Men, more than women are susceptible to accepting false praise, as truth – they believe automatically any compliment thrown at them. Managers must train themselves to merely smell flattery and ...

It was sent to me by a journal with a suspicious title and publisher, with three paragraphs of copious praise piled onto ... we live in an era of insincere flattery. Flattery that is trivially ...

When performance lags, however, the praise and opinion support from subordinates tends to continue. The CEO, affected by the flattery, remains convinced that the strategy is a good one, and so stays ...