The Cost Of Sycophant Syndrome On Organizational Health: What can leaders do about this syndrome?

In the fields of organizational behavior and leadership, the focus is often on the business environment or corporate structure; however, lessons can also be learned from the composition of larger systems, such as a national government. It became risky to make a decision unless Putin or someone close to Putin agreed. Political challengers who cannot participate in this system might choose to destroy Putin politically and all that he has created because the vertical is, in fact, contingent on Putin remaining in power - possibly forever, with many long-term, negative effects for Russia. [Extracted from the article]
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