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26 PCB007 MAGAZINE I AUGUST 2020 I was five, I went to see her. I found her out front, planting flowers with a mainte- nance person. I said, "Grandma, why are you planting flowers? I thought you were the boss." She laughed at me and said, "I'm helping plant flowers because I am the boss." It's a lesson I'll never forget. We lead by example. • I admire a manager to whom I used to report. During my time working for Mark, I learned many things regarding leader- ship, such as problem solving as a team, working as a team, and developing the best ideas as a team. Mark is very well- read on these subjects and helped our design team work together to solve quite a few challenges. Though I think Mark knew the possible sources of our stum- bling blocks, he did not tell us what to do to solve them. He met with our group to help us learn communication and analysis skills to identify and solve them with a team approach. He even went as far as purchasing all of us copies of The 4 Disciplines of Execution [3] and helped us choose a "wildly important goal" to reduce PCB design errors making it to our in-house assembly operation. He demonstrated very helpful leadership that I am still inspired to emulate six years later. Thanks, Mark! Leadership Lessons The final leadership question posed was, "What is the most important leadership lesson you have learned?" This comment summed it up well: "You are measured by the way you treat other people." Many of the other answers indicated that respondents learned the impor- tance of listening well before speaking, being honest, accepting your mistakes and learning from them, and getting things done as a team. Conclusion Today's leaders have a lot to consider, in- cluding numerous business and market chal- lenges. However, based on readers' responses, there seems to be agreement on a variety of leadership roles and qualities. There are also great, and not-so-great, examples of leader- ship, as well as inspiring stories about lead- ers from bold visionaries like Elon Musk to co- workers, managers, and grandmas. Leadership is truly more important now than ever. PCB007 Editor's note: Survey responses have been edited slightly for clarity. References 1. Ryan Gottfredson, Success Mindsets: Your Keys to Unlocking Greater Success in Your Life, Work, & Leader- ship, Morgan James Publishing, 2020. 2. Jim Collins, Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don't, Harper Business, 2011. 3. Chris McChesney, Sean Covey, and Jim Huling, The 4 Disciplines of Execution, Free Press, 2012. Michelle Te is an associate editor for I-Connect007.