Female Boss: Indecisive. Would flip-flop between decisions or simply not respond, any decision I made absent her input was then criticized - I should chosen the "other" solution. Her worst quality was that she made criticisms personal "you always do this...", "for as smart as you are you are sometimes really stupid...." etc. I have pretty thick skin so I wasn't too offended by that talk, however it makes you mentally click-off and you stop putting in the extra effort once you realize its a lose-lose game.

Male Boss: Had very high expectations and was very vocal in feedback. However, things were never personal, it was always "we shouldn't do that..." or "thats not the best idea for us in this case....". Lastly he was very decisive he made decisions and if they didn't work out he was upfront that it was a mistake and asked us how could we fix it. That transparency and willingness to take ownership of problems made everyone who worked for him willing to go extra mile to fix problems.