He would be mocked, beaten, and scourged. He would have the beard ripped out of His face. His appearance would be so badly disfigured as to be unrecognizable as the face of a man. He would be unjustly sentenced to death by the creation He loved enough to lower Himself to go through this life to come and save. And as if all that were not enough, the Master would humble Himself to take on the position of a naked slave to wash the feet of His friends at His final meal to teach us what it is to lead others.
Leadership is sacrifice and humility.
It is doing things that need to be done when one else follows, sees or cares. It means continuing when some may mock or may even angrily, actively resist your efforts to help them. Leadership is doing what must be done. Following the call of Christ to do something when no one else understands is not easy. It is waiting on God when others feel that something must be done, now.