Course Description

by Kim Alexis Newton

Kim Newton is a seasoned global marketing executive, board director, advisor, artist and entrepreneur. During her two decades at Hallmark she directly influenced global corporate strategy and led transformation across a $4B diversified portfolio of top brands. She has been recognized multiple times as a top African American in corporate America.  

In this course Kim helps you tap into your special gifts in order to maximize your career and life path. She has designed a process to help you uniquely fortify your work and your spirt.  In this course you will learn how to connect with and actualize your goals for your   organization.  She shares with you how to fulfill your deepest desires for yourself and your community. Upon completion you will have actionable insights of how to access and actify your power…and a plan on how to get there 

 In this course you will learn:

  • Why pausing both professionally and personally is essential
  • To craft the personal strategies and practical steps needed to focus on achieving the life you desire. 
  • The strategies to face and move beyond fear
  • The 5 step intentional pause approach
  • How F.O.R.E.S.T (Fears, Obstacles, Relationships, Emotions, Self-Talk) influences your personal culture
  • How to audit your F.O.R.E.S.T
  • How to manifest for the future
  • How to name and combat your negative self-talk

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction

    • Introduction

    • Overview
  • 2

    Chapter 1 Permission to Pause

    • Lesson 1: Why I Created the Intentional Pause Project

    • Lesson 2: My Research Shows We Need 3 Things

    • Lesson 3: From Autopilot to Intention

    • Lesson 4: Professionally Pausing Is Essential

    • Lesson 5: Personal Pausing Is Essential

    • Lesson 6: Don't Stick to Autopilot

    • Lesson 7: The Power in the Pause
  • 3

    Chapter 2 The Power of Personal Disruption

    • Lesson 1: Covid Disruption

    • Lesson 2: Disrupt or Be Disrupted

    • Lesson 3: The Foundation of Actifying Your Dreams

    • Lesson 4: The 5 Step Intentional Pause Approach

    • Lesson 5: 5-STEP APPROACH
  • 4

    Chapter 3 The Power of An Emotional Plan

    • Lesson 1: Why Organizations and People Fail

    • Lesson 2: The F.O.R.E.S.T (Fears, Obstacles, Relationships, Emotions, Self-Talk)

    • Lesson 3: Your F.O.R.E.S.T Influences Your Personal Culture

    • Lesson 4: F.O.R.E.S.T

  • 5

    Chapter 4 Pause to Audit

    • Lesson 1: Evaluate the Landscape

    • Lesson 2: Determining What to Audit

    • Lesson 3: The Professional Audit

    • Lesson 4: Auditing Your F.O.R.E.S.T

    • Lesson 5: Audit Wheel
  • 6

    Chapter 5 Pause To Dream

    • Lesson 1: Go Ahead, Dream

    • Lesson 2: Define Purpose - Ikigai

    • Lesson 3: Manifest For the Future

    • Lesson 4: Declare What You Want – Dream Declaration

  • 7

    Chapter 6 Pause to Activate

    • Lesson 1: Activating Your Dream Goals

    • Lesson 2 : The Art of Saying No, Letting Go and Saying Hello

    • Lesson 3: Your Dream Goal Activate Plan

    • Lesson 4: Activate
  • 8

    Chapter 7 Pause to Fortify (the Emotional Plan)

    • Lesson 1: Fortify your Dream goals

    • Lesson 2: Identify and Formulate How to Overcome Obstacles

    • Lesson 3: Assemble and Nurture the Right Relationships

    • Lesson 4: Predict and Prepare for Your Emotions

    • Lesson 5: Name and Combat Your Negative Self-Talk

    • Lesson 6: Emotional_Plan

    • Lesson 8: Fortify Relationships
  • 9

    Chapter 8 Pause to Actify

    • Lesson 1: Activate and Fortify Rituals

    • Lesson 2: Actify Rituals

  • 10

    Conclusion

    • Conclusion

Course Expert

Kim Alexis Newton

Board Member,Author, Advisor, Founder of #theintentionalpause

Kim Newton is passionate about leadership and innovation. She’s an exceptional developer of people and has advised hundreds of leaders personally and professionally. She has a unique right-brain/left-brain approach to helping people and companies meet their full potential. Kim is a seasoned global marketing executive, advisor, artist, and entrepreneur. During her two decades at Hallmark, she directly influenced global corporate strategy and led transformation across a $4B diversified portfolio of top brands. She has been recognized multiple times as a top African American in corporate America. Kim is an active investor in and advisor to several female-led businesses.

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