In 1920 he was sent to Geneva as Australia's delegate to the first meeting of the General Assembly of the League of Nations, where he secured mandated Pacific protectorates for Australia despite opposition from Japan.
Another self-evaluation memo, dated 1996 and supplied by a former Smith Barney analyst, asked for comments on how the analyst did at identifying a securities underwriting opportunity, soliciting the transaction, securing the mandate and "liaising with bankers".
And he should waste no time in securing a mandate from the voters for the changes that are needed.
Mr Hollande wasted his first two years, never securing a mandate for what he has to do.
Annan's resignation underscores the importance of securing a mandate to negotiate from one's constituents before engaging in a significant negotiation or conflict resolution effort.
Jeremy Corbyn has criticised David Cameron for abolishing university maintenance grants for less affluent students without securing a mandate for the change in the Conservative general election manifesto.
The resignation of this famous negotiator underscores the importance of securing a mandate to negotiate from one's constituents before engaging in a significant negotiation or conflict-resolution effort.
Rather than securing a mandate, May watched her party's legislative majority disappear as it lost at least 12 seats in the House of Commons to fall to 318 seats while Labour gained at least 29 seats to surpass 260 seats in total.
The South Wales Central AM said it had been a "huge privilege to serve in this position since 2011, after securing the mandate of the party in a ballot of the membership".
Still the youngest though!" Seen as one of the most talented politicians of his generation, Alex Salmond already had a high-profile before he won two historic Holyrood elections as SNP leader, securing the mandate to hold a referendum on Scottish independence in the process.
After decades of ups and downs, the nationalists won their first election in 2007, forming a minority government, before becoming the first party to win an overall majority at Holyrood in the 2011 poll - securing a mandate for an independence referendum.
