Team Dynamics, Leadership, and Conflict Repair¶
Team Dynamics, Leadership, and Conflict Repair equips teams to manage high-stakes interpersonal issues, prevent burnout, and restore trust using proven frameworks.
Level 2 course
This course is designed for team leaders, field practitioners, and support partners who want healthier team culture.
Course Purpose¶
To help teams build resilient, decentralized leadership; navigate difficult conversations; repair conflict; and share burdens in healthy ways.
Intended Audience¶
- Small ministry teams and local leadership groups.
- Sending partners and mentors.
- Field leaders responsible for team health and mission unity.
Prerequisites¶
Recommended: Spiritual Readiness and Resilience and Cross-Cultural Service.
Learning Objectives¶
By the end of this course, learners should be able to:
- Describe decentralized, starfish-style leadership.
- Use Crucial Conversations principles to handle high-stakes dialogue.
- Recognize self-deception and shift to people-focused thinking.
- Build team rhythms for shared burden and debriefing.
Estimated Time¶
60-75 minutes.
Practical Output¶
A Team Covenant and a Conflict Repair Plan.
Lessons¶
- Decentralized Leadership
- Navigating High-Stakes Dialogue
- Shifting Perspectives in Conflict
- The Huddle Principle and Shared Burdens
- Knowledge Check
Suggested Reading & Resources¶
- Crucial Conversations — high-stakes team dialogue.
- Leadership and Self-Deception — moving from self-centered to people-centered thinking.
- The Anatomy of Peace — conflict repair and heart change.
- The Starfish and the Spider — resilient, decentralized leadership.
Reflection Questions¶
- How can your team move away from top-down control?
- What hard conversation do you need to have first?
- Who will help carry the next season of work and care?
Completion Criteria¶
- Review all lessons.
- Draft a Team Covenant and Conflict Repair Plan.
- Share them with a teammate or mentor.