The 3 Big Questions for a Frantic Family E-Book

Patrick M. Lencioni

• Herausgeber: John Wiley & Sons
• Kategorie: Ratgeber
• Serie: J-B Lencioni Series
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2008

Seitenzahl: 190

Beschreibung

A singularly relevant application of organizational leadership to the home and family In this unique and groundbreaking book, business consultant and New York Times best-selling author Patrick Lencioni sets his sights on the most important organization in our lives--the family. As a husband and as 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. In the book, you'll learn to answer questions like: * What makes my family unique? * What is my family's biggest priority-its rallying cry-right now? * How can my family use the answers to these questions today, next week, and next year? An indispensable resource for busy professionals with full family lives, The 3 Big Questions for a Frantic Family belongs on the bookshelves of anyone who has ever struggled to balance leading people at work with leading a family unit.

Leseprobe

Table of Contents

Also by Patrick Lencioni

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Introduction

The Fable

PART ONE - The Problem

PROVOCATION

THERESA

REUNION

CONTINUOUS CHANGE

THE SCHEDULE

FEEBLE ATTEMPTS

SENSITIVITY

RESEARCH

KIMONO OPENING

DATA POINTS

BARBECUE

THE RESURFACING

CHAOS

APPOINTMENTS

DIAGNOSIS

DETOUR

PART TWO - Business School

OVERVIEW

CORE PURPOSE

CORE VALUES

BUSINESS DEFINITION

STRATEGY

GOALS

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

REVIEW

LATE NIGHTER

FAMILY VALUES

ATTRITION

SLEEP HANGOVER

SUBURBAN DILEMMA

FAMILY STRATEGY

BAD TIMING

RALLY

COLD WATER

PART THREE - Trial and Error

DOCUMENTATION

GOING PUBLIC

LUNCH MEETING

STASIS

IMPATIENCE

ALARM

NUTS AND BOLTS

THE INCIDENT

SECOND CONFESSION

MOMENT OF TRUTH

FINISHING

RETRAINING

TOUGH LOVE

ROLLING ON

FAST-FORWARD

The Model

THE FRANTIC FAMILY

CONTEXT

FAST, FAST, FAST

THE 80/20 RULE (ALSO KNOWN AS THE PARETO PRINCIPLE)

DON’T MAKE THE PERFECT THE ENEMY OF THE GOOD

THE THREE BIG QUESTIONS

QUESTION #1 - What makes your family unique?

CORE VALUES

STRATEGY

QUESTION #2 - What is your family’s top priority—rallying cry—right now?

RALLYING CRY

DEFINING OBJECTIVES

STANDARD OBJECTIVES

QUESTION #3 - How do you talk about and use the answers to these questions?

MEETINGS

VISIBILITY

AUTHOR’S NOTE

FAMILY EXAMPLES

Acknowledgements

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Also by Patrick Lencioni

Leadership FablesThe Five Temptations of a CEOThe Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary ExecutiveThe Five Dysfunctions of a TeamDeath by MeetingSilos, Politics, and Turf WarsThe Three Signs of a Miserable Job

Field GuideOvercoming the Five Dysfunctions of a Team

Copyright © 2008 by Patrick Lencioni. All rights reserved.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataLencioni, Patrick, 1965- The three big questions for a frantic family : a leadership fable—about restoring sanity to the most important organization in your life / Patrick Lencioni. p. cm.

eISBN : 978-0-470-43241-9

1. Family. 2. Family—Psychological aspects. I. Title. HQ519.L46 2008 646.7’8—dc22 2008021041

For you, Laura, for who you are and what you do for all of us. And for mom and dad, for always putting family first.

INTRODUCTION

I need to start this book with two quick confessions. First, I am not a family counselor or therapist, and I don’t have a Ph.D. in psychology—or anything else for that matter. I’m a management consultant and business author, and more important, a husband and a father of four.

Second, I struggle with many books on family life. It’s not that I don’t enjoy the subject or find them interesting. It’s just that they so often leave me feeling inadequate and overwhelmed by prescribing elaborate systems that can transform my family, as long as my wife and I have four days to invest up front and three hours per week to do follow-up exercises. Which, unfortunately, we don’t.