ForgePoint Leadership Lab

Elijah Langhorne

Elijah Langhorne knows what it feels like to be the hardest-working person in your own company.

He built Langhorne Electrical & Contracting, a residential and commercial electrical and contracting business, and lived the full weight of ownership: payroll, pricing, field crews, customer expectations, and a phone that never stopped. He grew it past $500,000 in revenue in under 18 months, including a 275% revenue jump in less than nine months, and learned that more revenue, trucks, and work didn't automatically mean more freedom or profit. He still owns the company. He no longer runs it day to day, which is the point. Learning to build a business that operates without the owner in every decision is the lesson at the center of this show.

Before business, Elijah served nine years in U.S. Air Force Security Forces, with deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. The military taught him discipline, accountability, and how to make decisions under pressure. Ownership taught him how much of that has to be translated before it works in a small company.

He founded ForgePoint Consulting to help owner-operated service businesses grow profit, build structure, and develop leaders. He holds an MBA, is a doctoral candidate in business administration at Capella University, where he also teaches MBA supply chain management, and is a FRAP-certified consultant.

Faith shapes how he thinks about responsibility, service, and leadership. He's also writing a memoir, Sawdust & Scars.

He and his wife, Leslie, co-host ForgePoint Leadership Lab for owners who want substance over slogans and the honest conversations most business podcasts skip.

Leslie Langhorne

Leslie Langhorne is a business owner first. She runs Rooted Designs, a creative business built on artistry and vision, and knows firsthand the fear, comparison, and courage that come with building something of your own.

She came to entrepreneurship by way of the classroom. Leslie grew up in an entrepreneurial family, chose the stability of teaching, and spent 15 years educating and mentoring students before stepping back into business. Those teaching strengths didn't stay in the classroom. At ForgePoint, she makes sure what gets taught is well structured, grounded in established principles, and easy for a busy owner to absorb and use. A good framework only helps if people can actually learn it.

Her leadership also runs through the church. She served as a department director during the formative years of Antioch Central Houston, a church plant that continues to grow, and she still supports its ministry today. She also helps facilitate the Faith & Business Roundtables, live gatherings where owners talk honestly about leading with conviction.

Leslie co-hosts ForgePoint Leadership Lab with her husband, Elijah, and helps lead the show's discussions and guest conversations. She guides each conversation the way a good teacher runs a room, drawing out what's really getting in the way and making sure the lesson is clear enough to put to work.

In the classroom, the church, her business, and behind the microphone, her focus stays the same: helping people grow, find their purpose, and make a meaningful impact.