Day One in the Capital Building by Wendy Hoppa As our group entered the Capital building, we were all in awe of its beauty and eager to start snapping photos of the history before us. This was a highly anticipated trip for the leadership group, and it definitely did not disappoint. Our first speaker was […]
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Local Leadership Makes Local Government by Thiago Souza Below I have highlighted a few key learnings from Class XIX’s session 4, which took place at the Waupaca County Courthouse and was focused on Town, Village, City and County Government functions. Waupaca County Corporation Counsel Diane Meulemans started our morning with a thorough presentation breaking down […]
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All things AG – the Importance and Impact of Agriculture in Waupaca County by Annette Spieth Below are a few of the highlights from Leadership Waupaca County’s agriculture day: We started the day at Fietzer Dairy Farm in Manawa. The family operation milks their cows using 6 robotic milkers with each unit milking 50-60 cows […]
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Building our Individual Strengths – Functioning Together – Changing our Communities by Alison Acker We started the session with a discussion about the assigned readings and videos we did over the month, getting into the mindset of applying these tips and skills to our own lives and how we can take these skills to become […]
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From October 2016 – May 2017, LWC Class XVII participants brainstormed, planned, prioritized, and developed strategies to tackle issues they felt were important to Waupaca County and its residents. Following are summaries, in their own words, of their projects and why they chose to work on them as well as links to the videos for […]
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After spending two days in Madison with the Leadership Waupaca County program, these words have resonated with me, “you have to choose,” spoken by Lt Governor Rebecca Kleefish. The Lt Governor related this statement to balancing our careers and personal life. Often as leaders we find ourselves feeling the need to do so much to […]
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A young boy, so eager to serve his country, submitted an application, only to get a rejection letter back asking him to reapply once he reached the age of 18. Unfortunately, when he turned 18 his mother was dying of cancer. He decided at that time to hold off on enlisting and enroll in college […]
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In this first guest blog post, Leadership Waupaca County participant Kurt Schwan shares insights from the October 13 LWC session: Effective Communication. Special thanks to FVTC (Fox Valley Technical College) for sponsoring the classroom space. Are you an active listener? To be an active listener can prove to be difficult for most to master. Through personal […]
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