Norrie Wake

Norrie Wake (ENTJ) is President of TeamLeadership Center, Inc. He was born April 16, 1943. He and his wife Nancy are the parents of two daughters, Conley and Lesley.  Nancy teaches public school in Somerset, Kentucky and assists with facilitation on the challenge course.  They make their home on the south side of Lake Cumberland near Monticello, Kentucky.  Norrie has served as President of the Monticello-Wayne County Chamber of Commerce, Board Member for the Mill Springs Battlefield Association, and is currently serving as President of the Cumberland Heritage Society, a nonprofit corporation whose mission and goal is the construction of an outdoor theater in Wayne County to remount the drama “Wilderness Road” by Paul Green. 

Norrie’s interest in Organizational Development and Teambuilding grew out of more than twenty-five years of business experience and the private practice of law. His work with business organizations, community-based organizations, youth groups, colleges, and public school systems arises from a passion to help people, young and old, meet and overcome challenges, improve communication skills and problem-solving abilities, and develop leadership. 

Myers-Briggs Type Preference: Extraverted-iNtuiting-Thinking-Judging (ENTJ). Norrie is a futurist. He devises innovative solutions to problems. He thinks systemically. He designs complex systems. He is intellectually curious and enjoys a challenge. He tackles abstract and complex problems. He is a visionary change agent. He is always improving and changing systems. He sees the big picture and excels in long range planning.

Educational Background:

• University of Birmingham, Birmingham, England, 1961-1962 (no degree)

• University of Kentucky, 1962-1965 B.A., Diplomacy and International Commerce

• University of Kentucky, College of Law, 1965- December 1967, Juris Doctor

Professional and Business Experience:

• Law Practice, Lexington, Kentucky.

• President, TeamLeadership Center Inc. (Corporate Learning and Experiential Education Center).  TLC, Inc. manages The Lodge at Cedar Lane Farm, which accommodates 24 people on beds, a high-ropes and low-ropes course, a forty-acre farm used as a “practice field” for teambuilding activities, a Corporate Orienteering Course and a rustic camping facility with a “bunkhouse”/ barn that will sleep 12.

• Qualified to administer and interpret the Myers-Briggs Type Indicatorâ

Professional/Business Associations:

• Member of the Association for Experiential Education

• Associate Member of the Association of Challenge Course Technology

• Member of the Association for Psychological Type

• Member of the Society for Organizational Learning (Peter Senge)

• Member of the Robert Greenleaf Foundation for Servant-Leadership

• Member of the Monticello/Wayne County Chamber of Commerce

• Member of the Somerset/Pulaski County Chamber of Commerce

• Member of the Kentucky Society of Association Executives

• President and Board Chairman, Cumberland Heritage Society, Inc. a not for profit corporation building an Outdoor Theatre