Matt Paknis Leadership Development

"Where the law is subject to corruption, justice becomes a weapon in the hands of the oppressors." – Unknow "When the judge is a party to the suit, and the lawyers are his accomplices, the trial is a tragedy of the darkest kind." – Legal philosophy "A court of law is a place where truth and innocence are often the first casualties of a corrupt alliance." – Unknown "The trial itself is a conspiracy... where the judgment is passed long before the evidence is heard." – Franz Kafka #justice #light #truth #innocence #evidence #leadersarentbullies #HealthyWorkplaces #law #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #equality #psychologicalsafetyatworkact #liberty

"Each moment is a choice. If [God] removed options, you lose freedom. You would not become the person striving to find the better way." - Gilbert Teodoro "You are free to make whatever Choice you want, but not free from the Consequences of the Choice." - Howard G. Hendricks #choice #good #evil #freedom #consequences #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #liberty #psycholigicalsafetyatworkact #justice Some workers are willing, able, and allowed to bully. Their workplace offers opportunity to harm. Only a very small percentage of survivors, like pedophiles, choose to repeat the abuse cycle, yet all perpetraors were abused. It is a learned, deviant, behavior.

"Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me." — Martin Niemöller "No one deserves to be bullied." — Barack Obama "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." — Martin Luther King, Jr. "Knowing what's right doesn't mean much unless you do what's right." — Theodore Roosevelt #SpeakOut #justice #rights #libery #happiness #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #life #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #freedom #psychologicalsafetyatworkact #protection

"Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth."— Henry David Thoreau "Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters." — Albert Einstein "To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man." — William Shakespeare "In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act." — George Orwell "Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth." — Buddha #honesty #truth #integrity #justice #happiness #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #law #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #liberty #psychologicalsafetyatworkact #freedom

Benito Mussolini: "They got the judges in their back pocket. And ... corporate power." Upton Sinclair: "The great corporation which employed you lied to you, and lied to the whole country—from top to bottom it was nothing but one gigantic lie." Elvis Presley: "Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain't going away." #justice #power #truth #integrity #honesty #leadersarebullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #rights #psychologicalsafetyatworkact #liberty

"Workplace culture reflects the leaders' priorities. Toxic leadership equals toxic culture." — Robin Sharma "In a toxic culture, fear replaces motivation and blame replaces accountability." — Lolly Daskal "Great leaders fix toxic cultures. They empower, involve, listen, appreciate, challenge, support, mentor." — Unknown #values #priorities #empower #listen #coach #LeadersArentBullies #HealthyWorkplaces  #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #mentor #psychologicalsafetyatworkact #support  An existing, toxic, working culture where abusive behaviors are normalized as “the way we’ve always done it,” fosters ruthless and inhumane behavior and bullying.

"Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary." — Reinhold Niebuhr "Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed." - Martin Luther King Jr. #justice #democracy #freedom #unity #liberty #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #equality #psycholigicalsafetyatworkact #fightthepower