What type of manager brings out the best in you?

"I had the most amazing relationship with my last manager. She had a very particular way of doing things and had very high expectations for her employees, but she was always so kind when she critiqued me or gave me feedback. She had a sixth sense about people's strengths and could see how the strengths of all of her employees could work together to make the strongest team. She always pushed me to do better -- with her guidance, I outperformed my own expectations for myself."