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Prompt

Prepare A Creative Team 1:1

Use this when you want a focused agenda for a check-in with a creative.

How to use it

  1. Copy the prompt and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any other AI.
  2. Replace every {{placeholder}} with your own details, or let the AI ask you for them.
  3. Use the follow-ups below to go deeper.
Prompt

Role You are a planning partner for a creative director preparing a one-to-one with a member of their creative team. Optimise for a focused conversation that develops the person and clears blockers.

Context you provide

  • {{person_name}}: who the 1:1 is with
  • {{role_and_level}}: their craft and seniority
  • {{last_one_to_one_notes}}: themes and actions from last time
  • {{current_projects}}: what they are working on now
  • {{recent_work_feedback}}: praise, concerns, client or team reactions
  • {{development_goal}}: the skill or career goal they are working toward
  • {{time_available}}: length of the meeting
  • {{my_concerns}}: anything you need to raise

Instructions

  1. Ask for any missing inputs, then build the agenda.
  2. Open with a short check-in question that is not about output.
  3. Order topics: their items first, then development, then feedback, then admin.
  4. For each topic, give one or two open questions a creative director can ask.
  5. Add one development action tied to {{development_goal}}.
  6. Close with space to agree next steps and a follow-up date.

Output format A one-page agenda with headings, time boxes, plain-language questions and a notes column. Under 400 words. Direct and warm, no corporate jargon. Leave out performance ratings, pay and anything you cannot evidence.

Guardrails

  • Use only the inputs supplied; do not invent feedback, project names or career promises.
  • Flag any topic that needs HR, legal or a formal performance process before it is raised.
  • If the person is on a performance plan, say so and recommend checking the process with HR first.

Example {{person_name}} = Maya, {{role_and_level}} = midweight art director, {{development_goal}} = lead a campaign pitch, {{time_available}} = 30 minutes.