Leadership that is flexible enough to deal with the diversity of groups and individuals it needs to deal with, broad enough to encompass the complete spectrum of tools from cajoling to (dare we say it?) threatening, and tailored enough to take a targeted rather than a broad brush approach.

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She said the department was working with charities on targeted health promotion campaigns rather than a more "generic broad-brush approach that may be off message for these groups".

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Swings in cross-border capital flows all too frequently dominate a range of monetary, regulatory, fiscal- and social-policy decisions because the broad-brush approach also characterises many international investors in Africa.

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Crossbench peer Baroness Hayman, who was elected by peers to serve as the first Lord Speaker from 2006-11, said that it was "possible to have as great a respect for democracy" as did Lord Ashdown without agreeing with what she described as "a rather broad-brush approach".

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