Collaborative Skills: Conflict Resolution | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

The group can’t agree and time is almost up.

Make a quick decision and commit

Freeze

Force a decision

Flip a coin

The group leader is stressed and snapping at people.

Step in and offer support or help

Let them melt down

Criticize them

Take over quietly

A group member says, “I don’t care anymore.”

Check in and find out what's wrong

Let them stop

Shame them

Replace them

A student presents someone else’s idea as their own.

Mention it privately and clear it up

Ignore it

Call them out in front of everyone

Bring it up later

The project is due tomorrow and things aren’t done.

Decide what must be finished first and start there

Panic

Yell at everyone

Email for an extension

One student thinks others aren’t good enough.

Divide work based on strengths

Let them redo everything

Insult them

Separate completely

A student says, “This is your fault.”

Redirect the group toward fixing the problem

Stay quiet

Blame them back

Walk away

The group can’t meet outside of school.

Adjust plans to meet briefly or work asynchronously

Give up

Insist someone cancel something and make time

Meet without everyone

One member refuses to let anyone else help.

Reassign tasks so everyone has a role

Let them do everything

Tell them they're bossy

Ask the teacher to assign jobs

A student shuts down after their idea isn’t picked.

Find a way to include part of their idea

Let them check out

Tell them to get over it

Move on

One student wants “good enough,” another wants perfection.

Agree on what the assignment requires and aim for that

Give up

Make fun of them

Split the work

Someone starts getting sarcastic during planning.

Take a pause and steer the group back to the task

Ignore it

Be sarcastic back

Change the subject

Two students thought they were doing the same part.

Decide who is doing what moving forward

Drop one version

Blame each other

Pick the better one

One student contributes very little but expects credit.

Say, “Can you finish this part before we turn it in?”

Say nothing

Call them lazy

Document it for later

Right before presenting, two students argue about content.

Quickly agree on one version so the group doesn’t fall apart

Let it go and present anyway

Say, "Too late, deal with it."

Ask the teacher to decide

One student takes over and complains no one helps.

Ask to split the tasks so everyone has a part.

Let them do it

Tell them to stop being bossy

Thank them and move on

A member hasn’t responded to messages in days.

Message them directly and ask if they’re confused or stuck

Do nothing and hope they show up

Send an angry message calling them out

Remove them from the chat

Two group members clearly don’t like each other and won’t talk.

Say, “Can we just focus on the assignment so we can finish?”

Avoid pairing them together

Tell them to grow up

Let the leader handle everything

A student says, “We’re doing my idea. I’m not changing it.”

Say, “What if we try yours first and then mine if it doesn’t work?”

Stop sharing ideas

Argue until they give in

Vote and move on

One group member misses the deadline for the second time.

Ask what’s going on and make a clear plan so it doesn’t happen again

Ignore it and finish their part yourself

Say, “You always do this. You’re ruining the project.”

Tell the teacher immediately