Coaching practices for Follower Readiness Levels
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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?
- They say they want to change but they’re clearly half-in, half-out, and I can’t tell whether it’s that the change doesn’t matter enough to them or that they just don’t believe they could actually pull it off.
- I’ve quietly filed each person on my team as strong or weak, and then I’m baffled when my "strong" one flounders on something new
- My phone makes the same urgent sound for a text from my kid and a stranger liking a photo, and I’m so flattened by treating it all as equal that I want each alert to ring at a volume that matches how much it actually matters.
- There are certain accounts I follow that leave me feeling small and behind every single time their posts show up, and yet I keep scrolling past them
- I’m never fully on and never fully off
Practices that may help
- Scale importance and confidence with the readiness ruler
Ask “On a 0–10 scale, how ready are you?” — then ask why not lower.
Motivational Interviewing, Made Practical - Assess readiness task by task, not person by person
Rate competence and commitment for the specific task in front of them, not the person overall.
Situational Leadership, Made Practical - Classify notifications into three tiers and configure each differently
Tier 1 — real-time alerts; Tier 2 — batched hourly; Tier 3 — silent or off.
Notification Detox - Conduct a quarterly unfollow audit
Every three months, unfollow or mute any account that consistently produces comparison, envy, or resentment.
The 2-Hour Social Media Cap - Oscillate deliberately between full engagement and full recovery
Treat disengagement between performances as a skill to develop, not an indulgence to manage.
The Ideal Performance State, Made Practical - Build a credibility foundation before showing vulnerability
The pratfall effect only works if people already perceive you as competent — so earn that first.
The Pratfall Effect, Made Practical - Restrict social media to scheduled daily access windows
Limit social media to one or two daily slots rather than allowing it to run as a background tab.
Notification Batching: Taking Back Control of Your Attention - Join a small accountability group
Report to a small group rather than one person to add redundancy and social proof.
Accountability Partners - Sharing scores with an accountability partner
Send your daily scores to someone — the act of disclosure meaningfully increases follow-through.
The Morning Questions - Deliberately expand your inner circle
Move team members from low-LMX to high-LMX through intentional relationship investment.
Leader-Member Exchange (LMX), Made Practical
Related concerns
- 2 Hour Social Media Limit
A randomized controlled trial found that limiting social media use to 30 minutes per day significantly reduced loneliness and depression over three weeks. A 2-hour cap is a looser version of this principle — less studied at that specific threshold, but consistent with evidence that time-bounded use outperforms unlimited use for mental health outcomes.
- Accountability Buddy System
An accountability partner is someone you regularly report progress to, which raises follow-through by adding a social cost to quitting and a felt obligation to show up. The effect is real and best supported when the arrangement is specific, scheduled, and carries genuine stakes — a vague "let’s keep each other accountable" usually does little.
- Algorithmic Feed Alternative
Specify in advance what media you will consume, from which sources, and for how long — rather than consuming whatever the algorithm serves.
Design a media diet with explicit inclusion criteria
- Assessing Readiness
Rate competence and commitment for the specific task in front of them, not the person overall.
Assess readiness task by task, not person by person
- Competence Before Vulnerability
The pratfall effect only works if people already perceive you as competent — so earn that first.
Build a credibility foundation before showing vulnerability
- Curate Instagram Feed Wellbeing
Every three months, unfollow or mute any account that consistently produces comparison, envy, or resentment.
Conduct a quarterly unfollow audit
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