> These sources define "alpha" as a leader who influences others positively, not through aggression. No? Look: Your Merriam-Webster quote (although I can't fi

> These sources define "alpha" as a leader who influences others positively, not through aggression. No? Look: Your Merriam-Webster quote (although I can't find it online) "the most dominant, powerful, or assertive person" That's not becoming a leader by being helpful and getting people's trust. It's instead dominance and assertiveness, that's something else. I think you mistakenly what to have the word "alpha" mean the same thing as "leader". But I think that's not how people in general look at these words.