{"id":"lead-priorities-conflict-three-ranked-lines","audience":"managers","category":"leadership-work","track":"leadership","level":"beginner","technique":"constraints","title":"Rank three competing requests with a one-line reason each","free":false,"task":"Three people asked for your team's time this week. Rank them using the rule in the task: revenue-linked first, then legal or compliance deadlines, then everything else by the earliest due date. Write exactly 3 numbered lines in the form: 1. Request - requester - reason under 10 words. Use the latest due dates. Then a last line: Say no to: and the one request you will push back, with a counter-date.","materialLabel":"Requests this week (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"Requests\n\nA. Fix the quote tool bug that blocks 3 enterprise deals ($210,000 combined). Requested by Maya (Sales). Needed by Friday.\nB. Update the data retention page required for the audit on Mar 20. Requested by Noor (Compliance). Needed by Mar 14.\nC. Add a new dashboard filter for the support team. Requested by Eli (Support). Originally needed Friday; Eli said Wednesday that Mar 21 is fine.\nD. Resize the logo on the partner page. Requested by Jo (Marketing). Needed by Mar 12.\n\nTeam capacity this week: can complete two of the four. My team has 3 engineers.\nCounter-dates you can offer: next Wednesday Mar 12 or Mar 19.","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":3},{"type":"maxWords","max":75}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Ignoring the rule","why":"The AI ranks by who is senior.","fix":"Say: \"Apply the rule: revenue, compliance, then earliest date, exactly 3 numbered lines.\"","checks":["r0","numberedItems"]},{"title":"Old due date","why":"The AI keeps C as needed Friday.","fix":"Say: \"Eli moved C to Mar 21.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"No pushback line","why":"The AI lists three and stops.","fix":"Say: \"End with Say no to: and a counter-date.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Long reasons","why":"The AI writes sentences.","fix":"Say: \"Reason under 8 words.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"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":"Format","patterns":["1\\.\\s*request","requester","reason"]},{"label":"Rule","patterns":["revenue","compliance","earliest"]},{"label":"Say no line","patterns":["say no to"]},{"label":"Latest dates","patterns":["latest","moved"]},{"label":"Short","patterns":["under \\d+ words"]}],"hint":"Show the line format, restate the rule, and mention the changed due date and the Say no line.","rubricLabels":["Exactly three numbered lines in the form Request - requester - reason, ranked A (revenue-linked), B (compliance deadline), then D (earliest due date of the rest)","Request C is not among the three because its due date is Mar 21 (the latest), and the last line starts with \"Say no to:\" naming the dashboard filter (C) or a counter-date from the allowed dates","Each reason is under 10 words and uses the rule"]}