collegiality, imperial premierships, trusted colleagues

U.S. Troops Killed by Afghan Colleagues

Two U.S. service members were shot dead by trusted Afghan colleagues on Thursday, the third such incident since riots erupted a week ago over the burning of Qurans at an American base.

Mr. Moggridge said he was not coming in with “preconceived notions” about how to change the Cooper-Hewitt. “One of the things I like to ask is, ‘How might we ...?’ questions,” he said. “They imply a collegiality.”



The lesson of the Brown premiership, undermined as it often has been by its own obsessive political calculation, may be that temperament is more important to leadership than intellect. If so, Mr Cameron is well-placed. He is whip-smart, to be sure, but the equanimity with which he approaches politics seems the bigger asset during a crisis era. His collegiality (“I like being the chairman of a team”) also signals an end to the imperial premierships of recent decades.


col·le·gi·al·i·ty (kə-lē'jē-ăl'ĭ-tē)

collegiality

n.

1. Shared power and authority vested among colleagues.
2. Roman Catholic Church. The doctrine that bishops collectively share collegiate power.