When society shifts priorities, adds technologies and moves toward a highly integrated network of systems, the role of leaders for such systems differs from the past, when leaders could attend only to their own narrow purview of institutional near-term needs. Right now, society seems to be headed by various kinds of leaders, many of whom are looking at the world through “old eyes.” Many see current problems that emerge from a world of integrated systems and interactive networks with eyes that envision hierarchies and siloes. Meanwhile, individuals increasingly see an interlinked world in which isolating the best interest of “my company” or “my political party” is no longer effective for the long term. More and more individuals have taken to the streets in China, France and elsewhere to express their frustrations with leaders, suggesting that those in charge now need to reassess their contemporary role and to reconsider how their actions affect the world outside their institutions. In that regard, a few new leadership characteristics are surfacing; some might sound familiar, but they carry a different meaning. They include Problem Solvers, those who spend time examining externalities to their enterprises, to ascertain where problems exist outside their institutions and to address those problems; Thought Leaders, those who can withstand criticism and provide visions around which more and more of society can gather; and Long-Term Strategic Thinkers, those who ignore society’s “bright, shiny objects” and view current issues through a long-term lens, finding risks and opportunities for their own institutions and for society as well.