Assalamu alaykum.
Since you asked, I think that "Leadership is a HUGE responsibility, NOT an honor"
Why more people don't see this, I don't understand at all. A leader is accountable for his people, a leader will be asked about his people, a leader must take care of his people. This is NOT an EASY job at all.
It's great to look above and beyond... but I change starts from all of us individuals, from the inside. We have to change ourselves, gain and spread Islamic knowledge, afterwards perhaps it will spread to the world.
Wassalam.