That would be me. I own the business. If I want to have a few drinks with lunch, that is my prerogative. My employees, no.
And I’m sure I’ve been disappointed by your inability to execute my ill-conceived, vague, ambigous instructions within the unreasonable timeframes I’ve set for you.
I voted “results” because, while I like to set a good example for people, I don’t actually do they work they’re doing. I did in the past, but as a manager my time is consumed by other things. So it’s hard to literally lead by example.
Are you bald in the middle with a tuff of pointy hair on each side?
There’s a lot of truth in these posts. Especially the “hire the right people” part. (That takes a knack I think, but I learned it quickly. Of course there are some “no brainers” like the guy who showed up to his interview wearing a baseball cap with a pot leaf on it. REALLY??? I mean this is San Francisco, so we’re pretty liberal, but a JOB INTERVIEW? Jeez, at least go through the motions!)
I chose “other” though because I was sort of the manager who lead by…I dunno how to describe it. More of a “Yay we’re all on the same team and this is what we’re going to do today!” system. My employees were working for minimum wage and I tried to make things as least-miserable for them as I could.
Haha. Actually, I once lost an EXTREMELY valuable and apt employee due to a family move (I ran a movie theater and most of my employees were teens still living with their parents.) He was in my office talking about it with me and at the end before he left he said “…and thanks for being a really fun boss.” That was probably the highlight/most rewarding moment of any of my careers
I hire smart people, and I tell them that they’re going to be given a lot of leeway, especially in areas that they know better than I do, and that’s it’s their job to see that I understand what they’re doing but I will very rarely tell them to do it another way. Then I step back and try to stay abreast of what’s going on.
No, I actually have great hair. It should silver nicely once I become a senior executive.
I think that was a question about the hair on your head, not your back 
I’m not a lead in my current job…but was at my last one. Based on the feedback I received, and my own plans, I’m a lead-by-example guy. I never asked my team to work harder than I did, and I tried to make sure they had at least some work they actively enjoyed doing.
Of course, my old team was so talented, they made it easy for me to lead them. If all teams were like that, I’d like being management.
-D/a