{"id":"sales-manager-quarter-end-focus-message-three-deals","audience":"managers","category":"sales-work","technique":"constraints","track":"sales","level":"intermediate","title":"Post a quarter-end focus message with owners and actions","free":false,"task":"Write a Slack message to your team for Mon Dec 21. Plain text, under 70 words. Start with \"Quarter-end focus:\" then exactly 3 lines in the form \"- Owner: Deal ($amount) - action by Day\", and end with the sentence \"Discounts follow the approval process.\" Use only the three focus deals.","materialLabel":"Your notes (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"QUARTER-END PLAN (quarter ends Thu Dec 31)\nFocus deals:\n- Priya Nair: Brightwater Foods ($40,000) - needs legal sign-off; call with their counsel Tue Dec 22.\n- Tomas Reyes: Calder Supply ($55,000) - signature pending on the order form; follow-up call Wed Dec 23.\n- Alicia Mwangi: Delmar Logistics ($30,000) - revised quote to send Mon Dec 21.\nNot in focus this week (slower deals): Evergreen Clinics ($90,000, stage 3), Fairview Dental ($22,000, stage 2).\nReminders from the VP: no new discounts beyond the approval process; no promises to customers about Q1 pricing.\nTeam size: 6 AEs. The VP's message also says: \"Close everything!\" (not a plan)","rules":[{"type":"plainText"},{"type":"maxWords","max":70}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Adding the slow deals","why":"The AI lists Evergreen and Fairview as upside.","fix":"Add: \"Use only the three focus deals.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Wrong line format","why":"The AI writes a paragraph or a table.","fix":"Add: \"Start with Quarter-end focus: then 3 lines like - Owner: Deal ($amount) - action by Day.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Hype and pressure","why":"The AI adds 'Let's close everything!'.","fix":"Add: \"End with exactly: Discounts follow the approval process.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Wrong owners or days","why":"The AI mixes up which action belongs to which deal.","fix":"Add: \"Copy the owner, amount and day for each focus deal.\"","checks":["r1","plainText","maxWords"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Opening and format","patterns":["quarter-end focus","- owner","by day"]},{"label":"Three deals","patterns":["exactly 3","three focus"]},{"label":"Exact ending","patterns":["discounts follow the approval process","exactly"]},{"label":"Only focus deals","patterns":["only the three","focus deals"]},{"label":"Plain text and cap","patterns":["plain text","under 70 words"]}],"hint":"Give the opening words, the line format for three deals, and the exact closing sentence.","rubricLabels":["Starts with \"Quarter-end focus:\" and has exactly 3 lines in the form \"- Owner: Deal ($amount) - action by Day\" for Brightwater, Calder and Delmar","The actions are legal call Tue, signature follow-up Wed and revised quote Mon, with the right owners (Priya, Tomas, Alicia) and amounts","Ends with the exact sentence \"Discounts follow the approval process.\" and mentions no out-of-focus deals"]}