Peter Senge and colleagues detail in The Necessary Revolution: How Individuals and Organizations are Working Together to Create a Sustainable World  three competencies that separate leading organizations from the rest: 

• Excel at seeing systems. They recognize basic system phenomena everywhere - limits to success, shifting the burden to the intervener, accidental adversaries. In particular, they see the system independent of organizational boundaries.
• Collaborate across boundaries with ease. They know how to get the whole system in the room and respect the different interests and perspectives of all stakeholders, making it possible to build their social networks and realize breakthrough innovations.
• Move easily from problem solving to creating. Fear and anxiety can definitely motivate action, but rarely does it encourage our best contributions or sustained effort. These leaders are both pragmatic - they’re always prototyping and experimenting - one definition of creating. They are also oriented toward possibility, evoking inspiration and creativity throughout the system.