Built to Beat Chaos Biblical Wisdom for Leading Yourself and Others

PRAISE FOR BUILT TO BEAT CHAOS

“This book changes your thinking. It is the chapter missing from other leadership books! Gary reveals the biblical laws that govern leadership. Everyone wants to work for a mission-driven organization, but very few leaders are equipped to create purpose and lead with their values. This book shows you how AND explains why it works. It can help develop any corporate, government, religious, or nonprofit leader.”
—ROBERT SPRAGUE, Ohio Treasurer of State

“Gary Harpst’s Built to Beat Chaos brings hope to overworked, uber-stressed business leaders who have forgotten (or never experienced) the spiritual grounding essential to meaningful leadership. Gary’s offering of practical examples of what happens when deep purpose and daily practice are aligned will benefit readers in many walks of life.”
—KATHERINE FELL, PhD, President, University of Findlay

“I love the thesis of this book—that properly viewed, chaos can be our friend. Victims no more! Gary Harpst challenges conventional wisdom. His perspective is rooted in decades of inquiry, observation, practical experience, and systematic analysis. Your time invested in Built to Beat Chaos will be rewarded in lasting and important ways.”
—JOHN D. BECKETT, Chairman, The Beckett Companies, and Author, Loving Monday and Mastering Monday

“Gary’s ability to take simple biblical truths and apply them to business is outstanding. A great read and this will serve as an inspiration not only to me but also to our leadership team as we continue to challenge ourselves every day.”
—CHUCK STRAWN, CEO, Redseal Measurement Group

“Gary Harpst provides timely insights based on his integration of faith and hard-earned business experience. His very personal story of success, failure, and learning embodies a faith-informed, innovative spirit. In an age defined by lean operations and tight budgets, his challenge is to view organizational leadership in terms of stewardship, and he provides a guide as we take up this challenge.”
—BRENT C. SLEASMAN, PhD, President, Winebrenner Theological Seminary

“Gary integrates ancient principles with modern systems to show leaders how to engage the hearts and minds of their teams and live out their organization’s purpose. The world needs this roadmap for conquering chaos right now.”
—CARY HILL, Results Coach, Lead4Results, and former CEO of MESA, a 3-time Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recipient

“Exceptionally well reasoned, written, organized and presented, "Built to Beat Chaos: Biblical Principles for Leading Yourself and Others" is especially and unreservedly recommended for personal, professional, community, corporate, church, and academic library Leadership & Management collections.” – Midwest Book Review, June 2023

Apply timeless, biblical insights to overcome organizational chaos

Over 47% of leaders say that chaos is pervasive in their organizations. Though disorder can feel overwhelming at times, human beings are actually designed to overcome and conquer chaos.

In Built to Beat Chaos: Biblical Principles for Leading Yourself and Others, renowned teacher, coach, speaker, and best-selling author Gary Harpst delivers an insightful and practical discussion of how to transform chaos into order by relying on strategies drawn directly from the Bible. You’ll learn how to find fulfillment and success by leaning into your innate ability to calm the madness and control chaos by:

• Understanding the fundamental processes underlying how we put things together for a purpose
• Discovering why everyone is biblically called to leadership and the dynamics of self-leadership
• Applying biblical principles to transform your organization through action

An invaluable roadmap for board members, executives, managers, pastors, and other organizational leaders, Built to Beat Chaos is the straightforward, practical, and biblically grounded business manual that every leader should read.