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 ...

He stated that Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman does not accept either praise or flattery. "We work with him and listen to him, and we know that this is his approach.

Instead he is a boastful, thin-skinned praise-addict. He knew full well that ... it reminds me of Lyndon Baines Johnson’s attitude, that when flattery is required, there is no excess.

while I praise, There Flattery cannot flatter. Maria, all my thought and dream, Inspires my vocal shell: The more I praise my lovely Theme The more the truth I tell.