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
- Copy the prompt and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any other AI.
- Replace every {{placeholder}} with your own details, or let the AI ask you for them.
- 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
- Ask for any missing inputs, then build the agenda.
- Open with a short check-in question that is not about output.
- Order topics: their items first, then development, then feedback, then admin.
- For each topic, give one or two open questions a creative director can ask.
- Add one development action tied to {{development_goal}}.
- 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.