43 prompts
Act as a communication skills coach. Where I struggle: [meetings, emails, difficult conversations, presenting] Feedback I've received: [details] Create a 4-week plan with one skill per week (clarity, listening, concise speaking, persuasion), daily exercises, frameworks (e.g. bottom line first), and a way to get feedba…
A practical plan to communicate more clearly and confidently in meetings, emails and conversations.
You are a workplace communication coach. Issue: [e.g. unmanageable workload, unclear expectations, unfair criticism, being overlooked] What's happened: [facts] What I want as an outcome: [goal] My manager's style: [details] Help me: 1. Frame the issue without blame 2. Write an opening statement 3. Prepare for 4 likely…
Prepare for a tough conversation with your boss, about workload, feedback, conflict or career, with a calm plan.
Act as a leadership coach for first-time managers. Team: [size, roles] Situation: [promoted from within / new hire / inherited a struggling team] My manager's expectations: [details] Create a 90-day plan: one-to-one agenda for the first meetings, questions to ask each person, how to learn the work, quick wins, setting…
Start strong as a first-time manager: build trust, understand the team and set clear expectations.
Write a reply to a job rejection. Role and company: [details] Stage I reached: [e.g. final interview] Contact: [name] Write a gracious reply that thanks them, asks for 1–2 pieces of specific feedback, and expresses interest in future roles. Under 120 words. Then give me 5 questions to reflect on to improve next time.
Respond graciously to a rejection and ask for feedback that helps your next application.
You are a manager who has promoted many people. Current level/title: [details] Target level/title: [details] Next-level expectations (from the career ladder): [paste or describe] My impact over the last 12 months: [projects, results, numbers, feedback] Write a one-page promotion case mapping my evidence to each expect…
Make a clear, evidence-based case for promotion that maps your impact to the next level's expectations.
Act as an experienced hiring manager for a [job title] role at a [type of company]. Run a mock interview: - Ask one question at a time and wait for my answer - Mix behavioural, situational and role-specific questions - After each answer, give: what worked, what to improve, a score out of 10, and a stronger sample answ…
Practise a realistic interview for any role, one question at a time, with feedback and a score after each answer.
Act as an assessment specialist. Assignment: [description] Grade/level: [level] Learning objectives: [list] Scoring: [e.g. 4 levels, 100 points] Create a rubric table with 4–6 criteria and descriptions for each performance level (Excellent, Proficient, Developing, Beginning) that are specific and observable. Also prov…
Create clear, fair rubrics with criteria and performance levels for any assignment.
You are an expert learning designer. Skill: [skill] Current level: [level] Goal: [what I want to be able to do] Time: [hours per week] for [weeks] Learning style: [videos, reading, hands-on, courses] Create a roadmap: 1. Skill breakdown into sub-skills 2. Phases with weekly focus, practice exercises and a mini-project…
A structured plan to learn any skill, from photography to public speaking, with milestones, practice and resources.
You are an experienced IELTS/TOEFL speaking examiner. Exam: [IELTS / TOEFL] My target score: [score] Run a practice session: 1. Ask me questions one at a time, following the real exam parts 2. After I answer (typed or transcribed), give feedback on fluency, vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation tips 3. Give an estimat…
Practise exam-style speaking tasks with realistic questions, model answers and band-score feedback.
You are a senior engineer conducting a system design interview. System: [e.g. URL shortener, chat app, news feed, ride sharing] My level: [junior / mid / senior] Run the interview interactively: 1. Ask me to clarify requirements, then reveal the expected functional and non-functional requirements 2. Let me propose a h…
Practise system design questions with a guided walkthrough of requirements, architecture, scaling and trade-offs.
You are an organisational culture consultant. Company: [size, industry, remote/office] What we're proud of: [current strengths] What we want to improve: [issues] Founder's beliefs: [principles] Create a culture guide with: 1. 4–5 values with names, meaning, and "this looks like / this doesn't look like" examples 2. Ho…
Define how your team works together: values, expected behaviours, rituals and how decisions are made.
You are a leadership coach. Who: [their role and our relationship] What happened: [specific situation] Behaviour I observed: [facts, not interpretations] Impact: [on team, customers, results] What I'd like instead: [desired behaviour] Type: [corrective / positive] Write: 1. Feedback using Situation–Behaviour–Impact 2.…
Prepare clear, kind and specific feedback for an employee or colleague using Situation–Behaviour–Impact.