Posted on
01 April 2008
by
Dan O'Shea
Did you hear Sarkozy’s speech to the House of Lords?
“My dear British friends…:
- “I was so often inspired in my youth by the greatness of Britain!”
- “Your nation represents a touchstone of everything our democracies stand for!”
- “France will never forget (the war) because she has no right to forget!”
“Vive le Royaume-Uni! Vive la France!"
I like flattery as much as the next man but Nicolas needs to work on his feedback skills: discard the platitudes and focus on the real praise.
Dale Carnegie warns against the perils of fawning and idle flattery in business, pointing to the value of the specific and the evidential – Sarko needs to ditch the sycophancy and smarten up.