Coaching practices for Extra Role Behavior Lmx

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

• I do my job competently and stay neatly inside my lane, and I sense that’s exactly why I’m read as just-a-role-filler
• My boss took a real chance on me and advocated for me, and I just took it and moved on without ever closing the loop
• There are people on my team I’ve quietly written off
• I keep waiting for my manager to notice me and hand me more trust, and it’s not happening
• I lead a team and I’ve realized the people I lean on most are the ones who remind me of myself or are just easy to be around

Practices that may help

1. Expand your role through extra-role behavior
   Voluntarily take on work beyond your formal responsibilities to signal readiness for a higher-trust relationship.
   Leader-Member Exchange (LMX), Made Practical
2. Leader-Member Exchange (LMX), Made Practical
   Leader-member exchange theory, developed by George Graen and Mary Uhl-Bien, holds that leaders do not treat all followers the same — they develop distinct dyadic relationships ranging from high-LMX (trust, respect, mutual obligation) to low-LMX (formal, exchange-based). High-LMX relationships are consistently associated with better performance, satisfaction, and career outcomes in observational research.
3. Reciprocate when your leader invests in you
   When a leader gives you trust, opportunity, or advocacy, close the loop with visible follow-through.
   Leader-Member Exchange (LMX), Made Practical
4. Deliberately expand your inner circle
   Move team members from low-LMX to high-LMX through intentional relationship investment.
   Leader-Member Exchange (LMX), Made Practical
5. Invest in the relationship before you need it
   Build relational credit through reliability and initiative, not charm or performance alone.
   Leader-Member Exchange (LMX), Made Practical
6. Manage LMX differentiation fairly as a leader
   Acknowledge that you develop different relationships with different people — and ensure the differences are earned, not arbitrary.
   Leader-Member Exchange (LMX), Made Practical
7. Assess the current quality of your leader-member relationship
   Honestly diagnose where you stand in the relationship before trying to improve it.
   Leader-Member Exchange (LMX), Made Practical
8. Borrow an identity temporarily by asking "what would [person] do?"
   Temporarily adopting a role model’s identity in a specific context lowers the friction of acting as they would.
   Identity Priming, Made Practical
9. Accept your role (not its outcomes) as your commitment
   Commit to the role — parent, manager, friend, citizen — as a practice, with its obligations, not as a guarantee of outcomes.
   The Stoic Reserve Clause
10. Map your manager’s top three priorities
    Know what your manager is measured on and being pressured about — your work lands differently when it connects to that.
    Managing Up: Practical Skills for Working with Your Boss

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