Excellent article and I completely agree.

However I've worked at an organization that performed promises 1 &amp; 3 reasonably well, but where the leader also habitually broke promises 2 &amp; 4.  Yet the organization didn't die, indeed, in some ways it thrived despite its toxic leadership and horrible top-down culture.

I think in the ways it thrived was because of the employees who were committed to the mission of the organization and not because of any inspiration from or loyalty to the leadership.

Regarding your points about your future self keeping promises with your present self, good thoughts.  Leading yourself is one of the hardest things to do.  I've often thought of this has having "Internal Integrity."  It is important for our future self to have internal integrity with our present self.  Easier said than done, yet vital as a leader.