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Successful cooperation is both a path and a goal. Good methods and tools make it much easier for a team to organize itself. Encourage your team to take the first steps in this direction and experience the difference.
NVC-plus gives you the opportunity to take a stand on an unpleasant situation by naming the pain points you are experiencing. A pain point is not a No-Go, but it shows that the team is navigating a person's boundaries. If this is clearly stated by the person, it gives the others the opportunity to take this information into account for the way forward. However, they don't necessarily have to, because otherwise it would be a No-Go. Some people may need support or a bit of a push to get the necessary clarity in the message. This is also clearly a pain point, as it is not a common objection. The pain point is where the factual issues and personal reactions come together.
Additional card Z2
NVC-plus has several tool cards and a few additional cards. The additional card Z2 is the card that explains the pain points. The No-Gos and Must-Haves and No-Gos, on the other hand, can be found on tool card T2.1. The good thing about using pain points to take a stand is that you take responsibility for an unpleasant situation and don't project it onto others or blame it on the circumstances. So you don't say "You didn't turn off the light in the room again. You never think about the environment. That's not possible". This sentence includes the other person, the room and the environment. Only you yourself have not found a place in it. That's why the sentence appears to be a dominant claim. If you say instead: "You've left the light on in the chamber again. That's a pain point of mine. It hurts me because I think about the environment", then you have found a place for yourself in the sentence. The Argentinian coach Fred Koffman spoke of the position of nowhere, from which the first version of the statement was spoken. If you refuse to take your own stance while at the same time being highly emotional, it is difficult to communicate with each other afterwards. On the other hand, at NVC-plus we want to avoid long discussions, as this often achieves far too little in relation to the result. One sentence is enough to give the other person the information they need to avoid a pitfall. If they don't want to do that, you can put up with it, or tackle it at the right time with classic NVC (non-violent communication).
The cards are described in more detail in the book, as well as in the Power Point presentation available in the download tool depot.
Every team, start-up, or company must overcome these six hurdles if it wants to organize itself collegially in order to successfully manage projects from within the community.
Pain Points
The cards are described in more detail in the book, as well as in the Power Point presentation available in the download tool depot.
b) Pain Points
Chapter 20 - Pain Points
Successful cooperation is both a path and a goal. Good methods and tools make it much easier for a team to organize itself. Encourage your team to take the first steps in this direction and experience the difference.
NVC-plus gives you the opportunity to take a stand on an unpleasant situation by naming the pain points you are experiencing. A pain point is not a No-Go, but it shows that the team is navigating a person's boundaries. If this is clearly stated by the person, it gives the others the opportunity to take this information into account for the way forward. However, they don't necessarily have to, because otherwise it would be a No-Go. Some people may need support or a bit of a push to get the necessary clarity in the message. This is also clearly a pain point, as it is not a common objection. The pain point is where the factual issues and personal reactions come together.
Additional card Z2
NVC-plus has several tool cards and a few additional cards. The additional card Z2 is the card that explains the pain points. The No- Gos and Must-Haves and No-Gos, on the other hand, can be found on tool card T2.1. The good thing about using pain points to take a stand is that you take responsibility for an unpleasant situation and don't project it onto others or blame it on the circumstances. So you don't say "You didn't turn off the light in the room again. You never think about the environment. That's not possible". This sentence includes the other person, the room and the environment. Only you yourself have not found a place in it. That's why the sentence appears to be a dominant claim. If you say instead: "You've left the light on in the chamber again. That's a pain point of mine. It hurts me because I think about the environment", then you have found a place for yourself in the sentence. The Argentinian coach Fred Koffman spoke of the position of nowhere, from which the first version of the statement was spoken. If you refuse to take your own stance while at the same time being highly emotional, it is difficult to communicate with each other afterwards. On the other hand, at NVC-plus we want to avoid long discussions, as this often achieves far too little in relation to the result. One sentence is enough to give the other person the information they need to avoid a pitfall. If they don't want to do that, you can put up with it, or tackle it at the right time with classic NVC (non-violent communication).
Pain Points