This monastery is only accessible by a large wicker basket which, is pulled by a rope up to the monastery from the valley several hundred feet far below. In recent years tourists have been allowed to ride the basket up to the monastery. On a recent trip one tourist, while being lifted up in the basket to the cliffs high above, was overhead asking a priest how often they replace the frayed rope being used to pull them up. The point is good conflict management doesn't wait until the rope breaks. Do take an ostrich approach conflict resolution because don't disappear.
Communication is work.
When there is a loser in a conflict there is no resolution of the problem. Granted a basketball team is not a democracy. Conflict management does not mean giving up authority or responsibilities. This means to deny there is a problem at all. True problems don't disappear until there is conflict resolution to the parties involved.