What Conflict Animal Are You?
Find out what animal matches your conflict management style.
Quiz Transcript
What Conflict Animal Are You?
Find out what animal matches your conflict management style.
Pick a word that best describes how you approach a conflict.
Collaborative
Avoid
Compete
Accommodate
Compromise
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Choose a values statement.
I highly value personal goals and relationships with others.
I value the ability to change my personal goals and relationships with others when necessary.
I value personal goals over relationships with others.
I value relationships with others over personal goals.
I somewhat value personal goals and relationships with others.
2 / 7
You view conflict as...
A problem to be solved
Something to avoid
A battle
Something that happens
A negotiation
3 / 7
Select a personal strength.
Calm
Friendliness
Courageous
Communication
Integrity
4 / 7
Select something you need to work on.
Being more involved
Being more vocal
Being more empathetic
Being more collaborative
Being more concise
5 / 7
When someone approaches you with a conflict you...
Withdraw
Compete
Hide
Confront
Debate
6 / 7
Select a phrase that best matches how you handle conflict.
The strongest person always wins.
Two heads are better than one.
Let's split the difference.
I don't care that much; have it your way.
I'd rather not deal with it now.
7 / 7
Collaborating Owl
“I’m sure we can work together for a better solution”
- Confronts problems
- View conflicts as problems to be solved
- Use conflict to improve relationships
- Identifies the conflict to approach solutions
- Finds solutions agreeable to all sides
- Values goals and relationships
Disadvantages: Takes a great deal of time and effort
Avoiding Turtle
“It’s not worth the trouble”
- Withdraw from conflict
- Prefer to hide and ignore conflict than resolve
- Uncooperative and unassertive
- Tend to give up personal goals
- Display passive behavior
Disadvantages: Conflicts remain unresolved; Overuse leads to others walking over them
Competing Shark
“I know I’m right”
- Forceful and competitive
- Highly goal-oriented
- Relationships take a lower priority
- Won’t hesitate to use aggressive behavior
- Autocratic, authoritative, and uncooperative
- Threatening and intimidating
- Need to win; therefore others must lose
Disadvantages: May breed hostility and resentment toward the Shark
Accommodating Teddy Bear
“I’ll do what you want so we don’t argue”
- Smoothing style
- Emphasis on human relationships
- Ignores their own goals
- Resolve conflict by giving into others
- Unassertive and cooperative
Disadvantages: Giving in to each conflict may not be productive; Negotiator may get taken advantage of
Compromising Fox
“If I give you this, you give me that”
- Concern for goals and relationships
- Assertive for compromise
- Seeking a middle ground between extremes
- Attempts to let both sides gain something
- Willing to sacrifice some of their goals while persuading others to give up part of theirs
Disadvantages: Compromise may create less than ideal outcome; Can result in game-playing