Matt Paknis Leadership Development

 “Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent.” – Eleanor Roosevelt #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #stepup #DignityAtWorkAct

With so many platforms and opportunities to bully on social media via digital devices like cell phones, computers, and tablets, policing bullies and protecting targets is more difficult than ever.  #LeadersArentBullies "People mistake silk to be weak. A  silk handkerchief can protect a wearer from a gunshot. Predators want to befriend someone they think is weak; to dominate to feel strong and important, but they are neither. It is you who is strong and courageous. You are silk."-C. JoyBell C.

"We cannot change anything until we acknowledge it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses." - Carl Jung "Defeat is a state of mind; no one is ever defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality." - Bruce Lee #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #stepup #DignityAtWorkAct  

Officials erroneously brand bullying as mere “conflicts” or   “differences in personality styles.”  This can be true in part, but bullying also encompasses intentional, repeated demeaning words and behaviors often considered to be forms of violence.  #LeadersArentBullies "Resist remaining in any level of denial. The truth is painful to see, but necessary." - Shannon Thomas, Healing from Hidden Abuse #healthyworkplaces #stepup #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #DignityAtWorkAct

Thank you! “At times, our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.” – Albert Schweitzer

When a person behaves in a certain way, either positive or negative, it is because they are willing, able, and allowed. People alter behaviors for two reasons: to experience pleasure, and to avoid pain. Bullies create environments where people keep secrets to avoid pain. "Do nothing secretly; for Time sees and hears all things, and discloses all." –Sophocles "A secret is a kind of promise ... It can also be a prison." –Jennifer Lee Carrell #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #stepup #DignityAtWorkAct

"The predator wants your silence. It feeds their power, entitlement, and they want it to feed your shame." - Viola Davis #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #stepup #DignityAtWorkAct