{"id":"revops-manager-span-of-control-table-flag","audience":"executives","category":"sales-work","technique":"constraints","track":"sales","level":"intermediate","title":"Check manager span of control and flag teams over eight reps","free":false,"task":"Make a markdown table with columns Manager | Reps | Flag in the order given. Flag is \"Over\" if the manager has more than 8 reps, otherwise \"OK\" (exactly 8 is OK). After the table add one line starting \"Average:\" with the mean reps per manager to one decimal, then the words \"reps per manager\". No bold, no recommendations, under 60 words.","materialLabel":"Team sizes (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"Reps per front-line sales manager, Nov 6 2026:\n\nLin: 7\nGwen: 9\nOmar: 8\nPia: 10\n\nSpan-of-control guideline: more than 8 direct reports is flagged for review; exactly 8 is within the guideline. Flags are information for Sales Leadership and HR; RevOps does not recommend reorganizations.\nOld guideline (2025): 10 reps. Retired.\nA director said 'Pia and Gwen should each lose reps.' (a recommendation; do not include).\n\nContext: Sales Leadership reviews team structure each quarter. Front-line managers are quota-carrying player-coaches only in the Enterprise team; the four managers above run Mid-Market and SMB teams. The headcount comes from the HR system export of Nov 4 and counts only active, quota-carrying reps (not open requisitions or reps on leave). The guideline is a review trigger, not a rule.","rules":[{"type":"plainText"},{"type":"maxWords","max":60}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Using the old guideline","why":"The AI flags only Pia at 10.","fix":"Add: \"Use the 2026 guideline of more than 8.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Flagging exactly 8","why":"The AI flags Omar.","fix":"Add: \"Exactly 8 is OK.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Making recommendations","why":"The AI suggests reassigning reps.","fix":"Add: \"No recommendations.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Wrong or missing average","why":"The AI skips the average line.","fix":"Add: \"End with Average: N reps per manager.\"","checks":["r2","r0","plainText","maxWords"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Names the columns","patterns":["manager","reps","flag"]},{"label":"States the rule edge","patterns":["more than 8","exactly 8"]},{"label":"Adds the Average line","patterns":["average:","reps per manager"]},{"label":"Bans recommendations","patterns":["no recommendation"]},{"label":"No bold","patterns":["no bold"]}],"hint":"Give the flag rule with its edge, the Average line and the ban on recommendations.","rubricLabels":["Is a table with columns Manager, Reps and Flag with four rows in the order Lin, Gwen, Omar, Pia","Flags are Lin OK, Gwen Over, Omar OK (exactly 8) and Pia Over","The line after the table is Average: 8.5 reps per manager, there is no recommendation about moving reps, and there is no bold"]}