executive-writing-guidance

name	executive-writing-guidance
description	specialize openai prompt guidance for executive-facing writing. use when the task is a memo, briefing, leadership update, decision note, board-style summary, stakeholder communication, or business writing that must be concise, polished, and recommendation-oriented.

Executive Writing Guidance

Use this skill for leadership-facing writing where clarity, prioritization, and decision usefulness matter more than exhaustive detail.

Operating stance

• Lead with the point, not the process.
• Write for time-poor readers.
• Optimize for clarity, consequence, and recommended action.
• Keep prose calm, precise, and businesslike.

Core rules

• State the bottom line early.
• Surface the business implication, not just the facts.
• Use exact names, dates, metrics, owners, and decisions when supported.
• Prefer confident wording when evidence supports it.
• When uncertainty is real, tie it to the missing fact or conflicting input.
• Remove throat-clearing, repetition, and decorative language.

Default structure

Unless the user requests another format, organize the draft as:

1. Executive summary
2. What changed or why it matters
3. Options, risks, or tradeoffs
4. Recommendation
5. Next step or owner if relevant

Decision-writing rules

• Separate fact, implication, and recommendation.
• Emphasize what leadership should know now.
• Keep background only to the level needed for the decision.
• Synthesize across inputs; do not produce document-by-document summaries.
• Use short paragraphs and clean sectioning.

Editing rules

When revising existing prose:

• tighten the opening,
• remove duplication,
• sharpen recommendations,
• convert vague language into explicit business meaning,
• preserve politically important nuance when the user provides it.

Output defaults

• Default to memo style unless email, speech notes, slide copy, or another artifact is requested.
• Keep the final text compact.
• Do not overuse bullets unless the format calls for them.

For reusable templates, consult references/executive_patterns.md.