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CASE INCIDENT 2 Where Flattery Will Get You One of the various impression management techniques that people use in the workplace is flattering or complimenting more time considering what they had in common with their a person. Many people believe that flattery has a positive boss were more likely to obtain their goal through flattery. impact on career prospects. Vicky Oliver, author of 301 Even if an employee is successful using flattery, it Smart Answers to Tough Interview Questions, suggests has one major drawback. Another recent study found using flattery to ask for a raise. Oliver advises employees that executives who flatter their CEOs are more likely to to use other impression management techniques, such as resent their CEO later on. Though CEOs do not require self-promotion (c.g. highlighting your accomplishments) their employees to compliment them, many employees feel and enhancement (e.g., showing how your work is supe- demeaned when they go to great lengths to strategically rior to your peers), but she also suggests complimenting flatter the boss. Employees who complimented their CEOs or strategically "flattering" the boss before sitting down to were also more likely to complain to third parties about their boss. Some even complained to journalists. talk about a salary raise. Does flattery always work? The answer is yes and no. Questions: Flattery may influence someone in power but only if they 13-17. What are some other consequences of using see the flattery as sincere. Seeming sincere may be espe- flattery at work? Why do these consequences occur? cially difficult, however, because people who have the most power are often the hardest to fool. After all, they have more 13-18. The study described in this case also found that executives resented directing flattery toward experience with people flattering them. Recent research female and minority CEOs more than white males. suggests that there may be a way to make flattery more Why do you think this finding is true? effective: Try to convince yourself that you actually like the 13-19. Are there impression management techniques that person you are flattering. In the study, employees who spent are more effective than flattery