Many of Georgia's Western friends would be delighted if someone with an easier personality (and greater readiness to listen to advice) were in charge.
In a controversial book by another well-known analyst, Abdou Latif Coulibaly, the president emerges as a powerful intellect, intense and complex, but loth to listen to advice and prone to outbursts of temper if contradicted.
The new head refused to listen to advice from experienced members of staff and had a "divide and rule" policy, dropping team meetings and - Mr A says - losing the respect of staff and pupils.
People are far more inclined to listen to advice or criticism when you approach them privately and politely rather than calling them out on a website read by almost 5 million people a month, you know?
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Democratic operatives are blaming the hapless Mr Deeds for a poor campaign, saying he did not listen to advice from the White House about cementing the support of important Democratic constituencies, such as blacks, and getting them out on election day.
Mr Scott said ministers would listen to police advice on how the problem could be tackled.
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The Rangers are trying to bear down, which means they don't listen to the advice pouring down from the stands.
And we moved on to listen to the advice of a naval pharmacist, who handed us six days' supply of the Cipro.
Neither Rick nor Glenn will listen to his advice, though to his credit he remains Zen in the face of constant dismissal.
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As he tried to rebuild the country, the new President Asif Zardari was reluctant to listen to American advice, insisting, for example, on a land-for-peace truce with Taliban militants in the Swat valley (see Pakistan's Mistaken Strategy) that lasted a matter of weeks.
Suharto, although not usually anxious to seek advice, does listen to spiritual counsellors.
The challenge we, as health professionals, face is persuading patients to listen to that guidance and to seek medical advice.
It is good advice to listen closely unless she has also been given this advice, in which case an uneasy silence could develop, like two owls sitting together.
"We're going to speak to them, but also listen to them, get advice, " Obama said.
He is considered more inclined to listen to and take the advice of government ministry bureaucrats than some other DPJ leaders.
Visitors can relive big Bush administration policy debates, and read and listen to some of the advice given to the president at the time.
And unlike many of his scholar-peers, he respects cops enough to listen to them and take their advice seriously.
Because I was a math major, my advice is to listen to the numbers.
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If you want your investing to be based on advice from the brightest minds in investing, listen to Swensen and think twice about the promise of absolute return funds.
Mr. MICHAEL GRIFFIN (NASA): I get an enormous amount of outside advice and actually, I listen to it.
Listen to his Promote Yourself Podcast on iTunes for more interviews and career advice.
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My best advice for developing an investment philosophy is to read and listen to the philosophies of successful investors.
But the advice that I would be rendering is: Don't listen to all of the people who tell you that based on all of the things that we've just been through, we now have a terrible decade ahead, and therefore you shouldn't own stocks.
So I would have some advice to all of you there, which is study really hard in school, listen to your teachers.
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So because that -- the advice is no longer in agreement, we are obviously advising American citizens that they listen to the NRC and the State Department.
Most advice for picking a real estate agent is pretty standard: Find somebody who'll listen to you, who's experienced, sweats the details, works evenings and weekends, blah, blah, blah.
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