At 21 years old, Nicole Uran decided she needed a change of pace – so she decided to quit her job as a cosmetologist and join the United States Air Force. “I really wanted educational benefits. I was a cosmetologist, but that really wasn't the...
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Veteran Spotlight: Nicole Uran
Cancer Survivor Series: Hailey Holder
High school wasn’t easy for some kids, and for Hailey Holder, it will be a time she would never forget. In December of 2017, Holder was diagnosed with leukemia during her junior year of high school. When Holder was diagnosed, she did not fully...
Read MoreIt’s Never Going To Go Away
“It’s never going to go away.” The words hung there. They were true the way water is wet. I remember the air felt heavy and every minute felt like an eternity – life in slow motion. Back then, I always wanted a moment with this...
Read MoreVeteran Spotlight: William Kewitz
At 18 years old, William Kewitz enlisted in the Marines as a way to figure out what he wanted to do for the rest of his life. Years later, he feels his time in the military shaped him to become a better person and taught him skills he will take with...
Read MoreCancer Survivor Series: Bill Nelson
On January 26, 2016, Bill Nelson was hit with the most life changing news. Nelson was diagnosed with Medullary Thyroid Cancer (MTC). MTC is a very rare and incurable thyroid cancer. “I assumed I wouldn’t be alive by the end of the year. The word...
Read MoreLeadership Column: Connection to Purpose
When I was in my early teens I went to the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago with my Uncle Oz (Oscar Lubke). As a former NFL player and All-American in college he stood at 6’4” tall with very broad shoulders, he was an executive for...
Read MoreVeteran Spotlight: Robert “Bob” Brabbs
While most of his peers were finishing up high school or working in the mills, Robert “Bob” Brabbs was enlisting in the military. Brabbs decided to enlist in the Navy at just 17 years old, and his decision led him to become a high-ranking officer...
Read MoreNot Good Enough
I see a lot of things on my daily drive to and from Warsaw. I've been pushed off the road by semis, I've seen accidents, I've hit a deer, at one point my sister-in-law and I saw a man with an aluminum foil hat... it's been a journey. This morning...
Read MoreCancer Survivor Series: Justin Budde
In August of 2021, Justin Budde was welding in the back of a trailer when he suddenly slipped and landed on his feet. After he fell out of the trailer he started to feel pain in his right testicle. Little did Budde know that...
Read MoreLeadership: Influence and Accountability
Effective leadership usually falls somewhere in a spectrum between the influence leader and the accountability leader. The influence leader is one who will convince people to march with them. They excerpt control by getting people to do it with...
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