Matt Paknis Leadership Development

"There would be no 'quiet quitting' if people didn’t feel that they are being quietly marginalized and bullied in the first place." - Louis Yako #healthyworkplaces #stepup #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #psychologicalsafetyatworkact Most bullied workers admit they do the bare minimum. “I do just enough to not get fired, and nothing else,” says one abused healthcare industry worker. #LeadersArentBullies

A workplace bully's greatest fear is the truth; being exposed as an incompetent fraud.  Workplace bullies attack those whose competency, talents, decency, status, etc., in comparison to the bully, trigger this fear As a result, the best and brightest employees are often bullied. Employees flourish when the right people with the right competencies thrive in the right respective job for them. #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #stepup #psychologicalsafetyatworkact

  "A leader's most critical task is to pick the right metric to track. This is often referred to as the 'compass metric' because it will be your compass for growth. It's important to note that 'compass metrics' will likely change over the lifetime of a business." - Tobias Lutke #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #stepup #psychologicalsafetyatworkact Bullying bosses often justify their negative behaviors and comments with misleading short term gains. In reality, bullying and abusive management practices create  toxic workplace cultures, capable of destroying organizations.

"Authoritarians have a vested interest in promoting fear." - Susan Sontag "The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress." - Frederick Douglass "Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God." - Benjamin Franklin #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #stepup #psychologicalsafetyatworkact

"When a team takes ownership of its problems, the problem gets solved. It is true on the battlefield, in business, and in life." - Jocko Willink "To feel empowered is to feel free. It's when people do their best work. You can't fake confidence or empowerment." - Amy Jo Martin #healthyworkplaces #stepup #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #psychologicalsafetyatworkact Bullied workers are unmotivated to do a good job. Work doesn’t matter to them because, regardless of effort, they'll be abused. Their primary goal is surviving. With no sense of control over outcomes, they are unengaged & take no ownership or accountability. #leadersarentbullies

"Evil people hate the light because it reveals themselves to themselves. ... They will destroy the light, the goodness, the love in order to avoid the pain of self-awareness. ... [E]vil is laziness carried to its ultimate, extraordinary extreme." - M. Scott Peck "The mistake is not the problem; the lack of remorse is the real mistake." - Michael Bassey Johnson #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #stepup #psychologicalsafetyatworkact

"Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas." - Calvin Coolidge May the Spirit of Christmas Bless You and Your Loved Ones Today and Everyday!  Merry Christmas!