Working with Me Command

Create a comprehensive "Working with Me" document that serves as a user manual for how to work with you effectively.

Purpose

This command invokes the working-with-me skill to interactively create a personal user manual covering:

• Your role and goals
• Personality and communication preferences
• Operating approach (meetings, 1:1s, cadence)
• Management style and decision-making
• How you support your team
• Known pitfalls and how to work around them
• Personal touch that makes work meaningful

When to use: When onboarding new colleagues, starting partnerships, or wanting to clearly document your work style.

Usage

/planning-strategy:working-with-me

No parameters needed - the skill guides you through an interactive interview.

How It Works

This command invokes the working-with-me skill, which:

1. Fetches context from Notion:

   • Personal Operating Model (strengths, weaknesses)
   • Golden Rules (working principles)
   • Year Plan (current role, goals)
   • Quarterly Logs (for patterns)

2. Guides you through 7 sections:

   • My Role
   • About Me (personality, communication, boundaries)
   • Operating Approach (1:1s, decision escalation, planning cadence)
   • Management Style (how you manage, decide, give feedback)
   • Supporting You and Your Team (career discussions, goals, inclusion)
   • Pitfalls and Working Around Them (honest weaknesses)
   • Personal Touch (what makes work fun)

3. Compiles comprehensive document

4. Saves to Notion as new page under Resources

Example Session

/planning-strategy:working-with-me

Claude:
I've reviewed your Personal Operating Model, Golden Rules, and Year Plan.

I'll guide you through creating your "Working with Me" document covering:
- Your role and goals
- Personality and communication preferences
- Operating approach and cadence
- Management style
- How you support your team

This will take about 20-30 minutes.

**Section 1: My Role**

What is your role and what are your primary goals?

Consider:
- Official title and what it means in practice
- Core responsibilities (what you own)
- Primary goals for 2026
- Who you serve (team, clients, partners)

User: "I'm a Strategy Consultant focused on AI agents and
multi-agent systems. My goals for 2026 are to hit €100K revenue,
establish thought leadership, and become expert in orchestration..."

Claude:
**Section 2: About Me - Personality**

How would you describe your personality at work?

[Continues through all 7 sections...]

Claude:
✅ "Working with Me" document saved to Notion!

📄 https://www.notion.so/Working-with-me-[new-id]

**Next Steps**:
- Review and refine as needed
- Share with new colleagues, partners, clients
- Update quarterly or when your role/style changes

What You'll Get

Structured "Working with Me" Document covering:

1. My Role

• Your title and responsibilities
• Primary goals for the year
• Who you serve

2. About Me

• Personality: Work style, energy sources/drains
• Communication Preferences: Email/Slack/face-to-face, response times
• Boundaries: Working hours, availability, personal time

3. Operating Approach

• 1:1s and Meetings: Frequency, structure, format
• What to Loop Me In On: Decision types, FYI vs approval
• Strategic Cadence: Quarterly planning, monthly reviews

4. Management Style

• How I Manage: Collaborative, hands-on, or hands-off
• Decision-Making: Data-driven or intuitive, fast or deliberate
• Feedback: How you give and receive it
• Principles: Golden Rules + additional North Stars

5. Supporting You and Your Team

• Career and Development: Discussion cadence, support offered
• Goals and Progress: Tracking approach, accountability
• How to Include Me: Materials to see, forums to attend

6. Pitfalls and Working Around Them

• Known weaknesses from Personal Operating Model
• Patterns that cause problems
• How others can compensate

7. More About Working with Me

• Personal touch (what makes work fun/meaningful)
• Quirks people should know
• What gets you up in the morning

Saved to: https://www.notion.so/Your-Resources-Page

Tips for Best Results

1. Be Brutally Honest: This document only works if it's truthful

   • Don't hide weaknesses—they're helpful to know
   • Be specific about preferences (not "I like email" but "I read email within 18 hours")
   • Share real pitfalls people can work around

2. Use Concrete Examples:

   • ✅ "I dislike being caught last-minute with big work efforts—give me 1 week notice for anything requiring >4 hours"
   • ❌ "I like to plan ahead"

3. Add Personality:

   • Share what makes work fun for you
   • Include quirks (like Clare's "good craic")
   • Make it human, not just mechanics

4. Reference Your Context:

   • The skill pulls from your POM, Golden Rules, Year Plan
   • Build on that context rather than repeating it
   • Add nuance and specifics

5. Make It Actionable:

   • People should know what to do/not do after reading
   • Clear guidance on communication, meetings, decisions
   • Specific escalation criteria

When to Use This

Good Times to Create/Update:

• ✅ Starting a new role or major pivot
• ✅ Onboarding new team members
• ✅ Beginning new partnerships or client relationships
• ✅ After quarterly review (patterns have changed)
• ✅ When you notice recurring friction with how people work with you

When to Share:

• New colleagues joining your team
• Partners starting a collaboration
• Clients for long-term engagements
• Anyone who will work closely with you

Integration with Workflow

Typical Flow:

1. Create Initial Version: Use /planning-strategy:working-with-me
2. Review Quarterly: Update when patterns change
3. Share Proactively: Send to new colleagues/partners
4. Reference in Onboarding: Use as conversation starter

Related Commands:

• /planning-strategy:quarterly-review - Identify patterns to update in Working with Me
• /planning-strategy:year-plan - Sets role/goals context
• /planning-strategy:vision - Defines principles and values

Success Criteria

A successful "Working with Me" document should:

1. ✅ Be honest about style, preferences, and pitfalls
2. ✅ Include specific examples (not generic statements)
3. ✅ Reference Golden Rules and Personal Operating Model
4. ✅ Have personality (personal touch at the end)
5. ✅ Be actionable (people know what to do/not do)
6. ✅ Be shareable (ready to send to new colleagues)

Notes

• Time: 20-30 minutes of focused attention
• Honesty Required: Generic answers won't help anyone
• Living Document: Update quarterly or when role/style changes
• Based on: Clare Hughes Johnson's template from Scaling People
• Integration: Pulls context from POM, Golden Rules, Year Plan, Quarterly Logs

Philosophy: "Sharing what gets you up in the morning on a personal level can be as important as the mechanics of working together."

Related Commands

• /planning-strategy:vision - Define your core beliefs and principles
• /planning-strategy:year-plan - Set your role and goals context
• /planning-strategy:quarterly-review - Identify patterns and changes to update