You Have To Choose

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 […]

Dan Buttery speaking to Leadership Waupaca County Participants

Caring for America’s Heroes: What YOU can do when YOU find your passion and follow it

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 […]

instructor for session 2 sharing communication skills

Active Listening – The Key to Successful Communication

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 […]

Class XVI Leadership Philosophies

Some leadership advice from LWC’s newest program graduates. [wooslider slide_page=”lwc2016philosophies” slider_type=”slides” limit=”20″ thumbnails=”default” order=”DESC” order_by=”date”]

LWC Class XVI Community Service Projects – In their own words

From October 2015 – May 2016, LWC Class XVI 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 […]

Tom Mosgaller, keynote speaker, discussing how a healthy region depends on how the private, public, and nonprofit/civic sectors work together

Leadership Waupaca County Class XVI Graduation presented by Waupaca County UW-Extension

The Waupaca County UW-Extension office hosted a graduation ceremony for Class XVI Leadership Waupaca County participants. The event was open to anyone interested in growing leaders in Waupaca County communities.It featured Class XVI team project presentations, and the featured speaker was Tom Mosgaller, M.S. The community service project presentations began at 12:15 pm on May 12 at the Waupaca […]

“Anybody can be a Leader” ~Chancellor Cathy Sandeen

Below is a link to a well-written summary of Chancellor Sandeen’s talk at the May 7 Leadership Night event, so if you were not able to make it you can take a look and take in some of the details of the next Leadership Waupaca County course. Tips for being a leader, by Jane Myhra for […]

Leadership Waupaca County Announces Leadership Night May 7, 2015

Join us for Leadership Night, May 7! The Waupaca County UW-Extension office and Leadership Waupaca County are pleased to invite you to Leadership Night, a special event created to highlight the importance of making the choice to lead. The event will be May 7, 2015 from 5:00 – 7:00pm at the Manawa Masonic Center Attendees will have the […]