{"id":"exec-cfo-departure-three-sentences","audience":"executives","category":"leadership-work","track":"leadership","level":"beginner","technique":"tone","title":"Announce a CFO departure in three plain sentences","free":false,"task":"Write an announcement to all staff in exactly 3 sentences, plain text. Sentence 1 says who is leaving and the last day. Sentence 2 thanks her for two specific things from the notes. Sentence 3 names the interim CFO and when the search update comes. Do not give a reason for the departure.","materialLabel":"Facts for the note (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"CFO departure facts\n\n- Rosa Delgado, our CFO since 2019, leaves the company on Friday, December 12.\n- Her reason is personal and she asked that it not be shared.\n- Two things she led: moving the company onto a new accounting system in 2022, and the 2024 refinancing that extended the loan by three years.\n- Interim CFO from Dec 15: Marcus Webb, currently VP Finance.\n- A search firm has been hired. The board will give an update by January 31.\n- Rosa will be at the all-hands on Dec 9 to say goodbye.","rules":[{"type":"maxSentences","max":3},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Giving a reason","why":"The AI adds \"to pursue new opportunities\".","fix":"Say: \"Do not give a reason for the departure.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Generic thanks","why":"The AI thanks her for her leadership.","fix":"Say: \"Thank her for two specific things from the notes.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Too many sentences","why":"The AI adds a closing wish.","fix":"Say: \"Exactly 3 sentences.\"","checks":["maxSentences","r0"]},{"title":"Markdown","why":"The AI bolds her name.","fix":"Say: \"Plain text.\"","checks":["plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Says exactly 3 sentences","patterns":["3 sentences","three sentences"]},{"label":"Assigns each sentence a job","patterns":["sentence 1","first sentence","sentence 2"]},{"label":"Asks for two specifics","patterns":["two specific","specific"]},{"label":"Bans a reason","patterns":["reason"]},{"label":"Names interim and date","patterns":["interim","january 31"]}],"hint":"Say what each sentence does, and what to leave out.","rubricLabels":["Has exactly three sentences, and the first says Rosa Delgado leaves on Friday, December 12","The second sentence thanks her for the 2022 accounting system move and the 2024 refinancing","The third sentence names Marcus Webb as interim CFO and the January 31 search update, and no reason for leaving is given"]}