Prompt #1: Introduce yourself and please include what your expectations for the class

are.
My name is Ariel and I am going to graduate this fall with a BA in Organizational
Leadership (Project Management). I am really looking forward to learning new
approaches to handling conflict, not only in the workplace but also in my personal life.
Prompt #2: Put yourself in the shoes of Nelson Mandela.  Identify what you would be
thinking and how you would feel about your captors as you emerged from 27 years of
hard labor in prison.
Putting myself in the shoes of Nelson Mandela, I am sure I would have felt a lot of
anger. I would be angry towards my captors and everyone who agreed with them.
Prompt #3: What advice was Mandela receiving from his close associates and how was
he responding?
For one, his bodyguards were trying to have Nelson Mandela fire the Caucasian
bodyguards because of the past. He was mad at them for how they treated them and
Nelson Mandela because of their skin color. However, Nelson Mandela did not care
about their skin color and told him he shouldn’t either.
Prompt #4: What’s so unusual about his responses to the advice he’s receiving?
This was unusual because it would have been normal to expect someone who was
treated so badly by a certain type of person to be angry with them and not trust them.
However, Nelson Mandela forgave them and didn’t hold onto any ill feelings towards
anybody.
Prompt #5: What lessons can you take away from how Nelson Mandela decided to deal
with the conflict in his country?
Nelson Mandela is truly an inspiration in every way. The way he dealt with the conflict
within his country was brilliant. He knew by turning his back towards the people that did
it to him, he would never bring his country together and work past their issues. Instead
he treated everyone with respect and won them over with kindness instead of force.
Prompt #6: What lessons can you apply to your concept of leadership from observing
the approach of President Mandela?
I can see that it is important to lead by example. Your team will be looking up to you and
you can make a huge impact by treating other how you would want to be treated. Even
if you have been mistreated, there is other ways to handle the conflict other than anger.
Being angry about it gives the other person the power, instead of forgiving and taking
control of yourself.
Prompt #7: After watching the clip, “I Know a Way Out of Hell,” how would you describe
Gandhi’s response to the Hindu father whose child was killed and who murdered a
Muslim child?  What is unusual about this response? How would you apply the word
"healing" to Gandhi's response?
Gandhi’s response was very moving, he understood the conflict this man was going
through internally. The way he was able to forgive this man for any wrong he had done
and give him advice on being able to take responsibility, learn from it and heal from this
conflict, is very extraordinary.
Prompt #8:  Consider your own Mental Model regarding conflict.  Which of the following
one or two approaches to conflict resolution are you most likely to utilize: Avoidance,
Aggression, Integration, Accommodation, Compromise?  Identify problems with your
approach?  Identify benefits of your approach?  
I would most likely use an accommodating style of conflict resolution. This would be me
putting the desires of others before my own. This for obvious reasons could be a
problem, if the conflict is of great importance to me. However, if it isn’t than it is easy to
give the others what they want. I will be able to keep the peace and gain their trust.