I believe a good leader, leads by example. To be firm but fair. I also believe a good leader can show the other employees that he/she is not "above" getting their hands dirty and help out her team. Respect is earned and knowing that you have a leader who will step up to help shows alot about their character and the type of person they are. I personally enjoy working with my team when I was a supervisor/manager with everyone because I felt like I learned some things that I might not have thought of in the past.