Leadership Skills Worksheet: Conflict Resolution
Leader's tip (Calm, listen, options, agree): The four steps in order: calm down → listen to both sides → find options → agree on a plan. Helps: a calm voice, saying “I feel…”, listening without blame, finding a middle way, apologising sincerely. Makes it worse: shouting back, taking sides at once, name-calling, bringing up old fights, spreading gossip.
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- 1.Which of these makes a conflict worse? (a) focusing on the problem (b) name-calling (c) using a calm voice (d) saying “I feel…”
- 2.👂 Why listen to both sides in a conflict? (a) to pick a winner (b) to understand fully (c) to waste time (d) to find who to blame
- 3.Which of these helps solve a conflict? (a) spreading gossip (b) apologising sincerely (c) shouting back (d) bringing up old fights
- 4.🕊️ When solving a conflict, which comes first: calm down or agree on a plan? (a) calm down (b) agree on a plan
- 5.🕊️ Does this help solve a conflict or make it worse: walking off in anger? (a) helps solve it (b) makes it worse
- 6.🕊️ When solving a conflict, which comes first: calm down or listen to both sides? (a) calm down (b) listen to both sides
- 7.True or false: “focusing on the problem” helps solve a conflict. (a) False (b) True
- 8.🕊️ Which conflict-solving step is this: calm down? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
- 9.Which of these helps solve a conflict? (a) shouting back (b) finding a middle way (c) taking sides at once (d) bringing up old fights
- 10.True or false: “name-calling” helps solve a conflict. (a) True (b) False
- 11.🕊️ Does this help solve a conflict or make it worse: focusing on the problem? (a) helps solve it (b) makes it worse
- 12.🕊️ When solving a conflict, which comes first: calm down or let each person speak? (a) calm down (b) let each person speak
- 13.🕊️ Which conflict-solving step is this: choose a fix together? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
- 14.Which of these helps solve a conflict? (a) walking off in anger (b) bringing up old fights (c) taking sides at once (d) using a calm voice
- 15.🕊️ Which conflict-solving step is this: listen to both sides? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
- 16.🕊️ Does this help solve a conflict or make it worse: spreading gossip? (a) makes it worse (b) helps solve it
- 17.🕊️ When solving a conflict, which comes first: take a deep breath or listen to both sides? (a) take a deep breath (b) listen to both sides
- 18.🕊️ Which conflict-solving step is this: find options? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bringing up old fights (b) finding a middle way (c) focusing on the problem (d) saying “I feel…”
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) using a calm voice (b) apologising sincerely (c) saying “I feel…” (d) taking sides at once
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) apologising sincerely (b) using a calm voice (c) saying “I feel…” (d) shouting back
- 22.🕊️ Does this help solve a conflict or make it worse: saying “I feel…”? (a) makes it worse (b) helps solve it
- 23.True or false: “saying “I feel…”” helps solve a conflict. (a) True (b) False
- 24.True or false: “bringing up old fights” helps solve a conflict. (a) True (b) False
- 25.🗣️ Which line helps calm a conflict? (a) “Stop being silly!” (b) “I don’t care.” (c) “Let’s hear both sides.” (d) “You are always wrong.”
- 26.True or false: “saying “I feel…”” makes a conflict worse. (a) True (b) False
- 27.🕊️ Which conflict-solving step is this: agree on a plan? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 28.True or false: “finding a middle way” makes a conflict worse. (a) False (b) True
- 29.Which of these makes a conflict worse? (a) taking sides at once (b) apologising sincerely (c) listening without blame (d) focusing on the problem
- 30.🕊️ When solving a conflict, which comes first: take a deep breath or shake hands on a plan? (a) take a deep breath (b) shake hands on a plan
- 31.True or false: “focusing on the problem” makes a conflict worse. (a) True (b) False
- 32.🕊️ When solving a conflict, which comes first: shake hands on a plan or find options? (a) shake hands on a plan (b) find options
- 33.🕊️ When solving a conflict, which comes first: listen to both sides or list possible fixes? (a) listen to both sides (b) list possible fixes
- 34.🕊️ When solving a conflict, which comes first: shake hands on a plan or let each person speak? (a) shake hands on a plan (b) let each person speak
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finding a middle way (b) spreading gossip (c) using a calm voice (d) focusing on the problem
- 36.🤝 Two members want different poster designs. Which is a fair option? (a) scrap the project (b) the leader picks alone (c) use the louder one’s (d) combine the best parts
- 37.🕊️ Does this help solve a conflict or make it worse: using a calm voice? (a) makes it worse (b) helps solve it
- 38.🕊️ Which conflict-solving step is this: brainstorm solutions? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) taking sides at once (b) name-calling (c) focusing on the problem (d) shouting back
- 40.🕊️ Does this help solve a conflict or make it worse: listening without blame? (a) makes it worse (b) helps solve it
Answer key
- name-calling
- to understand fully
- apologising sincerely
- calm down
- makes it worse
- calm down
- True
- step 1
- finding a middle way
- False
- helps solve it
- calm down
- step 4
- using a calm voice
- step 2
- makes it worse
- take a deep breath
- step 3
- bringing up old fights
- taking sides at once
- shouting back
- helps solve it
- True
- False
- “Let’s hear both sides.”
- False
- step 4
- False
- taking sides at once
- take a deep breath
- False
- find options
- listen to both sides
- let each person speak
- spreading gossip
- combine the best parts
- helps solve it
- step 3
- focusing on the problem
- helps solve it
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