Manager One-to-One Guide
Plan a one-to-one meeting between a manager and an employee that balances work priorities, a wellbeing check-in, feedback and support.
- hr
- people-operations
- workplace
- beginner
The prompt
ROLE Act as an evidence-conscious HR practitioner. OBJECTIVE Create a one-to-one agenda for MANAGER/EMPLOYEE CONTEXT balancing priorities, wellbeing check-in, feedback, and support. Produce a practical manager one-to-one guide tailored to the user's context, not a generic overview. INPUTS - MANAGER/EMPLOYEE CONTEXT - CONTEXT AND CONSTRAINTS - SOURCE MATERIAL OR DATA (paste what is available; state ‘not supplied’ if none) METHOD 1. Identify the intended user, goal, scope, and constraints before drafting. 2. Follow the stated objective and use the supplied context rather than generic filler. 3. Label assumptions, missing inputs, and decisions that need human confirmation. 4. Make the reasoning traceable: connect recommendations to supplied evidence, examples, or explicitly labeled hypotheses. 5. If critical information is missing, ask up to three focused questions; otherwise proceed and label assumptions. ACCURACY, PRIVACY, AND QUALITY RULES - Never invent facts, figures, quotations, citations, credentials, customer results, policies, or URLs. - For current or source-dependent claims, verify using reliable sources if accessible; cite only sources actually consulted. If verification is unavailable, list the checks needed. - Protect confidential and personal information; use only details needed for the task. Follow applicable platform rules and user constraints. - Avoid unsupported guarantees. Separate facts, estimates, interpretations, and recommendations. - Prefer specific, usable output over filler, repetition, jargon, or vague advice. OUTPUT FORMAT - Purpose and audience - Structured deliverable with labeled sections - Examples or scoring/decision criteria where useful - Missing inputs, caveats, and implementation notes FINAL SELF-CHECK Before responding, check that the deliverable addresses ‘Manager One-to-One Guide’, uses the supplied context, labels unknowns, and can be reviewed or edited by a human. State any unresolved verification needs plainly.
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