I have an amazing relationship with my boss.
We work in a very corporate environment, it can be cut-throat and any manager I’ve had in this field before would climb over their own granny to get to the top, but not this one. I’ve been reporting in to her for 12 years now and my career has gone from strength to strength under her leadership.
The psychological safety of working with her is huge. Bundles of integrity- if she says she’ll do something, she’ll do it. She never over promises to keep people dangling, she’s very upfront about what’s outside of her control.
She pushes so that people are acknowledged for their work. If she’s presenting something to the Board but all the work was done by the team (very common in our line of work, and usually managers will present “their” findings), she’ll actually start her presentation with “I tasked my team with putting together X, and here’s what they’ve found. In particular, Tom has some great insights in here about Y that you’ll get to see today…”.
I think that’s the biggest thing I’ve learned from her because I found myself naturally mimicking this and my team love it when their work is acknowledged in the same way.
She has taught me so much about how to behave in a corporate environment, the importance of challenging ideas, but the need to get behind a decision once it’s been made, even if it’s not your personal preference. I never did that before and would hold on the my belief that my way was better, and I’d “lost” if I didn’t get my way 100%. She’s done a lot to help me get over my issues around control 
and I can see now that how I handled things at times sent a very confusing message to my team. She’s made me a better communicator.
She’s not afraid to have difficult conversations. Certainly, there’s been times over the last 12 years where she didn’t agree with how I did something, but she’s never placed blame and has sought to understand my motives. She’s tough when she needs to be and there’s been times when it’s come down to me being told that I need to do something a certain way and that’s the bottom line. I’m not always happy about it, but I know 100% where I stand.
She admits when she’s wrong, gives people space to come up with solutions. We’ve laughed and we’ve cried together (work and life issues) and I’ve never once felt I can’t show emotions to her. I’ve never felt that with a female boss before.
I’m not the only one who feels this way. Her entire team adores her. She just has this incredible way of being able to be equitable to everyone, despite all the conflicting demands. She has no time for time-wasters and performance issues are tackled very, very quickly so you never feel like you’re sitting there picking up someone else’s slack. Similarly, there’s a culture on our team of getting stuck-in and helping each other out so nobody feels like they’re alone and drowning in work.
You may not always like what is asked of you, but you know that the same is expected of everyone, and she’s the first to pull up her sleeves.
She’s also a great laugh outside of work. First one up for a boogie on a night out, last one to bed. Always first to the bar- that helps 
It’s not just in work that she builds strong relationship. I was at her wedding five years ago and it was clear that her wife and family all just think she’s brilliant.