{"id":"lead-values-from-team-votes","audience":"managers","category":"leadership-work","track":"leadership","level":"beginner","technique":"grounding","title":"Turn team input into three behavior-based values","free":false,"task":"Your team voted on what they want your culture to be. Write exactly 3 numbered values, one for each of the three most-mentioned themes, formatted as \"Name: We ...\" where the sentence describes something people can see us do. No buzzwords like excellence, passion or synergy. Under 90 words.","materialLabel":"Team input from the values workshop (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"Values workshop - sticky notes, grouped by theme (count = number of notes)\n\nSay it early (11 notes): \"flag problems the day you see them\", \"no surprises at the deadline\", \"bad news fast\"\nHelp before asked (9 notes): \"jump in when someone is stuck\", \"pair on hard tickets\", \"cover for each other\"\nCustomer in the room (8 notes): \"ask what the customer would say\", \"read support tickets weekly\"\nShip small (4 notes): \"smaller releases\", \"demo early\"\nHave fun (3 notes): \"team lunches\", \"celebrate launches\"\n\nLeadership's current values poster says: \"Excellence. Passion. Integrity. Synergy.\"\nPeople laughed at the poster during the workshop.\n\nOur director wants the final list before the Q1 kickoff.","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":3},{"type":"maxWords","max":90}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Ignoring the counts","why":"The AI picks themes it likes, like 'Have fun', instead of the top three.","fix":"Add: \"Use the three themes with the most notes.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Abstract values","why":"The AI writes noble words with no behavior anyone could see.","fix":"Say: \"Format: Name: We ... and describe something people can see us do.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Reusing the poster","why":"The AI blends in excellence or synergy because they're in the material.","fix":"Add: \"No buzzwords: excellence, passion, integrity, synergy.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Writing a values manifesto","why":"The AI adds an intro paragraph and five or more values.","fix":"Say: \"Exactly 3 numbered values, nothing else.\"","checks":["numberedItems"]},{"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":"Uses the vote counts","patterns":["most","top (3|three)","count","votes"]},{"label":"Fixes the count","patterns":["\\b(3|three)\\b"]},{"label":"Asks for behaviors","patterns":["behavio","we \\.\\.\\.","observable","see us do"]},{"label":"Bans buzzwords","patterns":["buzzword","excellence","synergy","passion"]}],"hint":"Values work when people can see them in action. Tell the AI which themes to use, the exact line format and the words to avoid.","rubricLabels":["The three values are the three most-mentioned themes: Say it early, Help before asked, Customer in the room (wording may be close)","Each value is formatted 'Name: We ...' with a sentence describing an observable behavior from the workshop notes","Uses none of the words excellence, passion, integrity or synergy"]}