Episode 5: Who Influences You?

Episode 5: Influence is everywhere, and it can be heathy or unhealthy. Here are ways to know which is which.

SIGNS OF HEALTHY SYSTEMS OF INFLUENCE

• The system helps people feel welcome and important to the group as they are.
• The system encourages healthy community, teamwork, and camaraderie, as well as open discussion and debate about group projects, goals, and decisions.
• Members are role models for each other, but internal competition is a choice rather than a requirement.
• Individual hard work and excellence are celebrated, and are attributed to the individual.
• The group encourages self-awareness and personal responsibility, but does not require public self-exposure.
• The system supports privacy, self-respect, independence, and kindness.
• Communication is direct and open, and s ...