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The Three Big Questions for a Frantic Family: A Leadership Fable About Restoring Sanity To The Most Important Organization In Your Life | 
 enlarge | Author: Patrick M. Lencioni
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 4473
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 240
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.9
ISBN: 0787995320
Dewey Decimal Number: 646.78
EAN: 9780787995324
Publication Date: September 9, 2008
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Product Description
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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Great BOOK!!! September 4, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
First I will admit that I am a fan of Lencioni's previous titles. The author's style of writing is to teach trough a story of characters that you can identify with. The sub-title of the book is "A Leadership Fable". This is not a book that proposes a lesson through theory but through application.
I found myself able to identify with the characters in the story from the first page all the way through the entire book. I completed the book in three hours because I could not stop reading once I picked it up.
If you find yourself asking when does the chaos end between work, home, personal life then the 3 Big Question approach may just a tool that can get you pointed in the right direction. Is it earth shaking knowledge? No, but rarely are most practical approaches to dealing with business or family.
Is the approach by the author a silver bullet. No! But I believe the concept is simple enough and profound enough for almost any family that it will at least bring the family to the table to start discussing what is important and what is the priority for your family.
It's a great book. I would recommend for anyone no matter if you are a single, couple, family with small children or those who have no children at home.
If I could I would give everyone a copy. It's that good.
Live Interview with Author September 9, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Listen to a live interview with Patrick Lencioni about this book, and his own story regarding his quest for dealing with stress at home. Lencioni talks with Gannett News Service and USAToday.com columnist Anita Bruzzese on Smash the Ladder: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/AnitaBruzzese
A fun,lively, informative interview that provides tips on how to use your business smarts to deal with a chaotic life at home.
A breath of fresh air for the family! October 6, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
My wife and I have really grown with the simple steps outlined in The 3 Big Questions for a Frantic Family. Our 7 year old is totally involved as well.
I'm a successful business professional, and have always been experiencing mixed feelings during personal life because of the chaos.
At the times our family is disappointed when things aren't living up to our idea of the "perfect day," or month, or year, I have many feelings including:
- Sadness the family is disappointed - seeing the long faces of my wife and kids. I want us to be happy.
- Hopeful since I wait for my family to "finally" realize a little bit of team communication can go a long way to producing the results we want.
- Openly excited that maybe there will be some family buy-in to my desires to focus on teamwork now that we, once again, feel the pain of "what we are doing is not working" - so how about a change in how we do things around the home?
Patrick Lencioni's book has changed that! I read the book first, being a huge fan of all of Lencioni's books. By reading excepts to my lovely spouse, she became interested enough to read the book herself. Soon my wife was saying, "that's me! that's us!" and she read the book as fast as she would read her People magazine!
We are actively participating in the three steps as a family and the results are amazing. Short meetings, once a week, limited to 10 minutes, and our family is so much happier and functional than ever before.
This is a wonderful book for any family. Lots of books have "the right stuff" for families, and what sets The 3 Big Questions apart from other books in my mind is that the story of the fable format will appeal to people who ordinarily wouldn't read a book like this.
I hope to some day meet Mr. Lencioni and thank him in person. Our family life has gone to a whole new level around here!
"Family Leadership Made Simple" September 17, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Everyone I know struggles to maintain a balanced family life. Why is it such a challenge? One of the most common reasons is that we lack simple, practical tools that help us to articulate our priorities and to revisit them consistently so that they become a guiding force in daily decision-making. This is exactly the need that Pat and his team at The Table Group have addressed. With their typical flair for making complex ideas accessible for all of us (this book could be sub titled "Family Leadership for Dummies"), they have developed a user-friendly method that will help us close that gap between who we want to be and how we actually navigate family life. And especially for those of you who may feel overwhelmed with the problem, read this book. Change is not as far away as you may think!
The 3 Big Questions for a Frantic Family September 19, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
As a fan of Lencioni's books and a pastor, I really appreciate the approach he has taken with this book. It seems that the average family is a frantic family these days. His suggestions for making order of it all are simple and quite do-able. Pat's approach will give the family real hope! I am recommending the book to ALL of my congregation!
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