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