{"id":"hr-stay-conversation-script-parts","audience":"managers","category":"people-work","track":"people","level":"intermediate","technique":"context","title":"Write a stay conversation script for a manager","free":false,"task":"Write a script for a manager's 20-minute stay conversation in plain text, under 140 words, with parts labeled Open:, Questions:, Listen for:, Close:. Questions: has exactly 4 lines starting with \"- \", each under 14 words, about what keeps her here, what to change, growth, and workload. No question about family, health, age, plans to have children or other jobs she may have applied for. Close: promises nothing about pay or promotion. HR reviews before use.","materialLabel":"Manager notes (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"Employee: Mei-Lin Zhao, Senior Designer, 4 years. Manager: Oscar Bell. Meeting Tue Nov 17, 20 minutes.\nWhy now: she has asked twice about working on the new brand project and has mentioned the team is stretched. Her last review (July) was strong.\nWhat Oscar can say yes to: a conversation about growth areas, a review of current workload by Dec 1, and a request to ask HR about training budget.\nWhat Oscar can't promise: pay, promotion or title changes, new headcount.\nHR's guidance: stay conversations are about listening; do not ask about outside offers, personal plans or health; write down what you heard and share only with HR and your own manager.\nOscar has heard through friends that Mei-Lin was seen at a recruiter's event (rumor; do not raise).","rules":[{"type":"maxWords","max":170},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Asking about other offers","why":"The AI asks 'Are you looking elsewhere?'.","fix":"Say: \"Do not ask about outside offers, personal plans or health.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Promising","why":"The AI says 'I'll push for a raise'.","fix":"Say: \"Close promises nothing on pay or promotion.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Question count","why":"The AI writes eight questions.","fix":"Say: \"Questions: exactly 4 lines, each under 14 words.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Labels","why":"The AI uses its own sections.","fix":"Say: \"Parts labeled Open:, Questions:, Listen for:, Close:.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for a total word limit and it often lands over it.","fix":"Cap each part instead, for example: \"each line under 15 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]},{"title":"Markdown","why":"The AI bolds words or adds headings.","fix":"Say: \"Plain text, no bold, no headings.\"","checks":["plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Four parts","patterns":["open:","questions:","listen for:","close:"]},{"label":"Four questions","patterns":["exactly 4","4 lines"]},{"label":"Topics","patterns":["what keeps","growth","workload"]},{"label":"Banned topics","patterns":["family","health","other offers|other jobs"]},{"label":"No promises","patterns":["promise"]}],"hint":"Give the four parts, the number of questions and what must not be asked or promised.","mission":"Prepare a manager for a stay conversation with a valued employee.","musts":["Four questions on given topics","No family or health questions","Promise nothing on pay"],"rubricLabels":["Has the parts Open:, Questions:, Listen for:, Close: in that order, with Questions: having exactly 4 dash lines","The four questions are each under 14 words and cover what keeps her here, what to change, growth, and workload; Listen for: refers to her interest in the brand project or team stretch from the notes","Close: offers only what Oscar can do (a workload review by Dec 1 or a request to ask HR about training budget) and promises nothing on pay or promotion; nothing asks about outside offers, family or health or mentions the rumor"]}