The Three Big Questions for a Frantic Family: A Leadership Fable About Restoring Sanity to the Most Important Organization In Your Life
Patrick M. Lencioni
Language: English
Pages: 98
ISBN: 2:00177191
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
In this unique and groundbreaking book, business consultant and New York Times best-selling author Patrick Lencioni turns his sights on the most important organization in our lives--the family. As a husband and the father of four young boys, Lencioni realized the discrepancy between the time and energy his clients put into running their organizations and the reactive way most people run their personal lives. Having experienced the stress of a frantic family firsthand, he and his wife began applying some of the tools he uses with Fortune 500 companies at home, and with surprising results.
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companies can honestly say that honesty and respect are their core values, but that’s a longer story for another time.” Theresa nodded and wrote down what he was saying, so Rob continued with the last kind of values that get confused with the core. “Accidental values are those that aren’t necessarily good for a company, but exist. Sometimes they have to be eliminated or closely watched.” “For instance?” “Like here at our firm. There was a time when everyone we hired had little kids.
“Okay, I have four words here. I don’t know if they’re the right words, but I think they get at the concepts I’m trying to convey. They are excellence, humility, passion, and,” he paused, “the word I used is empathy, but I don’t know if that’s exactly right. What did you come up with?” Theresa was excited. “I also had passion.” Jude raised his eyebrows to acknowledge that they had both identified one of the same values. “Interesting.” Theresa smiled. “That’s not all. I also have humility.”
out. “Three-thirty,” Theresa explained, a little embarrassed and more than a little exhausted. “But I think I got a lot done.” After she got the twins and Sophia out the door for carpool, and had Michael fed and parked in front of the television watching one of the Baby Einstein videos, Theresa offered to show Jude the product of her late-night work. “If you have a second, here’s what I came up with for strategy.” “I’m sorry, I’ve got to leave here in fifteen minutes, and I still have to
certainly think so. And that is the purpose of this little book—to help you run your family with more clarity and context and purposefulness by provoking you to answer three simple questions that can change your life. I hope you find my ideas helpful and that your family benefits from them in many ways for years to come. The Fable PART ONE The Problem PROVOCATION Theresa Cousins had never been so mad at her husband, Jude. Ironically, the comment that sparked her anger
her confidence in the system wasn’t shaken by the single failure. And deep down inside she hoped—and even expected—that the woman would be calling Theresa back one day when she was ready to make another run at sanity. Besides, that failure was more than offset by two unexpected success stories. When Alison Marsh’s sister, who was recently married but didn’t have children, heard about the three big questions, she was able to apply them to her own family life, with great success. “Listen, my