"He's not good with minutiae, not a very cautious person.
If it hasn't, be very cautious.
That doesn't mean you no longer have this role; it does mean being very cautious not to second-guess decisions they do make, to allow them to make mistakes and to learn from them, and to help them to learn that advice need not always be taken.
I don't know if too cautious is the word or not, but he was very cautious and, I've said this many times, I think it's a cliché, John F. Kennedy always used less power than he had, in dealing with the Congress and dealing with the public.
Since catch-and-release fishing, an increasingly popular practice with conservation-minded sportsmen, is not an option for a fish that has been harpooned, Mr. Behan said he is very cautious not to shoot smaller fish.
Good communication skills are important, but "as mathematicians, we will be very cautious not being [impressed] by people who talk very well but the depth is not there," Bourguignon says.
"High-ranking Russians are very cautious not to mention the threat out loud," one Russian-speaking Japanese diplomat said, alluding to China.
Capello has England wound tightly, and the expectations at home are great, so the players may be very cautious not to give an inch to the Americans, who have shown a craftiness in exploiting a single opportunity to score on the counterattack.
Vice President Cheney, addressing his Democratic "friends" in Congress, said on May 16 , 2002 that "they need to be very cautious not to seek political advantage by making incendiary suggestions, as were made by some today, that the White House had advance information that would have prevented the tragic attacks of 9/11.
Executives and directors are becoming very cautious not only about how they use their time, but also about what liabilities — legal, reputational and otherwise — they're willing to take on, says Ted Dysart, a managing partner at Heidrick & Struggles, the search firm, who helps run its global board of directors practice.
