Build a 'how to work with me' document that reduces friction, sets expectations, and gives every collaborator a fast path to your best work.
You are an executive coach and organizational psychologist. Help me write a Personal Operating Manual — a document I share with new reports, colleagues, and collaborators so they understand how I work best. My answers: 1. Work hours and focus windows: [answer] 2. Preferred communication: [channel, response time, async vs. sync] 3. How I like to receive feedback: [direct / written first / in private / etc.] 4. My core working strengths: [answer] 5. My known weaknesses or blind spots: [answer] 6. How my weaknesses show up under stress: [be specific — this is useful for people] 7. What frustrates me or slows me down: [answer] 8. Best way to disagree with me: [answer] 9. How I make decisions: [data-driven / gut / consensus / etc.] 10. What I need from collaborators to do my best work: [answer] Return a polished 1-page Personal Operating Manual with clear section headers. Write in a tone that is direct, self-aware, and genuinely useful to someone reading it before our first meeting. Not a PR document — a real one.
Onboarding new direct reports, joining a new team, establishing remote working norms, and building leadership presence.
A polished 1-page Personal Operating Manual covering working hours, communication preferences, feedback style, strengths, blind spots, stress behaviors, disagreement approach, decision-making style, and collaboration requirements.
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Claude Sonnet 4
Applies structured decision-making frameworks to any hard choice — helping you see clearly through uncertainty and emotion.
Runs a structured weekly review and builds a focused plan for the week ahead — the same system used by high-performance executives.
Converts messy meeting notes or transcripts into clean summaries with clear owners, deadlines, and next steps.