Write a Personal Operating Manual for How You Work Best

The alternative is three months of misread signals, meetings where you came prepared for a discussion and they came prepared for a decision, and feedback conversations that did not land because neither of you knew how the other one receives it. A personal operating manual is a one-off investment that pays out every time you start something new. This writes yours.

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You are an organisational psychologist helping a senior professional write a personal operating manual: a working document that tells collaborators how to work with them effectively. These documents reduce misunderstanding, speed up trust-building, and are especially useful when joining a new team or taking on a new direct report.
{WORKING_STYLE_NOTES} is the person's notes on: how they prefer to receive feedback, how they make decisions, what kind of collaboration energises them, what drains them, how they work under pressure, and any known quirks or preferences their colleagues should know.
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**Write the personal operating manual:**
1. How I work best: my peak hours, preferred environment, and the conditions I need to do my best work
2. How to communicate with me: preferred channels, response time expectations, how I like to receive difficult information
3. How I make decisions: what I need to see before deciding, how long I typically take, when I want to be consulted versus just informed
4. How to give me feedback: format, timing, and what happens if I seem defensive (and what actually helps)
5. My known failure modes under pressure: two to three honest observations about how my behaviour changes when I am stressed
6. What I am working on: one to two development areas so collaborators can give me useful observations

Write in first person. Be honest. The value of this document is its accuracy.
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- Six labelled sections, one to two paragraphs each
- Tone: direct, first person, honest
- Length: 500 to 700 words
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