Inspiration

My routine changed last week. Beginning in late May this year, I started prepping and serving lunches to youth here in Aurora.  The Leadership Center began sponsorship of the Summer Food Service [...]

Comradery.  Brotherhood. Family.  Team. Community. If leadership is an art, a great leader’s medium is personal relationships.  Think of the truly great leaders you have experienced. More likely [...]

We frequently interview people.  It’s the nature of the beast in a business like ours.  Part-time positions and high school students move on from our community and our team.  Since we have [...]

Today is International Women’s Day. Upon preparing for this day and the Facebook Live we are going to conduct in a bit, I took to the Google to gain some knowledge and insight on this day. [...]

I have entered foreign territory. More so than decorating cupcakes with first graders or taking kindergartners to second graders on a trip through the orchard and teaching them to make applesauce [...]

I like new stuff. I don’t mean new things, necessarily; what I enjoy is new places, new people, and new experiences. I had several new experiences last month; many of which occurred on a two-day [...]

Last month I was blown away by our staff meeting about wind turbines. (I make no apologies for the pun.) Chad Johnson, from NPPD, visited the Leadership Center in January to conduct a workshop [...]

As we wrap up 2017, a number of team members take a moment to reflect on all the great things that took place this year. They also share what they are looking forward to in the upcoming year. We [...]

So you are recently engaged and looking to start planning for your wedding? Congratulations! This is a very exciting time for you, but it is also a very overwhelming time. The first thing you [...]

Hi All! I just recently traveled to Texas the weekend and wanted to share some of the things that I came back in touch with over the weekend. 1) Families are crazy, ALL families are. Whether your [...]