His successor is likely to have a more collegial style and to make the city's senior administrators work more cohesively, many mayoral advisers said.

Despite his gentle and collegial style, Mr. Rudenstine has also faced some acrimony among the faculty over benefit cuts.

The Governor, who serves "at the Queen's pleasure," is an almost-regal chief executive, running Hong Kong in a collegial and less than democratic style with other appointed officials.

He is a sort of anti-auteur, and his collegial style, his openness to the experience of his collaborators, has afforded him the chance to imaginatively enter different worlds.

John Powers, an executive managing director at Insignia/ESG, acknowledged that a company on the prowl for acquisitions may not fit comfortably with the collegial style of Oncor.

This is not the case, interestingly, in Tyzack, who are now one or two generations removed from their founder and, although working on a small scale internationally, have managed to create a strong collegial style, with a low turnover of consultants.

He went down the line, kissing, bearhugging, squeezing necks and butting heads in the unabashed collegial style that has become a Bernstein trademark.

And his collegial and attentive style was expected to inspire initiative and free expression among the troops, loosening up the authoritarian culture that had prevailed when Roger B. Smith was chairman.

Mr. Johnson had a collegial style in which he allowed his management team considerable autonomy.

The western crew people have a much more relaxed and collegial style.