{"id":"lead-new-manager-first-week-checklist-six","audience":"managers","category":"leadership-work","track":"leadership","level":"beginner","technique":"context","title":"Make a first-week checklist for a newly promoted manager","free":false,"task":"Make a first-week checklist for a newly promoted manager of 6 people. Plain text, exactly 6 lines starting with [ ], each in the form [ ] action - day - who. Use only days Mon to Fri, one action per day except Friday gets two, and use only the people and facts in the notes. No action may involve HR decisions, pay, or performance ratings.","materialLabel":"Notes (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"New manager: Tobias, starts managing Monday. Team: Aisha, Ben, Carla, Dmitri, Elena, Farid.\n\nPlans\n- Mon: team meeting to introduce himself (30 minutes), with his director, Hana.\n- Tue: 30-minute 1:1s with each person start; he does two on Tuesday (Aisha, Ben).\n- Wed: remaining 1:1s (Carla, Dmitri) and ask each how they like to get feedback.\n- Thu: 1:1s with Elena and Farid; review the team's open projects with the outgoing manager, Pablo, for 45 minutes.\n- Fri: write down the three things he heard most; ask Hana for 20 minutes to share them. Also send the team a short note thanking them.\n- Not to be done this week: any change to roles, pay, ratings or the team structure.","rules":[{"type":"maxWords","max":120},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"HR decisions","why":"The AI adds a role review.","fix":"Say: \"No action about roles, pay or ratings.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Wrong day or person","why":"The AI shifts the 1:1s.","fix":"Say: \"Follow the day and people from the notes.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Wrong count","why":"The AI lists ten items.","fix":"Say: \"Exactly 6 lines starting with [ ].\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Markdown","why":"The AI uses bold.","fix":"Say: \"Plain text.\"","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 line: \"each line under 18 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":"Line format","patterns":["\\[ \\]","action - day - who"]},{"label":"Six lines","patterns":["6 lines","six"]},{"label":"Days","patterns":["mon","friday"]},{"label":"No HR","patterns":["roles","pay","ratings"]},{"label":"Plain","patterns":["plain text"]}],"hint":"Give the line format and count, and say what the plan must not include.","rubricLabels":["Has exactly six lines starting with \"[ ]\" in the form action - day - who, with one action on each of Mon to Thu and two on Friday","The actions match the notes: team meeting with Hana on Monday, 1:1s with Aisha and Ben on Tuesday, Carla and Dmitri on Wednesday, Elena and Farid plus the project review with Pablo on Thursday (as the Thursday action), and the Friday actions include the three things heard and thanking the team","No line involves roles, pay, ratings or restructuring"]}