Com B Analysis: 10 Evidence-Based Coaching Practices
Describe almost anything you are working through and IX Coach finds the practices whose real-world fit is closest. For Com B Analysis, these are the strongest matches in the current practice library.
About 1 minute
Try it here: find the part that is in the way
Pick the part that feels most in the way of a behaviour, so you know whether to build a skill, change your setting, or find a reason.
Which part feels most in the way?
Practices that may help
- Behavioral Chain Analysis: The DBT Method for Understanding Problem Behaviors
Behavioral chain analysis (BCA), a core DBT skill developed by Marsha Linehan, maps every link in the chain of events — from the original vulnerability through the triggering event, thoughts, feelings, and actions — that led to a problem behavior. By making the chain visible, BCA reveals multiple points where the sequence could have been broken, turning a post-hoc autopsy into a concrete prevention plan. - The COM-B Model and Behavior Change Wheel
COM-B (Capability, Opportunity, Motivation, Behavior) is a diagnostic framework developed by Michie and colleagues that maps the three conditions any behavior requires: you must be able to do it, have the opportunity to do it, and want to do it. Research supporting COM-B as a systematic intervention framework is largely expert-consensus and observational rather than RCT; its main value is stopping you from applying the wrong lever. - Build branches that are MECE at every level
Ensure each set of branches is mutually exclusive (no overlap) and collectively exhaustive (nothing important missing).
Issue Tree Analysis - Generate a solution analysis for the most accessible intervention point
For your chosen intervention point, brainstorm and commit to one specific alternative.
Behavioral Chain Analysis: The DBT Method for Understanding Problem Behaviors - Diagnose before you prescribe with COM-B
Before picking a strategy, identify which of Capability, Opportunity, or Motivation is the bottleneck.
The COM-B Model and Behavior Change Wheel - Prioritize branches by impact and workability before diving in
The tree shows what is possible to analyze — decide which branches are worth investigating before spending time on them.
Issue Tree Analysis - Use social opportunity — others who make the behavior normal
Position yourself in social contexts where your target behavior is modeled, expected, or easy to perform with others.
The COM-B Model and Behavior Change Wheel - Match your intervention type to the COM-B gap
Use the Behavior Change Wheel to select the intervention approach that fits the diagnosed gap — not your default.
The COM-B Model and Behavior Change Wheel - Building a Second Brain (BASB), Made Practical
Building a Second Brain (BASB) is Tiago Forte’s system for capturing, organizing, distilling, and expressing ideas using a personal knowledge management (PKM) system. The four-step CODE framework (Capture, Organize, Distill, Express) structures an external system that reduces the cognitive load of remembering and re-finding information. BASB is a practitioner framework grounded in cognitive-offloading and note-taking research rather than a formally tested protocol. - Install feedback loops to track behavior and adjust
Measure the behavior directly and use the data to update your intervention, not just your motivation.
The COM-B Model and Behavior Change Wheel
Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?
- I’ve broken the problem into pieces but they keep bleeding into each other and I have a nagging fear I’ve left a whole chunk out entirely
- I can see where I went wrong and I swear I’ll handle it differently next time, but when the moment actually comes I freeze with no idea what else to do
- I’ve thrown so much at this change and it still won’t stick, and I honestly can’t tell whether the real problem is that I don’t want it enough, don’t know how, or my whole setup makes it impossible
- I’ve got way more angles to dig into than I have time for, and I keep gravitating to the parts I already know how to analyze rather than the ones that probably hold the real answer
- Nobody around me does this thing, so I’m always the odd one out swimming against the room
Related concerns
- Behavior Change Analysis
Behavioral chain analysis (BCA), a core DBT skill developed by Marsha Linehan, maps every link in the chain of events — from the original vulnerability through the triggering event, thoughts, feelings, and actions — that led to a problem behavior. By making the chain visible, BCA reveals multiple points where the sequence could have been broken, turning a post-hoc autopsy into a concrete prevention plan.
- Behavior Change Analysis Template
Behavioral chain analysis (BCA), a core DBT skill developed by Marsha Linehan, maps every link in the chain of events — from the original vulnerability through the triggering event, thoughts, feelings, and actions — that led to a problem behavior. By making the chain visible, BCA reveals multiple points where the sequence could have been broken, turning a post-hoc autopsy into a concrete prevention plan.
- Behavior Change Analysis Worksheet
Behavioral chain analysis (BCA), a core DBT skill developed by Marsha Linehan, maps every link in the chain of events — from the original vulnerability through the triggering event, thoughts, feelings, and actions — that led to a problem behavior. By making the chain visible, BCA reveals multiple points where the sequence could have been broken, turning a post-hoc autopsy into a concrete prevention plan.
- Behavior Change Communication Bcc
COM-B (Capability, Opportunity, Motivation, Behavior) is a diagnostic framework developed by Michie and colleagues that maps the three conditions any behavior requires: you must be able to do it, have the opportunity to do it, and want to do it. Research supporting COM-B as a systematic intervention framework is largely expert-consensus and observational rather than RCT; its main value is stopping you from applying the wrong lever.
- Com B Framework
COM-B (Capability, Opportunity, Motivation, Behavior) is a diagnostic framework developed by Michie and colleagues that maps the three conditions any behavior requires: you must be able to do it, have the opportunity to do it, and want to do it. Research supporting COM-B as a systematic intervention framework is largely expert-consensus and observational rather than RCT; its main value is stopping you from applying the wrong lever.
- Com B Intervention Types
Use the Behavior Change Wheel to select the intervention approach that fits the diagnosed gap — not your default.
Match your intervention type to the COM-B gap
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