Conflict Identification and Resolution

In the current team I am on where I work, there is conflict between myself and another worker, mostly because he always tries to lead but I was assigned to be the team leader. The usurping of my authority and goals has been ongoing, and efforts to mitigate it have been unsuccessful. The source of this conflict would seem to be the other person, but the true source of the conflict is that he and I are both very similar in the way we approach things, and we are both natural leaders. Although I was chosen by our manager to lead the team, my coworker is used to being a leader and has a difficult time restraining himself from taking over and taking the lead in numerous situations. This current team is not the first place where he has done this, either to me or to...
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