{"id":"exec-reorg-allhands-talk-track","audience":"executives","category":"leadership-work","track":"leadership","technique":"tone","level":"intermediate","title":"Write a 60-second all-hands talk track about a team change","free":false,"task":"Your CEO, Aaron, has 60 seconds at Friday's all-hands to announce that the Support and Success teams are merging under Nadia Brooks. Write the spoken talk track in under 150 words: start with the change itself in the very first sentence, with no greeting, explain why in one sentence, make no promises about jobs or roles that HR hasn't approved, and end with exactly \"Questions go to #ask-leadership.\" Plain text, short sentences that sound natural out loud. HR reviews it before Friday.","materialLabel":"Reorg notes from HR and the CEO (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"Reorg notes - CONFIDENTIAL until Friday all-hands\n\nWhat's changing\n- Customer Support (22 people) and Customer Success (15 people) merge into one Customer team on Dec 1.\n- Nadia Brooks (currently VP Success) leads the combined team.\n- Elliot Shaw (Head of Support) moves to a new role leading Support Operations, reporting to Nadia.\n\nWhy\n- Customers told us in the last survey that they get bounced between two teams. 38% of escalations last quarter involved a handoff between Support and Success.\n\nWhat HR has approved to say\n- Managers will hold 1:1s with every affected person by Dec 5.\n- Team structure below manager level is still being worked out.\n\nWhat HR has NOT approved\n- Any statement that \"no one will lose their job\" or \"everyone keeps their role.\" Legal is still reviewing.\n\nCEO's rough notes\n\"I want to say nobody's job is at risk. People will panic otherwise. Also mention how great Q3 was, record revenue!\"\n\"Keep it human, not corporate.\"","rules":[{"type":"maxWords","max":150},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Warming up first","why":"The AI opens with thanks and Q3 results before the news.","fix":"Say: \"Open with the change in the first sentence.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Promising what HR hasn't approved","why":"The CEO's notes ask for job reassurance, and the AI includes it.","fix":"Add: \"Make no promises about jobs or roles. Only say what HR approved.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"No clear next step","why":"The AI ends with a vague \"we're excited.\"","fix":"Add: \"Mention 1:1s by Dec 5. End with exactly: Questions go to #ask-leadership.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Written, not spoken","why":"The AI writes a memo with headings and long sentences.","fix":"Say: \"A spoken talk track, plain text, sentences under 15 words, under 130 words total.\"","checks":["plainText","maxWords"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Says it's spoken","patterns":["spoken","out loud","talk track","script","say"]},{"label":"Opens with the change","patterns":["open with","first sentence","start with","lead with"]},{"label":"Bans unapproved promises","patterns":["promis","job","hr (has )?approv","only what hr"]},{"label":"Gives the exact ending","patterns":["#ask-leadership","end with"]},{"label":"Sets a length","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","60 seconds"]}],"hint":"Talk tracks get read aloud word for word. Tell the AI what to open with, what it must not promise, and the exact closing line.","rubricLabels":["Opens with the change itself (Support and Success merging under Nadia Brooks) within the first two sentences","Gives the why in terms of customers being bounced between teams (may cite 38% of escalations), and doesn't say no one will lose their job or that everyone keeps their role","Mentions 1:1s with managers by Dec 5 and ends with exactly \"Questions go to #ask-leadership.\""]}