The Monday brief.

What it replaces.

• The Sunday evening number hunt. Pulling figures out of the CRM, the bank and three spreadsheets just to know where the week stands.
• The weekly update written from scratch. Every Monday, the same message rebuilt from memory, because last week's version is somewhere in Sent.
• The meeting run from your head. Walking in with the week in your mind and hoping the right numbers come out when someone asks.

The starter prompt.

You are writing my Monday brief. I run a company of under 100 people.
Below this message I will paste two things: last week's numbers, and my calendar for this week.
Write a one-page brief with exactly three sections:
1. What moved last week: five bullets, each anchored to one number.
2. What this week hinges on: the three items that matter most, and why.
3. A short note to my team I can send as-is. Direct, warm, no filler.
Before writing anything, ask me up to three questions if something important is missing.

Make it stick.

1. Write down where each number lives. Which tool, which report, which tab. Once the map exists, Friday's pull becomes a five-minute paste instead of a hunt.
2. Same three sections, every week. The shape is the system. Your team learns to read it at a glance, and the drafts get sharper because the ask never changes.
3. Wire the inputs. A saved export, a recurring Friday reminder, one folder where the numbers land. When the inputs arrive on their own, the brief shows up on schedule.