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" ... On a night characterised by the overwhelming sound of backslapping, British movie director Mike Leigh punctured the sycophancy at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) awards. “May you all rot in hell!” he told the assembled industry execs and financiers who’d jointly failed to support him in the past as he picked up an Academy Fellowship Award. ... "
" ... This spiral is tough enough to control in positions of power but it can be intensified even further by sycophancy. The last thing business leaders need are staff members agreeing with everything we say. Listen out for those who constantly say to you “great idea” or “yes I agree” (when they don’t) or “brilliant, I couldn’t have put it better myself”. Sycophants are full of bunkum and quite frankly dangerous for all concerned and possibly disastrous for business. ... "
" ... “This is a milieu almost impossible for the foreigner to present to his own countrymen. I have had to work with such officials in war and peace. Their sycophancy, their barefaced lying, their treachery, their cowardice, are so blatant, their ignorance so stultifying, their stupidity so absolute, that I have found it impossible to convey it with any credibility to those fortunate enough to never have encountered it.” ... "