{"id":"lead-skip-level-thank-you-themes-email","audience":"managers","category":"leadership-work","track":"leadership","level":"beginner","technique":"audience","title":"Send a thank-you after skip-levels that shares themes without names","free":false,"task":"Write the thank-you email to the engineers you met in skip-level conversations. Plain text, subject first, under 100 words. Share exactly 3 themes as dash lines, each with a count out of 8 people. Say what you will do about the top theme with a date. Do not name anyone, quote anyone, or promise to fix everything. End with: Thanks for your time and honesty.","materialLabel":"Your notes (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"Skip-level summary (8 people, Oct)\n\nThemes raised: \n- Unclear promotion criteria: 5 of 8.\n- Too many meetings: 4 of 8.\n- On-call load uneven: 3 of 8.\n- Laptop age: 1 of 8 (not a theme).\n\nActions: I will publish draft promotion criteria for engineers by Nov 29 and ask for feedback in the engineering channel. I can't commit to the meeting load or on-call yet.\nQuotes (private): \"Senior is a mystery\" (Ola). Another said \"I'm thinking of leaving\" (do not share).\nEarlier I wrote that 6 of 8 raised promotion criteria; I recounted: 5 of 8.","rules":[{"type":"maxWords","max":100},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Old count","why":"The AI says 6 of 8.","fix":"Say: \"Use 5 of 8.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Naming or quoting","why":"The AI quotes 'Senior is a mystery'.","fix":"Say: \"No names or quotes.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Over-promising","why":"The AI says it will fix everything.","fix":"Say: \"Only commit to the criteria by Nov 29.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Wrong ending","why":"The AI adds a sign-off after.","fix":"Say: \"End with the exact line.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Markdown","why":"The AI bolds themes.","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 it: \"each line under 20 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":"Three themes","patterns":["three themes","3 themes"]},{"label":"Counts","patterns":["of 8","count"]},{"label":"Action date","patterns":["nov 29","date"]},{"label":"No names","patterns":["no names","don'?t name","quote"]},{"label":"Exact ending","patterns":["end with","exactly"]}],"hint":"Give the theme count and format, the one commitment, what to leave out, and the exact ending.","rubricLabels":["After the Subject line the email has exactly three dash lines with counts out of 8: promotion criteria 5 of 8 (not 6), meetings 4 of 8 and on-call 3 of 8","It says draft promotion criteria will be published by Nov 29 with feedback requested, and does not promise to fix the meeting load or on-call","It names no one, includes no quotes or the leaving remark, and ends with exactly \"Thanks for your time and honesty.\""]}