The Thin Line: Chuck Haberman

from Noblesville Magazine October 2020

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seemed like the right fit. Then one day he and his mission was to support and had an epiphany. improve tactical mobility by providing route clearance, roadway development “I decided that I was not going to let this and bridging. Writer / Christy Heitger-Ewing devastating thing define me,” Haberman Photography Provided says. “I was going to do something bigger Throughout his eight years of military than myself.” service, Haberman discovered a passion for In April of 2002, on the day of his senior service as he saw the impacts of leadership prom, Chuck Haberman was involved in a In February of 2007, Haberman joined and the power of relationships. When he terrible car accident that severed his left leg the United States Marine Corps following returned to Indiana, he earned a bachelor’s and had him questioning his future. boot camp in San Diego. After completing degree in organizational leadership, engineering studies in North Carolina, supervision and human resources “My post-high school plans were thrown out the window,” says Haberman, who graduated he was sent to Okinawa, Japan, and subsequently traveled to Thailand, the management, as well as a master’s degree in organization development and change. (317) 399-9069 | HELLOKAHLO.COM from Greenfield-Central High School and Philippines, mainland Japan, Australia and spent the following year enduring multiple surgeries and a ton of grueling physical Southeast Asia. In Okinawa, his mission was demolition. Haberman worked at Custom Concrete, focusing on employee engagement and 9900 PLEASANT STREET | NOBLESVILLE, IN 46060 therapy so he could walk again. marketing, and helping the company grow “We built explosives,” Haberman says. “If its talent development, before moving Living in a hospital bed in his parents’ we went to a building and it was locked, we into the role of workforce development living room, Haberman reassessed his unlocked it.” manager for the City of Noblesville in life. After briefly studying accounting May of 2019. Haberman, who currently and then switching gears to study music, He was later deployed to Afghanistan in lives in Noblesville with his wife Kari, he ultimately decided that neither field support of Operation Enduring Freedom, daughter Paige and son Connor, likes

helping people realize their full potential.

“I enjoy being in a position where I can help create structures and support systems for young adults to figure out next steps,” Haberman says.

Haberman works with educators, trainers and business leaders in his current job.

“I like bringing them all to the table and helping them understand the advantages and resources that are available from the government,” Haberman says. “It’s important for young adults to understand that they don’t know what they don’t know, and that’s OK. Look at me. I went from thinking I wanted to be an accountant to being a vocal performer to becoming a Marine. To most people, those are completely unrelated fields, but all of them have an overarching leadership component.”