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Three Big Questions For A Frantic Family: A Leadership Fable About Restoring Sanity To The Most Important Organization In Your Life (2008)

by Patrick Lencioni(Favorite Author)

3.89 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1281752142 (ISBN13: 9781281752147)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Jossey-Bass

review 1: While this book is really self-help, I'm also coding it under "Business": the central idea is if families, like businesses, apply a set of strategic planning and prioritizing exercises to how they "manage themselves," they will be happier and see better "results." One could argue that a family is an end in of itself, not a means to an end, so the jaded should not read this book--but I think it's a book that could have benefits to executives and managers who can use help being better parents and spouses. There's nothing new here, and it's told in Lencioni's usual "parable" style which is not for everyone, but the 3 or 4 core suggestions about focusing time and energy on what matters most are worth keeping in mind.
review 2: I found the three big questions them... moreselves to be very useful, and discussing them to really help focus my plans and decisions.That said, the book is really mostly fluff. It was a little frustrating to read the "fable" part, where they go through the family trying to hammer out this system. You learn their missteps as well as the ultimate plan, and that was a lot of wasted time for families who are clearly frantic or we wouldn't be reading this!I think you should skip straight to the end where they outline the plan and give family examples. That is more than enough to understand and apply the principals. If you are listening to the audio version, just do disk 4. less

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