Coaching practices for The Ben Franklin Effect with My Team
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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?
- I keep handing my team finished plans and then can’t understand why they nod along but never really own it
- There’s someone I want to get closer to and my instinct is always to do something nice for them to win them over, and it never quite clicks
- Everyone on my team is quietly playing for their own scoreboard
- I’m about to ask someone for something that’s actually pretty big, and I keep catching myself wanting to shrink it down
- I want this person to feel respected and drawn in, and I keep thinking in terms of doing things for them
Practices that may help
- The Ben Franklin Effect, Made Practical
When someone does you a favor, they unconsciously justify the behavior by deciding they must like you — otherwise why would they have helped? This cognitive dissonance reduction is called the Ben Franklin Effect, named after Franklin’s own documented strategy of borrowing a rare book from a rival legislator. The core mechanism has experimental support, though effect sizes and boundary conditions are worth understanding. - 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 - Ask for a small, genuine favor from someone you want to build rapport with
Request something real and modest — help you actually need — not a pretext.
The Ben Franklin Effect, Made Practical - Align around collective results, not individual status
Teams fail when members prioritize their own visibility or department’s success over the shared goal.
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, Made Practical - Keep asks sized to what the person can easily afford to give
A favor that costs the helper too much produces regret, not liking.
The Ben Franklin Effect, Made Practical - Ask for their expertise or opinion — not just their help
Requesting someone’s expert opinion generates more liking than requesting their labor.
The Ben Franklin Effect, Made Practical - Run a regular team elimination review
Periodically review what the team is doing that no longer serves any current goal.
The Eisenhower Matrix for Teams - Cover and move (teamwork over silos)
Every team and department exists to support the others toward the same mission, not to win locally.
Extreme Ownership, Made Practical - Build a pattern of small asks rather than one large one
Multiple small favors over time create a deeper liking pattern than a single large ask.
The Ben Franklin Effect, Made Practical - Use precommitment devices to lock in future behavior from a patient vantage point
Remove the option to defect when temptation peaks by committing now, before present bias activates.
Hyperbolic Discounting — Why Future You Always Gets the Short End
Related concerns
- Ben Franklin Effect
When someone does you a favor, they unconsciously justify the behavior by deciding they must like you — otherwise why would they have helped? This cognitive dissonance reduction is called the Ben Franklin Effect, named after Franklin’s own documented strategy of borrowing a rare book from a rival legislator. The core mechanism has experimental support, though effect sizes and boundary conditions are worth understanding.
- Ben Franklin Political Strategy
When someone does you a favor, they unconsciously justify the behavior by deciding they must like you — otherwise why would they have helped? This cognitive dissonance reduction is called the Ben Franklin Effect, named after Franklin’s own documented strategy of borrowing a rare book from a rival legislator. The core mechanism has experimental support, though effect sizes and boundary conditions are worth understanding.
- The Ben Franklin Effect As A Caregiver
When someone does you a favor, they unconsciously justify the behavior by deciding they must like you — otherwise why would they have helped? This cognitive dissonance reduction is called the Ben Franklin Effect, named after Franklin’s own documented strategy of borrowing a rare book from a rival legislator. The core mechanism has experimental support, though effect sizes and boundary conditions are worth understanding.
- The Ben Franklin Effect At Work
When someone does you a favor, they unconsciously justify the behavior by deciding they must like you — otherwise why would they have helped? This cognitive dissonance reduction is called the Ben Franklin Effect, named after Franklin’s own documented strategy of borrowing a rare book from a rival legislator. The core mechanism has experimental support, though effect sizes and boundary conditions are worth understanding.
- The Ben Franklin Effect When Starting Out
When someone does you a favor, they unconsciously justify the behavior by deciding they must like you — otherwise why would they have helped? This cognitive dissonance reduction is called the Ben Franklin Effect, named after Franklin’s own documented strategy of borrowing a rare book from a rival legislator. The core mechanism has experimental support, though effect sizes and boundary conditions are worth understanding.
- The Ben Franklin Effect With My Partner
When someone does you a favor, they unconsciously justify the behavior by deciding they must like you — otherwise why would they have helped? This cognitive dissonance reduction is called the Ben Franklin Effect, named after Franklin’s own documented strategy of borrowing a rare book from a rival legislator. The core mechanism has experimental support, though effect sizes and boundary conditions are worth understanding.
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