Bellwether State
A bellwether is a leader or an indicator of trends.bellwether
" ''Cambridge Dictionary''. Retrieved 2022-01-22. In politics, the term often applies in a metaphorical sense to characterize a geographic region where political tendencies match in Macrocosm and microcosm, microcosm those of a wider area, such that the result of an election in the former region might predict the eventual result in the latter. In economics, a 'bellwether' is a leading indicator of an economic trend. sociology, Sociologists apply the term in the Active participle, active sense to a person or group of people who tend to create, influence, or set Fads and trends, trends.

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Leader
Leadership, both as a research area and as a practical skill, encompasses the ability of an individual, group or organization to "lead", influence or guide other individuals, teams, or entire organizations. The word "leadership" often gets viewed as a contested term. Specialist literature debates various viewpoints on the concept, sometimes contrasting Eastern and Western approaches to leadership, and also (within the West) North American versus European approaches. U.S. academic environments define leadership as "a process of social influence in which a person can enlist the aid and support of others in the accomplishment of a common and ethical task". Basically, leadership can be defined as an influential power-relationship in which the power of one party (the "leader") promotes movement/change in others (the "followers"). Some have challenged the more traditional managerial views of leadership (which portray leadership as something possessed or owned by one individual ...
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