{"id":"lead-all-hands-talk-track","audience":"managers","category":"leadership-work","track":"leadership","level":"beginner","technique":"format","title":"Write a 60-second all-hands talk track you can read aloud","free":false,"task":"You have 60 seconds at Friday's all-hands and will read from your phone. Write a spoken talk track in plain text, under 110 words, with no greeting: the first sentence thanks Aisha, Ben and Carla on the Returns team by name for their win (use the final number). The last sentence is your one ask, submit Q1 time-off requests by Friday, Jan 10, with no sign-off after it. Share only confirmed news.","materialLabel":"Your notes for the all-hands (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"All-hands notes - Ops update (my 60 seconds)\n\nWins:\n- Returns team (Aisha, Ben, Carla) cut average refund time from 9 days to 5 days. UPDATE Wed: final November numbers are in and it's 4 days, not 5.\n- New label printers installed in both warehouses.\n\nHeard in the hallway: finance might freeze hiring next quarter. Not confirmed by anyone, don't know if true.\n\nComing up:\n- Inventory count Dec 28-29, everyone on the floor team scheduled already.\n- Q1 time-off requests due Friday Jan 10 so we can build the schedule.\n\nThanks also to the night shift for covering the storm week.\n\nLast all-hands I went over time by 2 minutes, keep it tight.","rules":[{"type":"maxWords","max":110},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Burying the thank-you","why":"The AI opens with 'Good morning everyone, I want to share a few updates.'","fix":"Say: \"Open by thanking the Returns team for cutting refunds from 9 to 4 days.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Ending on a summary","why":"The AI closes with 'Thanks everyone!' and the ask gets lost in the middle.","fix":"Say: \"End with the one ask: Q1 time-off requests by Friday, Jan 10.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Repeating a rumor","why":"The AI includes everything in the notes, even the unconfirmed hiring freeze.","fix":"Add: \"Only confirmed news. Leave out the hiring-freeze rumor.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Writing slides, not speech","why":"The AI gives bullets and bold headers you can't read aloud.","fix":"Add: \"Spoken sentences only. Plain text, no bullets or bold.\"","checks":["plainText"]},{"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: \"each line under 15 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Says it's spoken","patterns":["read aloud","spoken","talk track","script","say"]},{"label":"Sets a length","patterns":["\\d+\\s*(words|seconds)"]},{"label":"Puts the thank-you first","patterns":["open","start","first"]},{"label":"Ends with the ask","patterns":["end with","close with","last"]},{"label":"Asks for plain text","patterns":["plain","no bullets","no bold"]}],"hint":"A talk track is for your mouth, not a slide. Tell the AI how long, how it opens, how it ends, and what to keep out.","rubricLabels":["The first sentence (with no greeting before it) thanks Aisha, Ben and Carla by name for cutting refund time from 9 days to 4 days (not 5)","The very last sentence is the ask to submit Q1 time-off requests by Friday, Jan 10, with no thanks or sign-off after it","Does not mention the possible hiring freeze"]}