Patrick Lencioni brings his popular fable format to a new field: family and parenting. Over years of talking to colleagues and clients, Lencioni learned that while almost everyone considered family to be the most important part of their lives, most of them found their home lives to be stressful and, at times, overwhelming. People who skillfully and efficiently ran Fortune 500s had no clue how to manage their families. Lencioni believed that some simple and practical tools, without a major increase in time commitment, could help readers bring more purpose, clarity and joy to their family lives. Using highly successful techniques from his work as a management and teamwork consultant, he provides steps that parents can quickly put into action to transform the chaos into order without sacrificing fun and spontaneity. The first part of the book is a fictional tale of a classic family in crisis, which learns to use business strategies to get the chaos under control. Then Lencioni presents his model for putting the plan into action in real life.