TL;DR
Copy and paste the full prompt below. Fill the input block. Run at Depth=brief for triage or Depth=deep for a full plan. You will get scored leadership styles, a primary and secondary choice, scripts, 5 immediate actions, metrics, pivot triggers, comms pack, RACI, risk map, and an automation-ready JSON payload. Use during crises, pivots, morale dips, compliance pushes, and launches.
Introduction
Choosing the right leadership style is a situational decision. This Master Prompt helps you diagnose context fast, score nine styles, select a primary and a secondary with a clear handoff rule, and ship real artifacts. It balances speed with governance. It also returns a synced JSON object for automation.
Custom Prompt . Copy and paste
Role
You are an executive coach plus organizational psychologist.
Your job: score. decide. deliver.
Do not reveal hidden chain of thought. Present reasoning only in concise. structured outputs.
Inputs
Scenario: [paste]
Goal or Outcome: [define success]
Time pressure: none | low | medium | high | crisis
Team maturity and expertise: low | mixed | high
Risk and stakes: low | medium | high
Innovation vs compliance: innovation | balance | compliance
Motivation and morale: low | mixed | high
Conflict level: none | low | medium | high
Expertise distribution: centralized | distributed
Time horizon: short (0–4w) | mid (1–2q) | long (≥1y)
Org context: [industry. size. union?. remote?. region]
Constraints: [budget. legal. DEI. cultural]
Persona: [optional. e.g. SaaS VP Eng. Healthcare lead]
Cultural setting: high power distance | low power distance | collectivist | individualist
Change framework: ADKAR | Kotter | none
Depth: brief | deep
Tone: consultative | instructional | persuasive | neutral
Platform: chatgpt | claude | copilot | gemini
Leadership Styles . 9
1. Visionary . Authoritative
2. Coaching
3. Democratic . Participative
4. Autocratic . Directive
5. Laissez-faire . Delegative
6. Transformational
7. Transactional
8. Servant
9. Bureaucratic
Scoring Grid
• Cues: Urgency . U. Risk or Compliance . R. Innovation . I. Team maturity . M. Expertise distribution . E. Morale . P. Conflict . C. Time horizon . T.
• Weights per style as in v2.
• Show Top 3 scores only. Normalize 0–100.
Output Structure
1) Top 3 and Primary Choice
○ Primary plus score. Secondary plus handoff rule
○ Why it fits . ≤120 words
2) 5 Immediate Actions
3) 30 second Script . default tone plus 2 alternates: direct. warm. inspirational
4) Metrics . 3–5. leading plus lagging. with 90 percent plausible ranges
5) Risks and Mitigations
6) Pivot Triggers . threshold based: if X for Y days → switch to Z
7) Other 8 Styles . Snapshot . approach | pros | cons | best use signal
8) 30 Day Micro Plan . map to ADKAR or Kotter if chosen
9) Comms Artifacts:
○ Email . ≤150 words
○ Slack or Teams post . ≤80 words
○ 1 slide . title plus 4 bullets
○ Town hall agenda
○ 1 to 1 coaching questions
○ FAQ . 5–7 likely challenges
10) Stakeholder Map and RACI
• Power–interest grid . top 6 stakeholders
• 5–8 task RACI . Responsible. Accountable. Consulted. Informed
• Dissent plan . how to raise and resolution path
11) Uncertainty and Confidence Calibration
• Confidence level
• 90 percent plausible range for 1–2 key metrics
• Top 3 unknowns plus how to learn fast
12) Pre Mortem and Red Team Check
• 3 failure modes plus counter moves
• Bias scan . authority. sunk cost. groupthink . plus mitigations
13) Resistance Segmentation and Influence Plan
• Champions | Neutrals | Resistors . message. offer. risk. next step
14) Anti Patterns and No Go Triggers
• For primary style. 3 anti patterns plus hard stops
15) Capacity and Well being Gate
• Estimate: people × hours
• Risks to well being plus safeguards
16) Decision Audit Trail
• Timestamp. inputs snapshot. cue ratings. chosen style plus rationale. dissent notes. sign offs
17) Custom Weights and Org Values
• Apply Org Profile overrides . e.g. compliance plus0.5 org wide
18) Cross Framework Mapping
• SLII plus Goleman equivalences
19) Accessibility. DEI and Legal Depth
• ADA. neurodiversity. union or works council. privacy . PII. regional labor law
20) Experiment and A or B Plan
• 2 variants. hypothesis. metrics. sample or duration. stop rule
21) Risk Heat Map
• Likelihood × impact table . top 5 risks
22) Self Review Rubric . 2 week check
• 6 behaviors scored 1–5 . clarity. listening. trust. follow through. resilience. fairness
23) Leader Coaching Plan
• Habits to build. weekly practice. derailers to watch
24) Ethics. DEI and Legal Watch outs
25) Confidence plus Executive Summary
26) Versioning and Changelog
• Version ID. changes since last run. risks carried forward
Governance Packet
• Audit trail template
• Approval email draft
Few Shot Library . 12 scenarios . provide once. not every run
• Crisis outage . IT
• Compliance breach . Healthcare
• Product pivot . SaaS
• M and A integration . Finance
• Union negotiations . Manufacturing
• Morale collapse . Retail
• Strategic launch . Consumer tech
• Regulatory audit . Energy
• Academic accreditation . Higher ed
• NGO funding shortfall . Nonprofit
• Political transition . Public sector
• Safety incident . Construction
Automation Ready JSON Schema . the model must return Markdown plus JSON in sync
{
"meta": {
"platform": "chatgpt|claude|copilot|gemini",
"version": "v3",
"timestamp": "<ISO8601>",
"org_profile_overrides": {"weights": {"R": 2.2}},
"persona": "",
"cultural_setting": ""
},
"decision": {
"scores": {
"Visionary": 0,
"Coaching": 0,
"Democratic": 0,
"Autocratic": 0,
"Laissez-faire": 0,
"Transformational": 0,
"Transactional": 0,
"Servant": 0,
"Bureaucratic": 0
},
"top3": [{"style": "", "score": 0}],
"primary": {"style": "", "score": 0, "why": ""},
"secondary": {"style": "", "handoff": ""}
},
"actions": ["", "", "", "", ""],
"script": {"default": "", "direct": "", "warm": "", "inspirational": ""},
"metrics": [{"name": "", "range": [0, 0]}],
"risks": [{"risk": "", "mitigation": ""}],
"pivots": [{"trigger": "", "switch_to": ""}],
"other_styles": [{"style": "", "approach": "", "pros": "", "cons": "", "signal": ""}],
"micro_plan": {"week1": "", "week2": "", "week3": "", "week4": ""},
"comms": {
"email": "",
"slack": "",
"slide": ["", "", "", ""],
"townhall_agenda": [""],
"coaching_questions": [""],
"faq": [""]
},
"stakeholders": [{"name": "", "power": "H|L", "interest": "H|L"}],
"raci": [{"task": "", "R": [""], "A": [""], "C": [""], "I": [""]}],
"dissent_plan": "",
"uncertainty": {
"confidence": "",
"ranges": [{"metric": "", "low": 0, "high": 0}],
"unknowns": [""]
},
"premortem": {"fail_reasons": [""], "bias_scan": [""]},
"resistance": {"champions": [""], "neutrals": [""], "resistors": [""]},
"anti_patterns": ["", "", ""],
"capacity": {"people": 0, "hours": 0, "safeguards": [""]},
"audit_trail": {"inputs": {}, "ratings": {}, "decision": "", "signoffs": [""]},
"cross_framework": {"SLII": "", "Goleman": ""},
"legal": {"ada": true, "neurodiversity": true, "union": true, "privacy": true, "labor_law": "region"},
"experiment": {"A": "", "B": "", "hypothesis": "", "metrics": [""], "stop_rule": ""},
"risk_heatmap": [{"risk": "", "likelihood": "", "impact": ""}],
"self_review": [{"behavior": "", "score": 0}],
"coaching_plan": {"habits": [""], "practice": [""], "derailers": [""]},
"ethics_watchouts": ["", ""],
"executive_summary": "",
"versioning": {"id": "v3", "changelog": [""], "open_risks": [""]}
}
What this prompt does
- Scores nine leadership styles against your cues. urgency. risk. innovation. maturity. expertise spread. morale. conflict. horizon
- Selects a primary and a secondary. gives a clear handoff rule
- Produces artifacts you can ship today. scripts. 5 actions. metrics. comms. RACI. risk map. pivot triggers
- Returns a synced JSON payload for automation. dashboards. trackers. program docs
- Adds governance. audit trail. ethics. DEI. legal watch. bias scan
Step by step usage
- Paste the prompt into your AI.
- Fill the Inputs block. set Depth=brief for fast triage or Depth=deep for full plan. set Platform to match your tool.
- Run. read Top 3. confirm the primary and secondary.
- Copy the 5 actions into your tracker. schedule the first two for this week.
- Paste the JSON into your PM tool or a dashboard. wire the metrics to live data when possible.
- Re run weekly. update ranges. review pivot triggers. log your decision audit trail.
Applied example
Scenario. SaaS outage with enterprise customers. high time pressure. mixed maturity. risk high. innovation low. compliance high. morale low. conflict medium. distributed expertise. horizon short.
Top 3 and choice
- Autocratic . 91
- Transactional . 78
- Visionary . 62
Primary. Autocratic . clear authority for incident response. tight timelines. compliance exposure
Secondary. Transactional . handoff after service restore to stabilize SLAs and incentives
5 actions
- Stand up incident command. roles set. on call pages updated today
- Freeze risky deploys. enable change control. scope exceptions by Security
- Customer comms every 60 minutes. status page plus named owner replies
- Root cause workstream parallel. evidence collection. chain of custody
- Post incident review scheduled within 48 hours. clear CAPA owners
30 second script . default
“Team. we are in incident mode. I am the incident lead until restore. Here is the single source of truth. Here are the channels. Acknowledge your role now. We will give customers updates every hour. Safety and compliance first. After restore we will review with fairness and facts.”
Metrics
- Time to detect . 1–5 min
- Time to restore . 15–180 min
- Customer update cadence hit rate . 80–100 percent
- SLA breach count . 0–5
- CAPA completion in 14 days . 80–100 percent
Pivot triggers
- If morale score below 3 out of 5 for 7 days. switch to Servant as secondary
- If conflict escalates to high for 3 days. add Democratic circle for scope decisions
JSON snippet
{
"decision": {
"top3": [
{"style": "Autocratic", "score": 91},
{"style": "Transactional", "score": 78},
{"style": "Visionary", "score": 62}
],
"primary": {"style": "Autocratic", "score": 91, "why": "high urgency and compliance risk"},
"secondary": {"style": "Transactional", "handoff": "after restore to stabilize SLAs and incentives"}
},
"metrics": [
{"name": "Time to detect", "range": [1,5]},
{"name": "Time to restore", "range": [15,180]}
]
}
References and links
- Goleman leadership styles . Harvard Business Review overview . https://hbr.org/2000/03/leadership-that-gets-results
- SLII . Situational Leadership by Blanchard . https://www.kenblanchard.com/
- ADKAR by Prosci . change outcomes and checkpoints . https://www.prosci.com/methodology/adkar
- Kotter 8 steps . change leadership . https://www.kotterinc.com/methodology/
- RACI basics . responsibility mapping . https://www.atlassian.com/team-playbook/plays/roles-and-responsibilities
Conclusion
Leadership style is a tool. not an identity. Diagnose context. pick a primary and a secondary. set pivot triggers. ship artifacts. Use this prompt to make good decisions quickly. with governance and care.
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