Answer:
A. encomiums
B. tributes
Step-by-step explanation:
When it is said that someone has a decidedly less rosy view of someone else, it means that they do not like their character or personality.
The new CEO's staff had such a view of her which would imply that they find her character to be somewhat lacking. The sentence was structured in such a way that their views were the opposite of that of the press which would mean that the missing word has something to do with a favorably view of the CEO's character.
Those words could either be encomiums which mean praises or tributes which is essentially the same as encomium.