{"id":"lead-coaching-questions-stalled-project","audience":"managers","category":"leadership-work","track":"leadership","level":"beginner","technique":"constraints","title":"Write five coaching questions for a one-on-one about a stalled project","free":false,"task":"Your report Nia's project has stalled for three weeks. Write exactly 5 numbered coaching questions for your one-on-one. Every question must be open (not answerable with yes or no), none may start with \"Why\", none may contain advice in disguise, and each is under 15 words. Use at least two details from the notes. Output only the questions.","materialLabel":"Your notes (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"Notes on Nia's project (customer onboarding checklist)\n\n- Started Sept 16; first milestone (draft checklist) was due Oct 4; now Oct 25 and still draft only.\n- Nia said in the Oct 7 standup: \"waiting for feedback from Support.\"\n- Support lead Tariq says he sent comments on Oct 10.\n- Nia has also been covering two customer escalations since Oct 14.\n- She's usually fast and detailed. I haven't asked what is blocking her.\n- My instinct is to tell her to just ship a v1 by Friday. I should hold that back.","rules":[{"type":"questionCount","count":5},{"type":"maxWords","max":90}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Yes/no questions","why":"The AI asks 'Are you blocked?'.","fix":"Say: \"Every question must be open, not answerable with yes or no.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Starting with Why","why":"The AI writes 'Why is it late?'.","fix":"Say: \"No question starts with Why.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Advice in disguise","why":"The AI asks 'Have you thought about shipping a v1?'.","fix":"Say: \"No advice disguised as questions.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Generic questions","why":"The AI could ask anyone.","fix":"Say: \"Use at least two details from the notes.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Wrong count","why":"The AI writes 8 questions.","fix":"Say: \"Exactly 5 numbered questions.\"","checks":["questionCount"]},{"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 question: \"each under 15 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]},{"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 12 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Five questions","patterns":["5 questions","five"]},{"label":"Open","patterns":["open","not .*yes or no"]},{"label":"No Why","patterns":["why"]},{"label":"No advice","patterns":["advice","disguise"]},{"label":"Details","patterns":["details?","from the notes"]}],"hint":"State the count, that they must be open, which opening word to avoid, and to use details.","rubricLabels":["Has exactly five numbered questions and none can be answered with yes or no","No question starts with \"Why\" and none tells her what to do (for example it does not suggest shipping a v1 by Friday)","At least two questions use details from the notes such as the Support feedback, the escalations, the Oct 4 milestone or the stalled three weeks"]}