Matt Paknis Leadership Development

"The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any." - Alice Walker "Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent than the one derived from fear of punishment." - Mahatma Gandhi #healthyworkplaces #stepup #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct  #DignityatWorkAct Workplace bullying includes exposure to repeated and enduring negative acts where a formal or informal imbalance of power / authority exists between the involved parties. #LeadersArentBullies #workplaceculture  

"Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well." - Voltaire "There are two things people want more than sex and money... recognition and praise." - Mary Kay Ash #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #stepup #DignityAtWorkAct

"Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends." - John 15:13 NIV #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #stepup #DignityatWorkAct Dan Olweus, defines schoolyard bullying as: “...aggressive behavior or intentional harmdoing by peers, carried out repeatedly and involves an imbalance of power, either actual or perceived, between the victim and the bully.” #LeadersArentBullies

"This world of ours... must avoid becoming a community of dreadful fear and hate, and be, instead, a proud confederation of mutual trust and respect." - Dwight D. Eisenhower #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #stepup #DignityAtWorkAct

"Camaraderie doesn't happen by accident; developing  sense of trust, accountability, and togetherness around team goals requires intentional effort." - Don Yaeger "When there is no sharing of power, no rule of law, no accountability, there is abuse, corruption, subjugation and indignation." - Atifete Jahjaga #healthyworkplaces #stepup #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #DignityAtWorkAct Schoolyard bullies who are not held accountable for abusing others often become bullying adults who continue to do what they learned to do best to get what they want—terrorize others. #LeadersArentBullies

"Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness." - Desmond Tutu "There is always strength in numbers. The more individuals or organizations that you can rally to your cause, the better." - Mark Shields "All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence." - Martin Luther King, Jr. #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #stepup #DignityAtWorkAct

“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 “The greatest responsibility of a leader is to give your people  grounded sense of hope for the future” – Bob Chapman #StepUp #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #DignityAtWorkAct In bullying environments, complicit, colluding relationships with corrupt executives undermine worker health, safety, and productivity. #LeadersArentBullies #healthyworkplaces