Witty Dairy Dude by Katherine Freund Leadership Waupaca County Class 20, Session 3 had a full packed agenda of agriculture and dairy speakers. Our first speaker, Greg Blonde, was loaded with statistics and shared data that illuminated the importance of farming in our community. Richard Wagner, a lifelong dairy farmer, was a humble man with a […]
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Leading Across Boundaries by Nick Desrochers At Fox Valley Technical College in Clintonville, we had the privilege of hearing from Lyna M. Matesi, a professor from the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point. Lyna shared the ways we can lead by going across boundaries. We have to span our boundaries outside of our circle to make […]
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Vulnerability: Why do we need it? by Katie Gerrits We talked about vulnerability quite a bit in session two. Not only is “leaning into vulnerability” the focus of Brené Brown’s book: Dare to Lead, but vulnerability can also go hand-in-hand with our guest speaker Lyna Matesi’s topic of Leading Across Boundaries. For me, the topic […]
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Real Colors By Lori Schmidt Imagine having the ability to clearly communicate your thoughts and ideas to coworkers, friends and family. Picture yourself having a unique level of insight into the things that motivate you and others. Envision achieving all the things you want from life, both personally and professionally. You see, the power to […]
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The Five Ground Rules for Leadership Waupaca County by Michael Lee Last week was our first session of Leadership Waupaca County. We met at the beautiful Clear Water Harbor Bar located in King Wisconsin. During our day we did many activities and also had the privilege of listening to a wonderful talk from Dr. Jasia […]
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Thanks for your patience!! We now have the project presentations available from LWC Graduation (May, 2019) of Class XIX. They can be found on this page: https://fyi.extension.wisc.edu/leadershipwaupacaco/project-presentations/.
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Everyone likes to save money, right?! Apply for Class XX by June 15 and received a $50 discount off the cost of the program. Apply online or drop off an application. Important info can be found here.
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L W C Class XIX will have a Graduation program on Thursday, May 9, 2019 at the Par 4 Resort located at 201 Foxfire Drive in Waupaca. The evening will include a dinner, a presentation of community projects by the participants, and the graduation ceremony. It has been another wonderful year getting to know this […]
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Exploration of Systems Thinking by Casey Gardner We began our new journey into systems thinking with a broad question- What is knowledge? This was an interesting question since we as humans just “know” what knowledge is. A simple description appeared to be that knowledge is our experience, practice, growth and flexibility. It is based on […]
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A Day in the Capital- Learning Leadership with the Leaders of our State Session 5 LWC Taylor Sorenson
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