Coaching practices for Com B Model

Describe almost anything you are working through and IX Coach finds the practices whose real-world fit is closest. For Com B Model, these are the strongest matches in the current practice library.

Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?

• Nobody around me does this thing, so I’m always the odd one out swimming against the room
• 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 trust my favorite framework so completely that I apply it everywhere without checking, and lately it’s been quietly steering me wrong
• I reach for the same go-to fix for every change
• Every single day this is still a decision I have to win

Practices that may help

1. 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.
2. 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
3. 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
4. Constantly distinguish the map from the territory
   A model is a simplification — know precisely where yours breaks down.
   Mental Models: Charlie Munger’s Latticework Approach
5. 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
6. Strengthen automatic motivation through cue-response pairings
   Build automatic, habitual pulls toward the behavior so it does not compete for conscious motivation each time.
   The COM-B Model and Behavior Change Wheel
7. The Fogg Behavior Model, Made Practical
   BJ Fogg’s model states that behavior happens when three elements converge at the same moment: sufficient motivation, sufficient ability, and a prompt. If a behavior isn’t happening, one of these three is the bottleneck — and diagnosing which one tells you exactly what to change. The model is practitioner-developed with strong theoretical grounding; large-scale RCT evidence is limited but the framework is widely used in product design and behavior change programs.
8. The Two-Process Model of Sleep
   Alexander Borbély’s two-process model describes sleep as the interaction of two independent systems: Process S (homeostatic sleep pressure, which builds throughout waking hours like a battery draining) and Process C (the circadian clock, which gates sleep propensity in a 24-hour rhythm). Good sleep requires both processes to align — sleep pressure high and the clock in its nighttime phase simultaneously. The model is well established in sleep science.
9. The SBI Feedback Model, Made Practical
   The SBI model (Situation–Behavior–Impact), developed by the Center for Creative Leadership, structures feedback by anchoring it to an observable moment, describing the behavior seen rather than inferring motive, and naming the actual impact. This reduces defensiveness and attribution errors; the model is established clinical practice in leadership development, though direct RCT comparisons to other feedback approaches are limited.
10. Apply several models to the same problem at once
    When models from different fields point to the same answer, confidence rises; when they conflict, you learn something important.
    Mental Models: Charlie Munger’s Latticework Approach

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