Coaching practices for Giving Credit to a Colleague in a Presentation That I Was Selected for

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• When something goes well I tend to quietly absorb the credit or just say "great team effort," and I never actually name who did what
• When the team debriefs and credit gets handed around, I instantly downplay my part
• I tossed off a "great work" to someone and watched it land flat, because we both knew I hadn’t really looked at what they did
• I showed up for something hard last week when I really didn’t want to, and instead of letting it count toward "I’m someone who follows through," I just blew past it onto the next demand without a thought.
• I catch myself going along with someone just because they had the title or the confident expert tone, and later realize I never checked whether they actually knew what they were talking about

Practices that may help

1. Give recognition generously and specifically
   Call out others’ contributions publicly, specifically, and without claiming credit for yourself.
   Give and Take: The Giver Advantage
2. Practice owning your contribution in group settings
   In team debrief or credit-distribution conversations, name your specific contribution before someone else summarizes it away.
   Impostor Phenomenon, Made Practical
3. Give recognition that names the person’s specific effort, not just the outcome
   Generic praise signals you were not paying attention; specific recognition proves you were.
   Caring Personally: The Foundation of Radical Candor
4. Thank your past self for showing up
   Look back at a completed behavior or commitment and acknowledge your past self for doing it.
   Celebrating Small Wins
5. Authority
   People defer to credible expertise — and to its symbols — more than they realize.
   Cialdini’s Principles of Influence
6. Signal credibility without claiming it
   Let your knowledge show through questions and specifics, not through declarations of expertise.
   The Trust Equation, Made Practical
7. Micro-celebration ritual for others' wins
   Create a brief, sincere celebration response whenever someone shares good news.
   Mudita: How to Cultivate Sympathetic Joy
8. Use SBI for positive feedback, not just correction
   Name the situation, behavior, and impact when someone does something right.
   The SBI Feedback Model, Made Practical
9. Invite clients or reports to contribute insight to your approach
   Asking someone you lead for their input increases their investment in the outcome.
   The Ben Franklin Effect, Made Practical
10. Share wins with someone who will genuinely celebrate with you
    Name a specific small win to a person who will respond with real positivity — amplifying the emotional signal.
    Celebrating Small Wins

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