Boss
She despises people who think that leadership can only be based on fear.
Since they promoted her as the leader of the Serious Crime Unit she's done her best to show that authority founds itself more on respect and esteem than on anything else.
The member of her team trust her and never question her decisions.
(Well, apart from a certain blonde consultant who seems to be the current golden boy of the CBI. She doesn't even bother to be upset about that anymore – though she makes sure she scares the living daylight out of him whenever he crosses one the lines she has carefully drawn for him.)
She trusts her team members as well.
Cho is so solid and dependable – and they'd probably be lost without his interrogation skills. It'd be hard to count how many suspects just gave way under the crossfire of his pressing questions and his poker face.
Rigsby's experience as an arson specialist turned out to be very useful on more than one case. And he's really a good cop – despite the appearance of a clumsy big puppy that can fool those who don't know him well.
Van Pelt on the other hand – well, she's so very young and enthusiastic. She was on cloud nine the other day – when she got to work more on the field as she requested. A very promising rookie, and her computer skills are quite irreplaceable.
(Lisbon would rather not acknowledge the fact that Rigsby and Van Pelt are dragged to each other like flies to honey. It's against the rules, and she just hopes she won't have to do something about that.)
She actually doesn't trust Jane – not completely anyway – but he's simply the exception that proves the rule.
Surprisingly enough, Jane seems to trust her nonetheless. Given his traumatizing past, it's almost a wonder that he can still feel something of the kind.
She's not sure whether she should be flattered or simply worried about that.
