A simplistic response is that the leader has developed a vision to guide the business. Decisions are made keeping in mind both long and short-term objectives. An effective leader manages to rally others toward the vision through those objectives. The manifestation of these values is a dangerous game, as Andrew suggested.
Corruption surrounding power is standard practice.
As is the maintenance among the non-wealthy of a sense that one should live only for today, because you simply can't predict how tomorrow will turn out. That attitude is a mix, I suggest, of pre-Columbian and colonial historical imperative. There are signature add-ons everywhere on this list which offer clues.