Coaching practices for Elaboration Likelihood Model in a New Job
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- Before I even open my mouth I can’t tell whether this person is actually weighing what I say or just half-listening and waiting for the headline
- They’re busy and barely engaged
- I’m about to walk into a new job and a new neighborhood, and I’m already bracing for it to be awkward, rehearsing how they probably won’t take to me
- I gave the full reasoning to one person and they lit up wanting more, gave the same thing to the next and watched their eyes go dead
- I keep losing people when I explain something genuinely new
Practices that may help
- Elaboration Likelihood Model, Made Practical
The elaboration likelihood model (ELM) holds that persuasion travels one of two routes: the central route, where people carefully evaluate arguments and change their minds durably, and the peripheral route, where people use mental shortcuts (source attractiveness, social proof) and shift only temporarily. Which route dominates depends on motivation and cognitive capacity in the moment. The model is one of the most replicated frameworks in social psychology. - Diagnose which route your audience is on before you speak
Check motivation and capacity before choosing how to frame your message.
Elaboration Likelihood Model, Made Practical - Use peripheral cues when elaboration is low
Source credibility, social proof, and liking move low-engagement audiences where logic cannot.
Elaboration Likelihood Model, Made Practical - Use the anticipation of interaction to create liking before meeting
Knowing you will interact with someone in the future makes you evaluate them more positively before it happens.
The Propinquity Effect (Leon Festinger) - Read need for cognition to calibrate depth
Some people enjoy thinking through arguments; others prefer quick, clear conclusions — read the difference.
Elaboration Likelihood Model, Made Practical - Package unfamiliar content in familiar formats
Present genuinely new ideas inside structures your audience already recognizes — format familiarity lowers resistance to content novelty.
The Mere Exposure Effect, Made Practical - Elaborate new information with examples, images, and stories
Create a specific example, a mental image, or a story connecting new information to something already meaningful to you.
Levels of Processing: Why Depth of Encoding Determines What You Remember - Pre-expose an idea before formally proposing it
Introduce a concept informally and repeatedly before you need a decision on it — familiarity softens resistance.
The Mere Exposure Effect, Made Practical - Use genius mapping in onboarding
Surface a new hire’s geniuses early so you design their role around energy, not just skills.
The 6 Types of Working Genius (Patrick Lencioni) - Lead with argument quality on the central route
When your audience is engaged and able, weak arguments actively backfire — make every point earn its place.
Elaboration Likelihood Model, Made Practical
Related concerns
- Elaboration Likelihood Model When Starting Out
Check motivation and capacity before choosing how to frame your message.
Diagnose which route your audience is on before you speak
- Elaboration Likelihood Model As A Caregiver
The elaboration likelihood model (ELM) holds that persuasion travels one of two routes: the central route, where people carefully evaluate arguments and change their minds durably, and the peripheral route, where people use mental shortcuts (source attractiveness, social proof) and shift only temporarily. Which route dominates depends on motivation and cognitive capacity in the moment. The model is one of the most replicated frameworks in social psychology.
- Elaboration Likelihood Model At Work
The elaboration likelihood model (ELM) holds that persuasion travels one of two routes: the central route, where people carefully evaluate arguments and change their minds durably, and the peripheral route, where people use mental shortcuts (source attractiveness, social proof) and shift only temporarily. Which route dominates depends on motivation and cognitive capacity in the moment. The model is one of the most replicated frameworks in social psychology.
- Central Route Persuasion
Source credibility, social proof, and liking move low-engagement audiences where logic cannot.
Use peripheral cues when elaboration is low
- Central Route Vs Peripheral Route Persuasion
The elaboration likelihood model (ELM) holds that persuasion travels one of two routes: the central route, where people carefully evaluate arguments and change their minds durably, and the peripheral route, where people use mental shortcuts (source attractiveness, social proof) and shift only temporarily. Which route dominates depends on motivation and cognitive capacity in the moment. The model is one of the most replicated frameworks in social psychology.
- Depth Of Persuasion
Some people enjoy thinking through arguments; others prefer quick, clear conclusions — read the difference.
Read need for cognition to calibrate depth
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