From Tension to Teamwork: Conflict Resolution in Animation

Written By Creators Society

Overall conflict tips

  • Shift from blame to curious

  • What are the major concerns?

Procedural conflict

  • The leader must get involved and make the decision for who is doing what which may include redirecting work.

Creative conflict

  • This is necessary.

  • Set expectations with the team around how conflict will and won’t be handled

  • Prevent it from getting personal


Personal conflict

  • Set expectations

  • They don’t have to like each other, but they do have to work together with professional courtesy

Tips on managing yourself when dealing with conflict

  • Get your head on straight.

    • What is your self-talk?

    • What are the facts?

    • What is the story you’ve created around the facts?

    • How can you get yourself into a state of curiosity?

Tips on managing others through conflict

  • Ask them to be clear on the facts and the impacts of the facts

  • Find out the greatest concern each person has.

  • Contract on a set of “rules of engagement”

  • If you have a conflict again, how would you like the other person to handle it?

Creators Society

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