Dr. Blake Leath, Executive Coach
Dr. Blake Leath is the founder of Leath Group, LLC—a dynamic curriculum development and intellectual property greenhouse that grows leaders and shapes cultures. He is the author of more than 90 copyrighted organizational science solutions implemented for clients around the world.
Blake has worked with clients as diverse as Adidas, Alcon, AT&T, Bausch + Lomb, BBN Technologies, BHP, BNSF Railway, Boeing, Capital One, Citigroup, Clemson University, The Coca-Cola Company, Corelle Brands, Daimler, Ericsson, Fidelity Investments, Freeport-McMoRan, GE, Kodak, Libbey, Lockheed Martin, Los Alamos National Laboratory, McDonald’s Corporation, Momentous Institute, Naval Air Warfare Center, Northwestern Mutual, Peabody Energy, Pfizer, Raytheon, Sabre, Sandia National Laboratories, Tesoro Corporation, Toledo Zoo, United States Coast Guard, Universal Instruments, University of Texas, and the U.S. Departments of Agriculture, Defense, and Interior. Blake and Leath Group colleagues provide consulting & 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 over 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 26 years as an organizational sociologist and strategist, Blake has instructed in excess of 14,000 participants across 41 states, and his content has been used by leaders in 27 countries. Leath Group has worked with more than 200,000 individuals, and well over 2,000,000 imprints have been made of the Group’s combined intellectual property. Blake’s primary interests include strategy, culture, leadership, change, communication, effects of a multi-generation workforce, systems thinking, M&A integration, trust & influence, and the process of acculturation.
In 2007, Blake published his first mainstream book, Cultivating the Strategic Mind. The modest and very personal text consistently receives high praise from professional strategists embracing its approach to reinforce more systemic strategic thinking, and is increasingly regarded as a classic within its domain. A commemorative 10th anniversary Second Edition paperback featuring nearly 800 updates was released for Christmas 2017.
Meanwhile, Blake and his colleagues 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 and shape client cultures.
Gleanings from the Group’s contributions to knowledge and best practices (plus hobbyhorses Blake’s Blog, Language Hound, and Movie Reviews) can be found at www.leathgroup.com. Lifelong learners are encouraged to visit the site to experience Leath Group’s work, download freebies, and to participate in and contribute to an organic community of dialogue. Follow @blakeleath on Twitter, Leath Group, LLC on Facebook and LinkedIn, or leathgroup on Instagram to engage in current corporate comings and goings and lighthearted musings, riffs, personal photos, and puff-piece observations.
Blake earned his bachelor’s degree in Management & Marketing, his master’s degree in Organizational Management, and his doctorate of philosophy in Organizational Sociology. Postdoctoral studies exploring the integration of strategy, leadership and corporate communication in postmodern management have proven the inspiration behind 2019’s intended Cultivating the Managerial Mind, the second in a burgeoning series. Blake remains an Adjunct Faculty member at the Tandy Center for Executive Leadership in TCU’s Neeley School of Business.
Blake, his beloved wife, Dawn, and their precious daughter, Lauren (along with their microscopic Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, Daisy) make their home in the very gently rolling hills of North Texas. For play, the Leaths enjoy traveling/exploring, reading, moviegoing, attending concerts, plays, and musicals—and embarking on fun design projects of virtually any nature that get their creative juices flowing.