Matt Paknis Leadership Development

“The predator wants your silence. It feeds their power, entitlement AND they want it to feed your shame....To the predators... Weinstein, etc... I say to you, 'You can choose your sin but you don't get to choose the consequences.' To the victims... I see you. I believe you... and I'm listening." - Viola Davis "Giraffes are completely tranquil - they have no predators as adults because there's not an animal in the jungle stupid enough to go for them. - Joanna Lumley #power #consequence #tranquility #Intervene #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #justice #psycholigicalsafetyatworkact #poise  Bullying is a very durable behavioral style, largely because bullies learn early it can get them what they want if no one intervenes and calls them out. Respond, report, and normalize stopping abuse by not giving it tacit approval, but with strong resistance in numbers and protocol.

 

"Civilisation will not last, freedom will not survive, peace will not be kept, unless a very large majority of mankind unite together to defend them... There will remain the greater task of directing knowledge lastingly towards the purpose of peace and human good." - Winston Churchill #civilization #freedom #peace #unite #goodness #leadersarentbullies ##healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #liberty #psychologicalsafetyatworkact #dignity

Had a little extra lifting (50-60 lbs.) on the way home from the gym today.  Helped a massive snapper momma cross a street and gain access to a fenced in pond to lay her eggs.  Always lift them by the tail.  My 2nd snapper rescue.  The other weighed between 70 and 80 pounds!  It's a calling!

"There are two things people want more than sex and money — recognition and praise." – Mary Kay Ash "People work for money, but go the extra mile for recognition, praise, and rewards." – Dale Carnegie #retention #recognition #challenge #money #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #praise #psychologicalsafetyatworkact #rewards  8% leave for more challenging work.  7% leave for more money, but if they feel recognized, respected, empowered, and challenged, they will only leave for a significant, 20-30% or more, pay increase.  Satisfied employees stay.

"We are in an era of very aggressive corporate litigation to expand the constitutional prerogatives of business." - Kent Greenfield "Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom - and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech." - Benjamin Franklin "Every institution, including the judiciary, has its share of black sheep and corrupt judges." – Prashant Bhushan #truth #rights #constitution #freedom #liberty #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #HONOR #psychologicalsafetyatworkact #justice #8years

“Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.” - Martin Luther King, Jr. “True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.” - Nelson Mandela  “If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.” - Desmond Tutu #peace #sport #talent #teamwork #respect #healthyworkplaces #leadersarentbullies #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #Grace #psychologicalsafetyatworkact #character  “Aggression can be the wrong way to use and to obtain power. There are collaborative, respectful, multi-sum, demanding, co-equal, assertive, and wonderful ways to be leaders without being aggressive,” says Debra Pepler, Ph.D.