Professional Skills: Resolving and Transforming Conflict
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Professional Skills: Resolving and Transforming Conflict
This course is part of Professional Skills: Conflict Management and Negotiation Specialization
Instructor: Tyler Galarneau
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What you'll learn
Respond effectively to conflict by understanding its causes and resources.
Explore cooperative solutions through thoughtful responses and purposeful questions.
Follow through on solutions with honesty and humility to transform conflict.
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March 2026
3 assignments
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There are 4 modules in this course
Master the final and most crucial stages of conflict management: resolution and transformation. This course helps you turn conflict into collaboration by applying clear communication, creative problem-solving, and follow-through strategies.
Getting through conflict is only half the battle β resolving it is where the real transformation begins. Resolving and Transforming Conflict, developed by ASUβs Sandra Day OβConnor College of Law, gives you the frameworks and tools to create cooperative, lasting solutions. This course builds on conflict awareness and management skills to help you follow through with strategies that promote trust, accountability, and change. Youβll explore real-world tactics for responding thoughtfully, brainstorming collaboratively, and applying practical solutions that are applicable in any workplace setting. Whether youβre addressing individual disputes or team-wide issues, youβll develop the confidence to lead with integrity, respond clearly and resolve fairly.
This module introduces you to the fundamental aspects of conflict, helping you understand its various causes and the resources available for effective resolution. You will learn practical strategies for responding to conflict in a constructive manner, focusing on how to de-escalate situations and foster positive outcomes. By the end of this module, you will be equipped with the initial tools to approach disagreements with confidence and skill.
What's included
1 assignment7 plugins
1 assignmentβ’Total 10 minutes
- Quiz: Responding to conflictβ’10 minutes
7 pluginsβ’Total 45 minutes
- Responding to conflict: Causes and resourcesβ’5 minutes
- Responding effectively to conflictβ’4 minutes
- Practice the solution: Responding effectively to conflictβ’10 minutes
- Job aid: Responding effectively to conflictβ’3 minutes
- Reflect on the solution: Responding to conflictβ’10 minutes
- Respond to problems and offer thoughtful responses: Key takeawaysβ’3 minutes
- Apply the solution: Responding to conflictβ’10 minutes
Building on the foundational understanding of conflict, this module delves into the art of exploring cooperative solutions. You will discover how to shift from adversarial positions to collaborative problem-solving, emphasizing thoughtful responses and purposeful questioning. This module will guide you in transforming conflict into opportunities for mutual understanding and shared success, enhancing your ability to work with others towards common goals.
What's included
1 assignment7 plugins
1 assignmentβ’Total 10 minutes
- Exploring cooperative solutionsβ’10 minutes
7 pluginsβ’Total 45 minutes
- Exploring cooperative solutions: Causes and resourcesβ’5 minutes
- Exploring cooperative solutions: Cooperating to transform conflictβ’4 minutes
- Practice the solution: Cooperating to transform conflictβ’10 minutes
- Job aid: Cooperating to transform conflictβ’3 minutes
- Reflect on the solution: Exploring cooperative solutionsβ’10 minutes
- Offer thoughtful responses, ask purposeful questions: Key takeawaysβ’3 minutes
- Apply the solution: Exploring cooperative solutionsβ’10 minutes
The final module focuses on the critical step of following through on conflict solutions with honesty and humility. You will learn how to sustain positive changes, build trust, and ensure that agreed-upon resolutions are implemented effectively. This module emphasizes the importance of accountability and integrity in maintaining healthy relationships and preventing future conflicts, empowering you to achieve lasting peace and productivity.
What's included
1 assignment7 plugins
1 assignmentβ’Total 10 minutes
- Quiz: Following through on solutionsβ’10 minutes
7 pluginsβ’Total 45 minutes
- Following through on solutions: Causes and resourcesβ’5 minutes
- Following through on solutions: Preparing to follow throughβ’4 minutes
- Practice the solution: Preparing to follow throughβ’10 minutes
- Job aid: Preparing to follow throughβ’3 minutes
- Reflect on the solution: Following through on solutionsβ’10 minutes
- Follow through with honesty and humility: Key takeawaysβ’3 minutes
- Apply the solution: Following through on solutionsβ’10 minutes
This concluding module includes a course completion survey to gather your feedback and formally marks the end of your learning experience.
What's included
1 reading1 plugin
1 readingβ’Total 3 minutes
- End of course surveyβ’3 minutes
1 pluginβ’Total 3 minutes
- End of course surveyβ’3 minutes
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