In my time at Simon, there was something mysterious and magical about the leadership I enjoyed from Fred Simon. He was in charge of the 7-8 of us, who leased our malls to retailers. Fred’s demonstrated skills have formed my views on how leadership, team work and business organization work best. I have had many bosses, who dictated what they wanted done and “…by God, it better happen.” Fred, by contrast was a LEADER…he shared your fox hole, showed you how to get a job done and spent time assessing what went right or wrong…always teaching and cultivating success. I could learn more from Fred in an hour than I could learn from others in a year. He was always funny, deferential, humble and I have attempted to emulate his lessons as I have led my own organizations. He was low key, cared about others and taught me all parties had to benefit or it would go sour for everyon...