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The article explains what a Copilot prompt is and why clarity and specificity dramatically improve results. It shows how adding audience, tone, length, and format turns vague requests into accurate outputs, contrasting weak vs. strong prompts. It lists common mistakes - being vague, bundling too many tasks, omitting context or target audience, and failing to critically review AI output. It emphasises prompting as a valuable workplace skill; beginners should start small, reuse and adapt prompts, and remember AI can err, so human judgment remains essential.

A 360 questionnaire needs three things: 20–28 behaviour statements on a 1–5 frequency scale grouped by competency, three to five open-ended prompts that ask for an example, and the same statements phrased for each rater — self, manager, peers and direct reports. This guide gives you the question bank by competency, the manager and leadership sets, worked examples of what good answers look like, the scoring and debrief steps, and a free .docx questionnaire template to issue as it is.

Compare the best Excel course options for UK learners by level, live price, duration, format and certificate. See the Introduction, Intermediate and Advanced training ladder.

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Save Outlook email attachments to a SharePoint library automatically with Power Automate — a step-by-step build, every trigger setting and field explained. No code.

Post a Microsoft Teams alert automatically whenever an important email arrives, using Power Automate — every trigger filter and message field explained. No code.

Turn every Microsoft Forms response into a Planner task automatically, using Power Automate — the trigger, the "Get response details" catch, and field mapping explained. No code.

Build a Power Automate flow that checks a SharePoint list daily and emails a reminder before anything's due — no more missed deadlines, no manual chasing.

Build a Power Automate flow that sends approval requests straight into Teams — one click to approve or reject, no reply-all chains, no chasing.