Leaders set high but achievable expectations. Pretend you are training for the Olympics, where easy does it. If you pull a muscle today, you are out of contention tomorrow. Leaders have the Gretzky factor. Leaders have a sense of where the culture is going to be, and where the organization must be if it is to grow.
Leaders see the long view.
They practice patience. We must learn how to walk before we run. Being a master at walking makes running that much easier. Leaders understand stakeholder symmetry. They know they must balance the competing claims of all groups with a stake in the organization.