A leader must paint the visual picture of where the organization is going, so vividly that the people know why they are going there, and what they want it to look like once they get there. Loved your article. Printing out as I type, keeping it close at hand to re-read. Here are a couple of ideas I'm submitting per your request for leadership ideas. Leaders listen to everyone, every department, every director and advisor, every customer, and soak up a massive amount of input from all sources, then squeeze out intuitive drops of direction and meaning for the troops.
Leaders are chess players.
They understand the value of pinning, of forks, of maintaining excellence of both an attack and defense. Understand how to turn an assault by a competitor into an advantage. They place the pieces, and let them do what they are best at, while keeping each piece supported by other pieces and positions. They do not think of themselves as a powerful queen, a strategically striking bishop or knight, they are the player behind it all, whom the pieces must trust for correct placement temporally as well as geographically. They make decisions that can be influenced by much more than logic, issues like home life, personal values, ego, fear, greed, etc.