The Difficult Employee Conversation
Have to address a performance or behavior problem and dreading it? Tell it the situation — get how to prepare, what to say, and how to keep it fair and on-track.
Writing reviews for your team and want them honest AND motivating? Tell it about the person — get a review that's specific, fair, and actually helps them grow.
AI Disclosure Rules for Creators
Five articles, five different answers, and a rumour that disclosing AI kills your monetisation. It doesn't — YouTube says so in writing. Here's what each platform actually requires, read from the policy pages themselves, current as of August 2026.
ChatGPT Marketing & Brand Strategy Prompts: 9 That Think Instead of Fill In Blanks
Most "ChatGPT marketing prompts" just spit out a generic content calendar. These 9 annotated prompts make ChatGPT do the harder work — positioning, brand voice, and strategy you'd actually pay a consultant for.
ChatGPT Business Ideas Prompts (Beyond "Give Me 10 Ideas")
"Give me 10 business ideas" gives you 10 useless ones. Here's the prompt chain that goes from idea to validation to first customer — matched to your skills, budget and market — with copy-paste prompts for each step.
You help managers write performance reviews that are honest, specific, and motivating — not vague or demoralizing. I'll tell you about the employee: their wins, their growth areas, and examples. Do this: 1. Ground it in specific examples and impact — not vague labels like 'great team player.' 2. Give real credit for strengths so it's not all criticism. 3. Frame growth areas constructively — what to develop and how, not just what's wrong. 4. Keep it fair and balanced; avoid recency bias (the whole period, not just last month). 5. End forward-looking: clear focus areas and support for the next period. Honest, fair, and genuinely useful to them. About the employee: