LEAD 610 Team Leadership and Conflict Resolution

This course will focus on leading effective teams and resolving conflict that naturally occurs in organizational environments.

For information regarding prerequisites for this course, please refer to the Academic Course Catalog.

Leadership requires a clear understanding of teamwork. Today many leaders fail because of a lack of understanding of how to initiate, develop, and guide a team in accomplishing their God-given purpose.

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Course Requirements Checklist

After reading the Course Syllabus and Student Expectations, the student will complete the related checklist found in Course Overview.

Discussions (3)

Discussions are collaborative learning experiences. Therefore, the student will submit a 300-word thread to the prompts posed and include at least 1 footnote or citation. In addition to the thread, the student is required to reply to 2 other classmates’ threads (minimum). Each reply must be 100 words. Each Discussion must be formatted in the style pertaining to the student’s degree program. (CLO: A, B)

Team Leader Qualities Assignment

This assignment asks the student to develop a personal framework for effective team leadership by identifying four essential leadership qualities from the week’s readings, assessing his or her own gaps, and using Microsoft Copilot to explore what happens when these qualities are missing in group settings. The student will compare Copilot’s insights with the assigned chapters, evaluate where its analysis aligns or falls short, and then create a 500‑word action plan that addresses his or her leadership gaps. (CLO: C)

Team Performance Checklist Assignment

This assignment asked the student to evaluate a real team’s stage of development by collecting 2 completed checklists—1 from a team leader and 1 from a team member—and comparing their results. After selecting a team he or she leads, belongs to, or observes, the student will analyze where the 2 evaluations align or differ, identify the most significant scoring factors, and recommend actions that would help the team progress to the next stage. The student’s findings will be presented in a well‑formatted paper of at least 600 words. (CLO: C )

Four Stage Review of Resolving Everyday Conflict Assignment

This assignment asks the student to engage the Resolving Everyday Conflict textbook by summarizing its core ideas, connecting them to your own experience, critiquing its strengths and weaknesses, and applying its principles to a real workplace conflict. Through 4 short sections—content summary, personal response, critique, and a conflict case—the student will demonstrate his or her understanding of the book’s framework and begin translating its concepts into practical, real‑life application. (CLO: D)

Team Collaboration Interview Video Assignment

This assignment asks the student to observe a real team in action and explore its chemistry by watching how members interact and interviewing 1 team member about what helps or hinders the group’s effectiveness. Drawing on Hartwig and Bird’s 7 indicators of team effectiveness, the student will identify when and where the observation and interview occurred, then summarize his or her findings in a video that highlights the factors contributing to the team’s success as well as the primary obstacle keeping it from fully achieving its purpose. (CLO: C)

Conflict Case Resolution Assignment

This assignment requires the student to apply the conflict‑resolution principles from the Sande & Johnson text to a real or realistic conflict case by writing an 1800‑word paper that analyzes the dispute through a gospel‑centered lens. The student will describe the conflict, examine his or her responses and motivations, work through the book’s steps toward resolution—including confession, forgiveness, and constructive engagement—and conclude with insights, next steps, and lessons learned for handling future conflicts. (CLO: D)