The one I admire most is my previous supervisor, Jason Chu. He is a great leader I even met. The reasons are following.
He is able to inspire his students to work harder and do their best. He is open toward learning and constantly improving himself daily. He seeks wisdom and knowledge from every challenges and trials that we were going through.
He has no fear to do what's right and knows to use the right words at the right time. He is masterful with his words, because he knows that what comes out of his/her mouth matters.
He knows how to appreciate differences. Instead of fighting over people's differences, he knows how to utilize different people's strength and talent to strengthen his team.
He is willing to take the first step into challenges and others then will follow. He doesn't wait for other people to throw the trash for him; he usually takes the trash out by himself without anybody else telling him what to do.
He treats other people as they important. Everybody wants to be treated with respect and they want to be appreciated. People want to know that their self-worth is important and a great leader knows how to show a genuine appreciation & complement toward other people.
He does his best at his present position and situation in spite of the challenges, trials and difficulties he is facing at the present time. He does his best without complaining about the difficult situation.
He knows how to teach his knowledge to other people. He doesn't mind to teach what they know to other people who are willing to learn. He is a great mentor to his students.