"The voters see it as leadership competence, and then that can translate into many different things, " Dowd said.
Humility goes a long way and if you combine it with competence, it goes even further.
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Ultimately, that bond is built on trust--in the entrepreneur's competence, character and empathy for his customers.
Competence: to ensure the reporting is done by a qualified person based on experience and knowledge.
My conclusion: Republicans were hurt when voters doubted their competence, Democrats when voters opposed their ideology.
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Every year, another Republican quality was tainted: managerial competence, fiscal discipline and personal ethics.
We game for variety and to develop competence in a vast array of skills.
Is the choice among such alternatives really beyond the cognitive competence of the average home buyer?
After watching each video, participants evaluated the interviewee on general competence, trustworthiness and likability.
It articulates a vision that will appeal to the competence and ingenuity of many Africans.
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The best is where you have competence, strength, and passion, but still a lot to learn.
It is necessary, but it is not adequate to predict executive competence and corporate success.
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Discretion, competence and a talent for hand-holding are prized of underwriter and undertaker alike.
We are a melting pot, a mosaic of immigrants where competence is recognized and rewarded.
It also adopts international standard-setting instruments in the fields of competence of the Organization.
Quite apart from the nationality of the source, there is the basic question of competence.
Improving Afghan technical competence, and ensuring a transparent process, should help to secure that.
Such hits can also sap investor confidence less directly, by raising awkward questions about managers' competence.
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"Hatoyama has brought into question the competence of the entire party, " one TV commentator said.
And competence is not just about party pledges and the like but about people.
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Conversely, character without competence means you could be trusting your mother to fly a 747.
Women with the same impact and productivity as men were consistently given much lower competence scores.
To be sure, the perception of competence isn't the same as measurable leadership success.
Even those sympathetic to the Clinton administration rarely claim more than competence for the team.
Diplomats argue that the country's civil service has inherited the competence of British colonial administrators.
If 2012 comes down to competence, then it favors the reputation of Mitt Romney.
Nixon again demonstrated competence and restraint, winning praise even from such liberals as Lippmann and James Reston.
Chanel was a confident spokesperson for a new language and lexicon about her core competence of fashion.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Mr Van Rompuy would bring consensus and political competence to the presidency.
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The world expects a certain level of competence and can be merciless when this expectation is unmet.
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