#228 - Gary Harpst Built to Beat Chaos

We’re taking a Sabbatical!

After an incredible run of insightful conversations and incredible guests, the Manage 2 Win team will be taking a well-deserved sabbatical from the podcast for a few months.

Join David as he takes a moment to express his gratitude to all the listeners who have been with us on this journey.

Your support and enthusiasm have been the driving force behind the success of Manage 2 Win, and we couldn't have done it without you. David also extends a special thank you to the exceptional guests who have graced our show, generously sharing their experiences and wisdom.

While new episodes may be on hold for now, the Manage 2 Win archives remain readily available for your continued inspiration. Dive into past episodes and revisit the timeless insights and practical advice shared by our esteemed guests.

As we bid you farewell for now, we encourage you to stay connected and engaged with the Manage 2 Win community. Follow us on social media, join our mailing list, and keep an eye out for updates on our return.

Thank you for being a part of the Manage 2 Win family. Your support means the world to us. Until we meet again, keep striving for excellence on your leadership journey. Bye for now!

 

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This Manage 2 Win Podcast episode is brought to you by Habitly.  I (David) review Habitly best practices regularly, and teach these essential people skills to clients weekly.  This advice has changed my life, and made millions for our clients.

I started developing Habitly content in 2004.  Habitly’s powerful best practices have now been taught to thousands of people worldwide.  For instance, you can learn how to Create time in your day;  Get more from meetings;  Stay calm;  Achieve significant targets;  and Become a great leader.  Simply study and apply the expert knowledge provided in Habitly courses and micro-learning episodes.

Whether you’re just out of college, or someone with over 20 years work experience, learn the habits of highly successful people on Habitly. 

Test drive Habitly for 7 days on us!  This includes full access to the entire Habitly knowledgebase – www.habitly.com.

Do you want the secret on how to run a successful business?

In this episode, Bryan Clayton, CEO & Founder of GreenPal shares how he was able to grow his company profitably without any external capital.  He explains what he’s learned from his failures and successes over the past 10 years.

Why not grow organically?  It’s cheaper and can be faster.  Bryan provides insights into how he used AI technology to create and deliver value to GreenPal consumers.

Bryan also believes one major contributing factor to his success was developing and growing through an org chart.  Maybe leaders never seriously consider an org chart and how it can drive an organization. 

GreenPal, known as "Uber for lawn care" is entirely self-funded, a rare accomplishment in the startup world.  They have grown rapidly and now serve over 200,000 active users, completing thousands of transactions per day.  The company has been profitable since its first year of operation.  Annual revenue now exceeds $30 million.

Are you doing $30 million after 10 years in business without giving away part of your company to outside investors? 

If not, or even if you’re doing that well, join us to hear part of Bryan’s story.  There’s something here that can help you grow your organization.

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This Manage 2 Win Podcast episode is brought to you by Habitly.  I (David) review Habitly best practices regularly, and teach these essential people skills to clients weekly.  This advice has changed my life, and made millions for our clients.

I started developing Habitly content in 2004.  Habitly’s powerful best practices have now been taught to thousands of people worldwide.  For instance, you can learn how to Create time in your day;  Get more from meetings;  Stay calm;  Achieve significant targets;  and Become a great leader.  Simply study and apply the expert knowledge provided in Habitly courses and micro-learning episodes.

Whether you’re just out of college, or someone with over 20 years work experience, learn the habits of highly successful people on Habitly. 

Test drive Habitly for 7 days on us!  This includes full access to the entire Habitly knowledgebase – www.habitly.com.

Would you like to differentiate your business from the crowd, put a stake in the ground for something you believe, or simply write a personal memoir?

In this episode, Andrew Dupy, Chief Sales Officer at Leaders Press shares how he helps his clients be Best Sellers in 8 to 12 months by writing a book.  His company provides a la carte services to help with writing, proofing, book design, distribution, and marketing. 

You can write a book even if you feel you don’t know where to start, have no time, or are a weak writer.

David joins in as a self-published author and coauthor of five books.  The conversation is lively and informative.  David recommends every leader write a book.  It does not have to be a best seller to be a productive and profitable investment of your time.   

Andrew Dupy is also the author of the book “Don’t Buy the Watch” and hosts the Leaders Talk podcast. 

Don’t think you can’t write a book.  Listen to this podcast to consider why it makes sense.

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This Manage 2 Win Podcast episode is brought to you by Habitly.  I (David) review Habitly best practices regularly, and teach these essential people skills to clients weekly.  This advice has changed my life, and made millions for our clients.

I started developing Habitly content in 2004.  Habitly’s powerful best practices have now been taught to thousands of people worldwide.  For instance, you can learn how to Create time in your day;  Get more from meetings;  Stay calm;  Achieve significant targets;  and Become a great leader.  Simply study and apply the expert knowledge provided in Habitly courses and micro-learning episodes.

Whether you’re just out of college, or someone with over 20 years work experience, learn the habits of highly successful people on Habitly. 

Test drive Habitly for 7 days on us!  This includes full access to the entire Habitly knowledgebase – www.habitly.com.

Would you like to overcome every challenge facing your business?

In this episode, Eric Holtzclaw, Chief Strategist & Dojo Master at Liger, shares how he helps businesses get closer to true customer needs – not wants – and overcome any problem.

David, our host, likes to say, “Great leaders ask great questions.” Yet, few leaders dive deep enough to get to the core of an issue. Eric has a system to learn the true reason someone is behaving the way they do – customers, employees, other leaders, vendors, (spouses?)… 

Learn Eric’s ROWR system to strengthen relationships and increase profits.   

Another reason to join this conversation is to learn how to comprehend your clients better than the competition. Then your sales and marketing efforts can maximize results. 

Eric Holtzclaw is the author of the book “Laddering: Unlocking the Potential of Consumer Behavior” where he shares his expertise on guiding businesses to find their identities and core values, craft their visions, and establish their brands. 

Learn the 5 WHYs. Practice this strategy and you’ll gain insights you’re currently missing.

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This Manage 2 Win Podcast episode is brought to you by Habitly. I (David) review Habitly best practices regularly, and teach these essential people skills to clients weekly.  This advice has changed my life, and made millions for our clients.

I started developing Habitly content in 2004. Habitly’s powerful best practices have now been taught to thousands of people worldwide. For instance, you can learn how to Create time in your day; Get more from meetings; Stay calm;  Achieve significant targets; and Become a great leader. Simply study and apply the expert knowledge provided in Habitly courses and micro-learning episodes.

Whether you’re just out of college, or someone with over 20 years work experience, learn the habits of highly successful people on Habitly. 

Test drive Habitly for 7 days on us!  This includes full access to the entire Habitly knowledgebase – www.habitly.com.

Do you want solutions that can help you improve your business and help you save big bucks? One option is cut your utility bill.

In this episode, Garreth Evans, CEO & Founder of Veckta shares how he helps businesses implement durable systems to reduce costs and emissions. You can move away from toxic fossil fuels to clean, lower cost energy. 

He shared one example where a client reduced their annual energy cost by over $450,000.

Join this conversation to consider how energy transitions from fossil fuels to clean energy are a generational opportunity we must do as responsible citizens of the free world.

The possibilities are amazing.  Are you aware recently the nation of Finland had their cost of energy drop to zero. Learn more on Business Insider.

Join us to learn more about technologies to save you money and the planet. 

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This Manage 2 Win Podcast episode is brought to you by Habitly.  I (David) review Habitly best practices regularly, and teach these essential people skills to clients weekly.  This advice has changed my life, and made millions for our clients.

I started developing Habitly content in 2004.  Habitly’s powerful best practices have now been taught to thousands of people worldwide.  For instance, you can learn how to Create time in your day;  Get more from meetings;  Stay calm;  Achieve significant targets;  and Become a great leader.  Simply study and apply the expert knowledge provided in Habitly courses and micro-learning episodes.

Whether you’re just out of college, or someone with over 20 years work experience, learn the habits of highly successful people on Habitly. 

Test drive Habitly for 7 days on us!  This includes full access to the entire Habitly knowledgebase – www.habitly.com.

Do you wish you could find 1-2 more hours in your workday?  Do you invest too much time dealing with urgent tasks rather than your most important activities that will drive your business forward?

In this episode, Aytekin Tank, CEO of Jotform, shares how he manages his priorities so well that his company is beating Google. 500 Employees and 20 million customers strong, Jotform is thriving when other companies have been crushed by goliath corporations like Google, Microsoft, Facebook/Meta, etc.

During this episode, Aytekin shares his experience as an entrepreneur and his expertise in productivity and automation.  Learn how he removed time-consuming tasks from clogging his calendar to superbly prioritized habits to manage his workload.

Aytekin wrote a book to share what he’s learned and proven to work.  The book is titled, Automate Your Busywork.  It shares his insights on time management and tips to automate almost anything, along with insights on leadership and continuous improvement.

Join us for a productive discussion!  Don’t you wish you had 1-2 more hours of free time to do something you love today?

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This Manage 2 Win Podcast episode is brought to you by Habitly.  I (David) review Habitly best practices regularly, and teach these essential people skills to clients weekly.  This advice has changed my life, and made millions for our clients.

I started developing Habitly content in 2004.  Habitly’s powerful best practices have now been taught to thousands of people worldwide.  For instance, you can learn how to Create time in your day;  Get more from meetings;  Stay calm;  Achieve significant targets;  and Become a great leader.  Simply study and apply the expert knowledge provided in Habitly courses and micro-learning episodes.

Whether you’re just out of college, or someone with over 20 years work experience, learn the habits of highly successful people on Habitly. 

Test drive Habitly for 7 days on us!  This includes full access to the entire Habitly knowledgebase – www.habitly.com.

Do you know how companies make money with your business and personal data?  What if you could connect your data with non-competitors for mutual gain?

The online world is overflowing with opportunity… and high risks that can take your company down if you’re sloppy with your data.  But then again, there’s a lot to be gained if you can find the right path. 

Our guest in this episode is Nadab Akhtar.  Nadab and his CrowdPoint team leverages smart contracts and blockchain technology to protect human identity with their Vogon Decentralized Cloud.  This Vogon beast is designed to handle massive amounts of data - securely with ease.

You gain the benefits of transparent data sharing and a revolutionary new kind of secure data protection, plus reliable “data lake” CrowdPoint calls Collective Intelligence.

Join Nadab and David, our host, as they explore how CrowdPoint is trying to enable users to own their data, even as it moves around the world.  We’re talking previously unprecedented control over things like identity, finance, and commerce in the new Web3 economy.  At least that’s the CrowdPoint vision.  We can’t predict whether they’ll succeed or not, but it’s something to consider.  

This is NOT a technical discussion or deep dive into CrowdPoint’s technology.  Instead, this podcast is a layman’s introduction into how businesses (small, medium, and large) ultimately could leverage CrowdPoint’s blockchain fintech in decentralized markets that connect real-world goods and services with consumers.

Nadab has 15+ years’ experience in corporate advisory and M&A transactions.  He currently leads strategy, finance, banking, legal, and regulatory functions at CrowdPoint which has developed the first hybrid utility token to be filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.                                                          

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This Manage 2 Win Podcast episode is brought to you by Habitly.  I (David) review Habitly best practices regularly, and teach these essential people skills to clients weekly.  This advice has changed my life, and made millions for our clients.

I started developing Habitly content in 2004.  Habitly’s powerful best practices have now been taught to thousands of people worldwide.  For instance, you can learn how to Create time in your day;  Get more from meetings;  Stay calm;  Achieve significant targets;  and Become a great leader.  Simply study and apply the expert knowledge provided in Habitly courses and micro-learning episodes.

Whether you’re just out of college, or someone with over 20 years work experience, learn the habits of highly successful people on Habitly. 

Test drive Habitly for 7 days on us!  This includes full access to the entire Habitly knowledgebase – www.habitly.com.

Life can be a lot like Chutes and Ladders, the classic children’s board game, says Richard Moran, author of a new book, NEVER SAY WHATEVER: How Small Decisions Make a Big Difference (McGraw Hill; April 11, 2023). 

Each time you say “whatever” you slide down a chute, but each time you make a decision, you have the potential to climb a ladder and move forward.  Moran, host of the syndicated show “In the Workplace,” observes that “whatever” has become a flippant remark that is essentially a dismissal of responsibility. 

David, our host, and Richard agree that “whatever” is a “four-letter word,” similar to the F-word, S-word, N-word and others.  It’s toxic, disrespectful, and can be irresponsible. 

Moran takes this a step further.  He believes at work using the “w” word can be a career killer with short-and long-term consequences.  And in personal relationships it’s toxic.  It almost always defers or eliminates a decision or a choice that should be made.

But the w-word is a habit.  A bad one.  Join this discussion if you’re tired of Gen Z or any other generation dismissing your ideas, concerns, and/or commands as a leader with “whatever…” 

Moran has data to back up his conclusions, and ways to overcome this bad habit.  Join this podcast to learn more.  

Moran has served as a CEO, a college president, a venture capitalist, and a top-level consultant.  He has worked for or with some of the world’s leading organizations including Accenture, Apple, News Corp, American Airlines, PG&E and many others.  He prides himself on his matter-of-fact manner of consulting and believes that many parts of the business world are needlessly complicated.

Moran holds a Ph.D. in organizational behavior but his work is not academic.  Research is important, but he believes what is just as critical are the observations one can make by being in the “trenches” of business.  His observations are candid, humorous, and true.

 

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This Manage 2 Win Podcast episode is brought to you by Habitly.  I (David) review Habitly best practices regularly, and teach these essential people skills to clients weekly.  This advice has changed my life, and made millions for our clients.

I started developing Habitly content in 2004.  Habitly’s powerful best practices have now been taught to thousands of people worldwide.  For instance, you can learn how to Create time in your day;  Get more from meetings;  Stay calm;  Achieve significant targets;  and Become a great leader.  Simply study and apply the expert knowledge provided in Habitly courses and micro-learning episodes.

Whether you’re just out of college, or someone with over 20 years work experience, learn the habits of highly successful people on Habitly. 

Test drive Habitly for 7 days on us!  This includes full access to the entire Habitly knowledgebase – www.habitly.com.

Everyone has emotional attachments.  It’s part of how humans are designed to survive and thrive.  However, everyone also has gaps or wounds in the ways we relate to others in our workplace and personal lives.

Our guest in this conversation is Tracy Crossley.  Tracy is a behavioral expert, author and podcast host of two weekly podcasts:  Freedom from Attachment has over 600 episodes, and she more recently launched, Earned Wisdom for Accomplished Leaders.

Do you have insecure attachment?  Take Tracy’s short, free quiz here.

Tracy’s approach can be a gamechanger for women professionals seeking to maximize their career while balancing complex personal lives.  She and her team also help men, whom some would say can be less aware of relational issues. 

Tracy’s team focuses on issues many have with emotional well-being, bias, expectations, self-doubt, being in a daily emotional struggle, and learning to trust themselves.  They have a six-month system to crush that negativity committee in your brain that’s holding you back.

Join David and Tracy as they discuss how to acknowledge yet silence the attachment beast, and keep it at bay.  This is a battle we all face, often much more than we realize.  Don’t miss these insights to open your mind to new ways to greater success and meaning in life.

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This Manage 2 Win Podcast episode is brought to you by Habitly.  I (David) review Habitly best practices regularly, and teach these essential people skills to clients weekly.  This advice has changed my life, and made millions for our clients.

I started developing Habitly content in 2004.  Habitly’s powerful best practices have now been taught to thousands of people worldwide.  For instance, you can learn how to Create time in your day;  Get more from meetings;  Stay calm;  Achieve significant targets;  and Become a great leader.  Simply study and apply the expert knowledge provided in Habitly courses and micro-learning episodes.

Whether you’re just out of college, or someone with over 20 years work experience, learn the habits of highly successful people on Habitly. 

Test drive Habitly for 7 days on us!  This includes full access to the entire Habitly knowledgebase – www.habitly.com.

Timing can be a good thing, but you still need to lead a company successfully.  Gary Harpst and his partners founded Solomon Software at the start of the PC industry.  Thousands of companies started, but most failed.

What made Solomon a winner?

Gary discusses his story and insights from his third book, “Built to Beat Chaos, Biblical Wisdom for Leading Yourself and Others” (Wiley), which is being released this month.  Apparently, over 47% of leaders say that chaos is pervasive in their organizations.  Gary believes that although disorder can feel overwhelming at times, humans are actually designed to overcome and conquer chaos.

He has a simple three-step formula for you:  What effective leaders should know, do, and be. 

Join this podcast to be challenged as a leader to better avoid and overcome chaos in your business.  Gary’s humble wisdom is refreshingly simple and effective. 

Gary Harpst is the CEO of LeadFirst, a leadership development company. His passion is combining business excellence and biblical wisdom. He co-founded three high-tech businesses, including Solomon Software which merged with Great Plains and was sold to Microsoft.

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This Manage 2 Win Podcast episode is brought to you by Habitly.  I (David) review Habitly best practices regularly, and teach these essential people skills to clients weekly.  This advice has changed my life, and made millions for our clients.

I started developing Habitly content in 2004.  Habitly’s powerful best practices have now been taught to thousands of people worldwide.  For instance, you can learn how to Create time in your day;  Get more from meetings;  Stay calm;  Achieve significant targets;  and Become a great leader.  Simply study and apply the expert knowledge provided in Habitly courses and micro-learning episodes.

Whether you’re just out of college, or someone with over 20 years work experience, learn the habits of highly successful people on Habitly. 

Test drive Habitly for 7 days on us!  This includes full access to the entire Habitly knowledgebase – www.habitly.com.