His abrasive style could have been a factor in the decision to make a change.
Mr Skele's previous two administrations fell apart amid sharp criticism of what opponents perceived as his abrasive leadership style.
First, soften his abrasive image by getting out on the streets and mingling with the people, as Mr da Silva has done to great effect.
Even though he kept his abrasive management style overall, he was absolutely right that the most important thing for an A player (in terms of talent) is that they work with other A players.
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The parliament holds the key to the second question: why Peter Mandelson did not become High Rep, though there is a good argument he would have been better than Lady Ashton, for all his abrasive style and weakness for intrigue.
His unapologetic, abrasive style was met with praise and adulation by his appreciative constituents.
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Onstage, the blast of his full-throated abrasive music was a kind of blues, in which the singing itself was a deliverance from sorrow.
The political class once pronounced him unelectable because of his conservative social views, abrasive manner and poor appeal to women.
But his rigidity, coupled with an abrasive arrogance, has been counter-productive.
Mr Harper is abrasive and presides over a rancorous parliament, but his government is stable and the economy chugs happily along.
In the recipes, Mr. Chang's informal writing voice becomes less abrasive and more encouraging, coaching the home cook through his techniques.
Russia was represented in Riga not by the abrasive Vladimir Putin but by the man who was once his smooth summit sherpa, Igor Shuvalov (he is now the prime minister's senior deputy).
Bill Paley, the quintessential corporate executive supported Murrow, the abrasive and distant iconoclast, at least for much of his career, allowing him to innovate broadcast journalism in the face of everything from Nazi bombers to vindictive U.S. Senators, without having to worry about his budget, or his job.
Leverage buyout king Castle is known on The Island as an abrasive character who often snaps at the help, which in his case includes half a dozen servants, chauffeurs and yacht captain.
Anderson gave his all once again, but the ball quickly lost its shine on the abrasive surface.
To the Dutchman's disdain the free-kick went to the home side but the abrasive gestures, which are becoming a Mourinho trademark after he put his finger to his lips in the Carling Cup win over Liverpool, were not finished.
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As for the Northwest dispute, some observers trace it not just to the 1993 agreement (in which the pilots' wage concessions were alleviated by the award of stock in the company and a seat on the board) but to dislike of the abrasive style of Al Checchi, chairman until last year, before his quixotic decision to run for governor of California.
The deal would also restore the Tata Group to its traditional place as India's biggest conglomerate by revenues, ousting the more abrasive Reliance Industries from the top spot a side-effect that Mr Tata and his colleagues are no doubt quietly relishing.
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