Gary Harpst co-founded the ERP solution Solomon Software, which was ultimately sold to Great Plains. The CFO Bookshelf enjoys Gary's work and past books, including Six Disciplines for Excellence and Six Disciplines Revolution.

Gary's newest book has been 40 years in the making. The title is Built to Beat Chaos: Biblical Wisdom for Leading Yourself and Others. A few of the themes we cover in this conversation include:

• addressing the elephant in the room, the integration of faith in the workplace
• the Great Plains story
• A leader's first and second responsibility
• the reason Monet destroyed some paintings
• the reason a specific management system doesn't matter based on 1200 businesses studied
• how to get the 85% involved and the impact on one-to-one time
• the 100-point exercise
• the Harold Morgan story
• wisdom and tips for learning to mentor others
• the purpose and mission of LeadFirst.ai