Lesson 1: Your role · 6 min
Explain why style differences can turn ordinary disagreement into conflict, and why early action matters.
Learners prepare on their own, you answer questions live, and the surveys tell you what stuck. 9 fields to fill in with your own policy, contacts and locations; each one is highlighted inside the course.
What learners can do at the end of each lesson. Minutes are an estimate.
Explain why style differences can turn ordinary disagreement into conflict, and why early action matters.
Tell task conflict, relationship conflict and conduct issues apart, and know which ones a manager may resolve alone.
Choose manager actions that de-escalate and stay neutral.
Run a five-step conflict conversation without taking sides.
Document, follow up and escalate to HR when the conflict involves protected characteristics, threats or repeated misconduct.
12 questions, 80% to pass. The result is saved to the learner's record.