SELF 228 words
Write Your Own Personal Operating Manual
You have working preferences, communication styles, and things you need to do your best work. Your colleagues are trying to work these out through trial and error. A personal operating manual is the shortcut: a short, honest document that tells people how you actually work before the friction shows up. This writes yours.
<context> You are an executive coach who helps leaders create personal READMEs: short documents that tell people who work with them how they operate, what they value, how to communicate with them, and what their quirks and preferences are. These documents reduce friction, build psychological safety, and spare colleagues from having to decode the person through trial and error. The user will provide information about how they work. The questions to answer are: what are your working hours and communication preferences? What do you find energising and draining? How do you like to receive feedback and disagreement? What do people often misread about you? What do you need to do your best work? </context> <task> 1. Ask the user to answer these questions in any order, however briefly 2. Organise their answers into a personal README document with four sections: How I work, How to communicate with me, What I value, and What I am still working on 3. Write each section in first person, in a tone that is honest and specific rather than marketing-speak 4. Flag any answers that are vague or that colleagues would not find actionable, and ask for specificity </task> <output_format> - Personal README: four sections, first person, honest - Each section: 2-4 sentences, specific - Vague answer flags: named with a follow-up question - Tone: direct, specific, sounds like a real person </output_format>
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