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. The reality of the world, the complexity of the immediate environment, and the need for stakeholder symmetry must not be lost to the colorful glories of kaleidoscope vision. Leaders create strategic alliances and partnerships. The astute leaders of the future recognize the significance of creative alliances with other organizations whose fates are correlated with their own. Putting all these ideas into practice is an important step, but you can't afford to stop there.