A more important consequence of the recent missteps could be Canadian Imperial's role in looming consolidation among Canada's financial institutions.

But his success was overshadowed by some recent missteps.

But experts suggested that, as the company has grown, its top-down management style has contributed to several recent missteps.

The Vice President's recent missteps have been more than enough to convince potential primary opponents that he could be beatable.

Skepics said it was an effort to bounce back from recent public missteps and to prevent further erosion of support.

But certainly something is afoot - something much more fundamental than Microsoft's recent mediagenic missteps.

Mr. Kunstler recommends buying Iomega anyway, because, he says, it will recover from recent missteps and remain the market leader.

Several recent missteps have particularly shaken public confidence.

Mr. Otellini insists that the recent missteps, including the premature introduction he himself made of the digital project, are simply a result of over-optimistic marketing.

Mr. Grammer's recent missteps are fodder for comedians even when he is not present.