworkact #sacrifice