What teamwork question can turn conflict into collaboration?

When conflict arises at work, most people instinctively ask, "Who's right?" In this episode of Leadership Without Losing Your Soul, David Dye explains why that question keeps teams stuck and introduces a simple but powerful teamwork question that helps leaders uncover what a conversation truly needs. By focusing on connection, clarity, curiosity, and commitment, you'll learn how to transform disagreements into productive problem-solving.

In this episode, you'll learn how to:

• Use one teamwork question to quickly shift conflict toward collaboration.
• Recognize whether a conversation needs connection, clarity, curiosity, or commitment.
• Avoid common conflict traps that escalate disagreements.
• Ask questions that build trust, uncover shared goals, and encourage understanding.
• Create clear commitments that prevent the same conflicts from repeating.

Whether you're leading a team, managing cross-functional projects, or resolving executive disagreements, this practical framework will help you communicate more effectively and build stronger, more collaborative relationships.

Listen to this episode to discover the teamwork question that can change the way you lead difficult conversations. You'll leave with practical communication strategies that help reduce conflict, strengthen collaboration, and improve problem-solving across your team.

Check out:

• 2:52 – The One Teamwork Question That Changes Everything
• David introduces the powerful teamwork question: "What does this conversation need right now?" and explains how it shifts leaders away from proving who's right and toward resolving conflict productively.
• 6:38 – Create Clarity Before Solving the Problem
• Learn why many workplace conflicts are actually caused by unclear expectations and discover the simple question, "What would a successful outcome do for you?", to uncover shared goals and move conversations forward.
• 9:04 – Curiosity Is the Key to Better Collaboration
• David explains why curiosity is one of the most effective conflict-resolution skills, how it reduces defensiveness, and why it's impossible to be both genuinely curious and furious at the same time.

Leadership Without Using Your Soul podcast offers insightful discussions on leadership and management, focusing on essential communication skills, productivity, teamwork, delegation, and feedback to help leaders navigate various leadership styles, management styles, conflict resolution, time management, and active listening while addressing challenges like overwhelm, burnout, work-life balance, and problem-solving in both online and in-person teams, all aimed at cultivating human-centered leadership qualities that promote growth and success.