He's a competent person".
She is practical and competent, but her personality never comes across.
This time it was decided that he was mentally competent and that his personality appeared intact, though he might become psychotic under stress.
Much of it has to do with Friel, who manages to imbue that old dual personality cliche (hyper-competent cop, complete mess at home) with a sense of scratchy, intense vulnerability.
On education: "People think they can all be pop stars, high court judges, brilliant TV personalities or infinitely more competent heads of state without ever putting in the necessary work or having natural ability.
Lippestad said the court should accept the findings of the second report, which concluded Breivik had narcissistic and anti-social personality disorders but was legally competent and not psychotic.
Mr. Breivik has been the subject of two conflicting psychiatric reports, one saying that he was a psychotic paranoid schizophrenic, the second that he had narcissistic and antisocial personality disorders, but was legally competent.
Clearly competent, professional, bristling more evidently with ambition than personality, Gianni Infantino is an archetype, a polished product of Switzerland's time-served machinery for servicing international sports governing bodies.
There's also a Catch-22 involving personality: Women who are seen as competent are less likely to be seen as likable, and women viewed as more likable are less likely to be seen as competent, research has shown.
Dominique Strauss-Kahn was a highly respected and competent negotiator, a man who could convince by the power of his personality and the strength of his arguments.
