Coaching practices for Identity Priming in a New Job
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- I can hold the intention to be a certain way in my head all morning, but the second I’m standing in the actual spot
- 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 want to invite someone to try a new approach, and I sense it would land far better if they first connected it to how they already see themselves
- Stuck at a hard choice, "can I even do this?" just loops in my head and freezes me
- I lead straight in with my pitch and watch people’s guard go up before I’ve finished a sentence
Practices that may help
- Identity Priming, Made Practical
Identity priming is the finding that briefly activating a self-concept (e.g., "I am someone who values health") before a decision increases the chance of behavior consistent with that identity. Effects are real but modest and context-dependent; they are most reliable when the identity is already part of how you genuinely see yourself. - Prime your identity with environmental cues
Place objects, images, or phrases that represent your desired identity in the spaces where the relevant behavior happens.
Identity Priming, 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) - Prime identity before the ask — "what kind of person are you?"
Invite the person to describe who they are in terms that align with the behavior you’re requesting.
Pre-Suasion, Made Practical - 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 - Channel attention to the relevant concept before the ask
Briefly focus the audience on a concept that makes your core message naturally follow.
Pre-Suasion, Made Practical - Design an environmental initiation cue
Create a specific sensory cue that reliably signals "work starts now."
Task Initiation: Overcoming the Start Problem - 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) - Use social transitions to change the norms around your behavior
When your social group changes, use the transition to adopt the behavioral norms of the new group rather than carrying old ones.
The Habit Discontinuity Effect - Deliberately induce the right focus before high-stakes tasks
Regulatory focus is state-based as well as trait-based — the right framing before a task can shift your momentary orientation.
Regulatory Focus Theory: Promotion vs Prevention Thinking
Related concerns
- Identity Priming At Work
Identity priming is the finding that briefly activating a self-concept (e.g., "I am someone who values health") before a decision increases the chance of behavior consistent with that identity. Effects are real but modest and context-dependent; they are most reliable when the identity is already part of how you genuinely see yourself.
- Identity Priming During A Big Change
Identity priming is the finding that briefly activating a self-concept (e.g., "I am someone who values health") before a decision increases the chance of behavior consistent with that identity. Effects are real but modest and context-dependent; they are most reliable when the identity is already part of how you genuinely see yourself.
- Identity Priming For My Teenager
Identity priming is the finding that briefly activating a self-concept (e.g., "I am someone who values health") before a decision increases the chance of behavior consistent with that identity. Effects are real but modest and context-dependent; they are most reliable when the identity is already part of how you genuinely see yourself.
- Identity Priming When Starting Out
Identity priming is the finding that briefly activating a self-concept (e.g., "I am someone who values health") before a decision increases the chance of behavior consistent with that identity. Effects are real but modest and context-dependent; they are most reliable when the identity is already part of how you genuinely see yourself.
- Identity Priming With My Team
Identity priming is the finding that briefly activating a self-concept (e.g., "I am someone who values health") before a decision increases the chance of behavior consistent with that identity. Effects are real but modest and context-dependent; they are most reliable when the identity is already part of how you genuinely see yourself.
- Attention Priming Persuasion
Briefly focus the audience on a concept that makes your core message naturally follow.
Channel attention to the relevant concept before the ask
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