16.4. Moving Toward and Moving Away From
In relationships with those in our network, we constantly choose whom we engage and how we interact. We select our friends and allies and then take actions that either bring us together or move us apart. These two exercises heighten this experience so that participants can be more aware of how they manage their networks and create close and distant relationships with others.
16.4.1. Exercise 5. Allies and Opponents
This activity can generate lots of energy very quickly.
16.4.1.1. Instructions
Each person chooses someone to be close to (an ally) and someone to stay away from (an opponent). They do not reveal their choices. They then move around the room, trying to stay away from the opponent and close ...
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