The Seven Habits of One Highly Effective Manager of Managers: Charity Majors

I find this a great list of behaviors to consider when you are in a leading role, maybe even if you are not in such a role, as it reflects well on your job.

I really want to work for a boss like this, but the really good managers are rare.

My last "manager" didn't talk to me for nearly the last 5 months I worked at the company and I hounded him for code reviews and 1 on 1 meetings constantly. I just started to review my own code and then merge it because otherwise nothing would get done. He was a very capable engineer, but the worst manager I've ever had, even compared to the guy who i had to report to HR in a previous job because he did a lot of blatantly illegal things in regards to the employees I supervised and their working hours (mandatory overtime with no extra breaks, shorted lunch breaks, etc).