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Adulting teaches the sorts of skills one would have historically acquired at home or in Home Economics or Family Studies at school. Such skills include&nbsp;Home Skills&nbsp;(laundry, grocery shopping, organization, lighting a pilot light, unclogging a drain, changing a fuse, basic car maintenance),&nbsp;Relationship Skills&nbsp;(beyond social media to meaningful friendships, listening, negotiating, reading body language, empathizing, resolving conflicts),&nbsp;Physical &amp; Mental Health&nbsp;(eating, exercising, managing emotional, psychological, and social well-being),&nbsp;Time Management, Study Skills, Financial Skills&nbsp;(budgeting, balancing a checkbook, credit scores, insurance, investing, saving, shopping),&nbsp;Job Skills&nbsp;(social media account management/self-awareness, r&eacute;sum&eacute; writing, interviewing, customer service, negotiating a raise, work/life balance), and&nbsp;Citizenship&nbsp;(understanding government, the rule of law, paying taxes, voting, military service considerations, serving on a jury, etc.)

Dawn Leath is a Principal, Executive Consultant, and Faculty Member for Leath Group, LLC&mdash;a dynamic curriculum development and intellectual property greenhouse that grows leaders and shapes cultures.&nbsp;
Prior, Dawn spent a decade in the financial services industry working as a Human Resources Professional (recruitment, selection, career planning, benefits), Instructional Designer, Trainer, and Facilitator. In that time, she developed and delivered content for workshops and organizational universities that addressed Empowerment, Individual &amp; Organizational Accountability, Internal &amp; External Customer Service, Leveraging Interpersonal Differences, Morale, Critical Thinking &amp; Problem Solving, Quality, Team Audits &amp; Teamwork, and Performance Management (Orientation &amp; Onboarding through Succession Planning &amp; Conducting Effective Exit Interviews).
Since 2002, Dawn has devoted more time volunteering and serving nonprofit, local community organizations in varying capacities. However, in May 2013, she accepted a full-time calling to join the staff of RockPointe Church as Women&rsquo;s Minister. Building upon the solid foundation begun by her predecessor and surrounded by servant-leaders, peers, and a body of passionate believers with shared vision, she has been blessed with an opportunity to extend and mature a sustainable infrastructure that is more commensurate with RockPointe&rsquo;s current needs and future growth projections&mdash;numerically, but more importantly, of course, relationally and spiritually. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Today, as a wife of 28 years and mother for 19 years, Dawn continues to run a busy household while working alongside 70 colleagues at Leath Group to improve clients' cultures and performance. She is also an author and instructor of Leath Learning's Spirited Series, a leadership program designed for ministry leaders.&nbsp; &nbsp;
Dawn earned her BBA in Entrepreneurship at Baylor University&rsquo;s Hankamer School of Business. The university&rsquo;s pioneering entrepreneurship program is ranked No. 4 in the nation by The Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine.&nbsp;
Dawn, Blake, their daughter Lauren (and her partner in crime&mdash;the beloved rapscallion, Kit) make their home in the Great State of Texas.

Dawn Leath

Dr. Blake Leath is the founder of Leath Group, LLC&mdash;a dynamic curriculum development and intellectual property greenhouse that grows leaders and shapes cultures. To date, Leath Group has authored more than 90 copyrighted organizational science solutions implemented for clients around the world. 83 of those solutions are catalogued <a href="https://www.leathgroup.com/programs?f=&amp;s=&amp;d=recommended" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.&nbsp;
Blake has worked with clients as diverse as Abbott Laboratories, Adidas, AEP, Alcatel, Alcon, Alliance Data, Altec Lansing, American Chemical Society, Americo, Anchor Hocking, Anritsu, Anthology, Apple, Aramco, Ardagh, Ashland, AT&amp;T, Atlas Copco, Avnet, BAE Systems, Baker Hughes, Bank of America, Bausch + Lomb (Ray-Ban), BBN Technologies, Beckett Media, Bell Textron, Ben E. Keith Co., Berkshire Hathaway, BFGoodrich, BHP, BlackRock, Blackstone, BNSF Railway, Boeing, Brinker International, Burlington Resources, Capital One, Cardinal Health, Catapult Mineral Partners, Celanese, Centex, Citigroup, City of Albuquerque, City of Plano, City of Shreveport, Claffey Pools, Clemson University, Coeur Mining, Comfort Systems USA, Corelle Brands, CornerStone Staffing, Countrywide Financial, CVS Caremark, Daimler, Ericsson, EssilorLuxottica, Fidelity Investments, Fiserv, Footstar, Freeport-McMoRan, FSI Defense, Fujifilm, GCC, GE, Genencor, General Mills, Gentiva, Giant Industries, GoPro, GuideStone, Haggar Clothing, Halliburton, Hallmark, H-E-B Grocery Co., Hecla Mining, HF Sinclair, Honeywell, IGT, Instant Brands, Intel, JCPenney, Junior Achievement, Keurig Dr Pepper, Kodak, Konica Minolta, KPS Global, L3Harris Technologies, Lennox, LexisNexis, Libbey, LightPath Technologies, L.L.Bean, Lockheed Martin, Lockton Companies, Los Alamos National Laboratory, LSG Sky Chefs, M3 Engineering, McAfee, McDonald's Corporation, McElroy Metal, McEwen Mining, Meeting Professionals International, MetLife, Microsoft, Mohawk Industries, Momentous Institute, Multi-Chem Group, NASA, Naval Air Warfare Center, NEORIS, Nestl&eacute;, New Moly, New York Life Insurance Company, Newmont, NMED, Northwest Airlines, Northwestern Mutual, Peabody Energy, PepsiCo, Pfizer, Phelps Dodge, Pier 1 Imports, PNM, Premier Distributing Co., PrimeSource, Procter &amp; Gamble, Public Werks Inc., Raytheon, Ready Seal, Royal Leerdam, Sabre, Sally Beauty Supply, Sandia National Laboratories, Scotts Miracle-Gro Co., Service Corporation International, Software Spectrum, SourceHOV, Southern Methodist University, Southwest Airlines, Stillwater Mining Company, Sysco, Takata, TEGNA, Tesoro, Tetra Pak, Texas Farm Bureau, Texas Instruments, The Coca-Cola Company, The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, The Rosewood Corporation, Thornburg Mortgage, Toledo Zoo, Trinity Industries Inc., Ultralife Corporation, United States Coast Guard, UnitedHealth Group, Universal Instruments, University of Texas, USAA, the U.S. Departments of Agriculture / Defense / Energy &amp; Interior, Vitro, WESCO International, WSDOT, Wyndham Hotels &amp; Resorts, Yahoo! Inc., and Yum! Brands Inc.
Blake and Leath Group colleagues provide consulting &amp; communication services and tools that transform leaders, cultures, and processes to achieve dramatic breakthroughs in strategy and performance. Since 1992, he has worked with practitioners in more than 300 companies and numerous federal, state, and local agencies/departments/bureaus, as well as with individual researchers from leading universities to understand and maximize employee involvement, success, longevity, and passion.
In 32 years as an organizational sociologist and strategist, Blake has instructed in excess of 15,000 participants (in intimate groups rarely exceeding 12-20 at a time) across 41 states, and his content has been used by leaders in 27 countries. Leath Group at large has worked with more than 200,000 individuals, and well over 2,000,000 imprints have been made of the Group&rsquo;s combined intellectual properties. Blake&rsquo;s primary interests include strategy, culture, leadership, change, communication, systems thinking, M&amp;A integration, trust &amp; influence, and the process of acculturation.
In 2007, Blake published his first mainstream book,&nbsp;Cultivating the Strategic Mind: Growing From Leader to Visionary, Creator, and Architect of Strategy. The modest and very personal text consistently receives high praise from professional strategists&nbsp;embracing&nbsp;its approach to reinforce more systemic strategic thinking, and is increasingly regarded as a classic within its domain. <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1939550378/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1513014688&amp;sr=8-2&amp;keywords=cultivating+the+strategic+mind" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A commemorative 10th anniversary Second Edition paperback featuring nearly 800 updates&nbsp;was released&nbsp;for Christmas 2017</a>.
Blake's latest book, FIRESIDE: Seasoned Leaders' Reflections on Work, Life, and Life After Work is available now in either <a href="https://smile.amazon.com/Fireside-Seasoned-Leaders-Reflections-After/dp/B08FP9Z74T/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&amp;keywords=blake+leath+fireside&amp;qid=1601929269&amp;s=books&amp;sr=1-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">black-and-white</a> or <a href="https://smile.amazon.com/Fireside-Seasoned-Leaders-Reflections-After/dp/B08KH97MNG/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&amp;keywords=blake+leath+fireside&amp;qid=1601929383&amp;s=books&amp;sr=1-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">full-color</a> paperback editions, both of which serve as perfect gifts for graduates, parents, grandparents, the recently promoted or retired, or leaders of any age or stage in life intending to live on-purpose for however many more tomorrows remain to their names.
Today, Blake and his colleagues continue to research, write, design, deliver, facilitate, train, present, and film extensively, and most often in conjunction with long-term internal/external communication efforts designed to define, shape, or elevate client cultures.
Gleanings from the Group&rsquo;s contributions to knowledge and best practices (plus hobbyhorses&nbsp;<a href="../blog" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Blake&rsquo;s Blog</a>, <a href="../language-hound" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Language Hound</a>, <a href="../reviews" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Movie Reviews</a>, and <a href="https://www.leathgroup.com/books" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Book Bytes</a>) can be found at <a href="https://www.leathgroup.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.leathgroup.com</a>. Lifelong learners are encouraged to visit the site to experience Leath Group&rsquo;s work, download freebies, and to participate in and contribute to an organic community of dialogue. Follow <a href="https://www.facebook.com/leathgroup/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Leath Group, LLC on Facebook</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/1438715/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">LinkedIn</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@LeathGroup" target="_blank" rel="noopener">YouTube</a>, or&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/leathgroup" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@leathgroup</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/blakeleath" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@blakeleath on Twitter</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/leathgroup/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">leathgroup on Instagram</a>, and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@leath.group" target="_blank" rel="noopener">leath.group on TikTok</a> to engage in periodic comings and goings and lighthearted musings, riffs, personal photos, and puff-piece observations.
Existing somewhat skittishly at the 97th percentile of introverts (and therefore endlessly fascinated by what he describes as &ldquo;one of the hardest yet most rewarding and essential puzzles of all time: the people puzzle&rdquo;), Blake admits to being a persistent yet plodding learner since kindergarten, having now been a student in nine states (California, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Ohio, Rhode Island, Texas, and Vermont) and an itinerant college lecturer in four (Montana, New Mexico, South Carolina, and Texas). A Baylor University graduate and Brown University Leadership &amp; Performance Coach (with educational tune-ups at Dartmouth, MIT, and Yale in intervening years), Blake earned his bachelor&rsquo;s in Management &amp; Marketing, his master&rsquo;s in Organizational Management, and his doctorate in Organizational Sociology (the latter being i/o psychology at sociological scale that employs generously elastic sensemaking tools for contemporary work). Postdoctoral studies exploring the integration of strategy, leadership, and corporate communication in postmodern management are proving to be the inspiration behind 2025's intended Cultivating the Managerial Mind, the second in a burgeoning series. And though an Adjunct Faculty member at TCU&rsquo;s Neeley School of Business in Fort Worth since 2004, Blake will forever be a Bear at heart.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Blake, Dawn, their daughter (Lauren), and their microscopic Cavalier King Charles Spaniel (Kit) make their home just north of Dallas, Texas. For play, the Leaths enjoy traveling, exploring, reading, moviegoing, attending concerts, plays, and musicals&mdash;and embarking on fun design projects of virtually any nature that get their creative juices flowing.

Blake Leath

Destin Garner is an Adjunct&nbsp;Faculty Member&nbsp;for&nbsp;Leath Group, LLC&mdash;a dynamic research, curriculum development, and intellectual property greenhouse that grows leaders and shapes cultures.&nbsp;He is a&nbsp;Spirited Series&nbsp;teacher, facilitator, and cohort leader.
Here's a bit more about Destin in his own words:
My Family: Wife: Jamie (Married Aug 12, 2006) Daughter: Bryce Dallas (Born May 16, 2016) Daughter: Sanders Rae (Born March 7, 2018) Dog: Descartes (Mini Schnauzer)
My Story: I grew up in a Christian home where my parents valued the importance of going to church. I put my trust in Christ as my savior at the age of 10 but it wasn&rsquo;t until 20 when the fruits of my life showed strong and consistent evidence of my salvation. After graduating college in 2006 I took a job as a Student Pastor in Austin, TX and have been in ministry ever since.
Something Most People Don&rsquo;t Know: I love to grill, edit photos, and play drums.
My Trademark Expression: Done and done. Blessed to be a blessing. Let&rsquo;s do lunch.
Besides the Bible, my recommended reading would be: Any and everything. Leaders are readers, so I think you ought to expose yourself to as many good thoughts, stories, and ideas as you can.
I&rsquo;m most excited about: Being used by God in people&rsquo;s lives.
My Favorite TV Shows: Sports on mute.
In my free time, I usually: Travel, Eat, Golf, Watch Movies, and Go on Dates with my Girls.

Destin Garner

Brandon Graham is an Adjunct Faculty Member&nbsp;for&nbsp;Leath Group, LLC&mdash;a dynamic research, curriculum development, and intellectual property greenhouse that grows leaders and shapes cultures. He is the primary architect of Leath Learning's&nbsp;Man Up&nbsp;program and a&nbsp;Spirited Series&nbsp;teacher, facilitator, and cohort leader.
Here's a bit more about Brandon in his own words:
My Family: I have been married to Crystal for over 11 years. We have three children at home ages 10, 8, and 4. We also have adopted two Compassion children in Ecuador and Guatemala that we consider our own: Abigail Chavez and Maria Rivera.
My Story: Grew up in church, played the game, spoke the language, but never had a true relationship with Christ. Christ rescued me from myself in 2005 in San Diego, CA. I surrendered my life and my plans to God&rsquo;s divine direction and purpose at that moment. I finished 10 years in the Marine Corps and followed God back to Ft. Worth. I was a Worship Pastor for three years before God led me to RockPointe. I am attending Southwestern Seminary and finishing up my last few hours of an Advanced Masters of Divinity degree.
Something Most People Don&rsquo;t Know: I can&rsquo;t&nbsp;stand to have a fingernail long enough to be white on the end. I keep my nails trimmed as far back as I can without hurting myself&hellip;weird, I know.
My Trademark Expression: &ldquo;That&rsquo;s a question for Marcie or Kathy.&rdquo; (My ministry assistants-because they are awesome and know everything.)
Besides the Bible, my recommended reading would be: &ndash;The Prodigal God&nbsp;by Timothy Keller &ndash;The Practice of the Presence of God&nbsp;by Brother Lawrence &ndash;Good to Great&nbsp;by Jim Collins; &ndash;21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership&nbsp;by John Maxwell &ndash;How To Win Friends &amp; Influence People&nbsp;by Dale Carnegie &ndash;7 Habits of Highly Effective People&nbsp;by Stephen Covey
I&rsquo;m Most Excited About: What God is going to do overseas through RockPointe Church.
In my free time, I usually: Play with my kids, play adult co-ed soccer with my wife, and work on my &ldquo;honey-do&rdquo; list that will only be completed when Christ returns.

Brandon Graham

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"Necessity is the mother of invention," but some series are born of requests.
Our&nbsp;Youths &amp; Families Series began following three requests: (1) We were asked to create Character Curriculum for high schoolers. (2) After delivering a series of dinner keynotes entitled Silver Linings of Service for beleaguered federal employees on topics including Engagement, Dignity, Character, Integrity, Impact, Legacy, and Peace, we were invited to provide the same keynote for youths in their local communities. (3) In 2018-2019, we were approached several times to come and speak with teens in local high schools through a program we alternatively called Life Skillz, Freebird, and Springboard on what they call "adulting" skills, chief among them the sorts one would have historically acquired at home or in Home Economics or Family Studies (and in one particular instance, US Government &amp; Civics) at school. Such skills include Home Skills (laundry, grocery shopping, organization, lighting a pilot light, unclogging a drain, changing a fuse, basic car maintenance), Relationship Skills (beyond social media to meaningful friendships, listening, negotiating, reading body language, empathizing, resolving conflicts), Physical &amp; Mental Health (eating, exercising, managing emotional, psychological, and social well-being), Time Management, Study Skills, Financial Skills (budgeting, balancing a checkbook, credit scores, insurance, investing, saving, shopping), Job Skills (social media account management/self-awareness, r&eacute;sum&eacute; writing, interviewing, customer service, negotiating a raise, work/life balance), and Citizenship (understanding government, the rule of law, paying taxes, voting, military service considerations, serving on a jury, etc.)
As a result of these requests and subsequent work, we now slot our curricula into three programs: Adulting, Broken Boomerang, and Man Up.
Adulting and Man Up are available now. Broken Boomerang arrives in 2022.

Adulting

Life Skills for Teens

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Dawn Leath

Blake Leath

Destin Garner

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