THE SPRING
POWER PAUSE

It is our great joy to gift you with the personal leadership edition of the Power Pause,
based on the work we do with organizations and teams.

Why? Because leaders need a place to land–now more than ever.

As leaders, we need a place to get centered and clear as a human and as an individual before we can show up as our best self, stay focused on what matters, and take care of our people and our mission.

It’s been an intense start to the year — and we could all use a breather! Enjoy this as a self-paced leadership retreat — or let us walk you through the process at a live Reflect & Refocus session on Friday, May 2nd. 

We are honored to support your work in the world,

What You Will Receive:  You will receive access to the Spring Power Pause Guidebook, which leads you through 3-step self-reflective and creative process using visual thinking and our cyclical living and prioritizing methodology. You can take this personal leadership retreat on your own (self-led) OR you can join us live on May 2nd in an intentional “retreat” space,  and we will take you through the process (you’ll get a link).

THE IMPACT

As a personal leadership retreat, the process creates space to look at your whole life,
to consider what you need and desire as both a human and a leader, and give you insight and clarity on:

ME: Wellbeing Foundation

Intentionally pausing after the first quarter of the year, to replenish and rebalance can make a significant difference in both your wellbeing and how effective and resilient you are for the rest of the year. You can spot and adjust imbalances before they grow into bigger issues. Spring is the natural time to reset our habits, rhythm and practices.

ME: Your Work in the World

Centered within, clear on your part to play, and clear on what matters most, you can be a wise steward of your time, focus, energy, and resources in the next quarter and the year to come.

WE: Your Presence & Relationships

Committed to what matters to you and what you require to stay sustained, you’ll have what you need to show up as your best self in your leadership at work with your team and colleagues, and personally with your family, community and friends.

THE PROCESS

The Spring Power Pause includes 3 steps, which the guidebook walks you through:

1.REFLECT & RECEIVE – Review and acknowledge your accomplishments – progress, completions, stretches and impact, professionally & personally since the start of the year.

2.RESET & REBALANCE – Experience the “Whole Life Harmony Assessment” – reveal imbalances and see what parts of life are calling for attention. Put inspired structure in place to keep you centered and sustained.

3.REFOCUS & REFLOW – Illuminate what matters most through the summer – create space by reflowing projects not for now to later in the year, and set your priorities for just this next cycle, professionally and personally.

A hand-crafted, illustrated guidebook that walks you through the 3-step Spring Power Pause.

Includes: visual thinking templates, intentional inquiries, step-by-step instructions and space to write in the guidebook (print single sided) or use your own paper/journal to write in.

Sometimes it’s just better to have someone walk you through an experience, share context and examples, provide creative inspiration, and lead you through step by step (so you can just relax and enjoy the process.)

We’ll create and facilitate this space on Friday, May 2nd at 11:00am ET, using ‘webinar’ technology so you can show up in your private space vs. a big zoom with lots of people. More like co-creative space, where you get to both be in your own energy field and be part of a collective field. (we will record it)

What You Will Receive:  You will receive access to the Spring Power Pause Guidebook, which leads you through 3-step self-reflective and creative process using visual thinking and our cyclical living and prioritizing methodology. You can take this personal leadership retreat on your own (self-led) OR you can join us live on May 2nd in an intentional “retreat” space,  and we will take you through the process (you’ll get a link).

Katherine Torrini is a graphic recorder, facilitator and strategic illustrator who has brought her visual magic to the likes of NASA, Dell, Coca-Cola, Chevron, AT&T, Southwest Airlines and The Institute for the Future. The common thread through all of Katherine’s work is her passion for reconnecting people to their innate creativity and empowering them to use it to live their most fulfilling lives—personally and professionally. Connect at www.CreativeCatalyst.com or https://www.linkedin.com/in/katherine-torrini/.

Power Pauses are visually facilitated, cyclical planning sessions that provide a more creative and collaborative process to prioritizing, focusing, setting expectations and making progress on goals based on how humans and teams naturally work best.

These strategic sessions usually happen at quarterly or twice-yearly intervals and work great for teams or for leader/managers, and include:

• The Year-Start or Year-End Power Pause: Creating From Momentum – occurs in mid-late January/February for teams, giving your people a place to land at the start of the year, or in early December to create a path for downshifting. The focus is on: reflecting on the team successes, shorts, and impact, and create a path and focused priorities to sustainable success and wellbeing in the next year, from the wisdom gained and lessons learned.
• The Team Prioritizing & Synergy Power Pause – occurs at the start of the business calendar year or in March/April or September/October for teams to get clear on how best to focus, prioritize and work together for a specific time span – year, half year, or quarter. Can include: workshops focused on working wiser vs. harder, stress personalities & wellbeing strategies, and creating greater synergy & connection among team members.
• The Mid-Year Power Pause: Review. Re-align. Refocus. – occurs in July/August for teams or managers & leaders to pause at half-year, review goals & priorities, and re-set focus for the second half of year.

This whole-brain approach, centered around sustainable success for individuals, teams, and organizations:

• alleviates burnout and overwhelm
• reduces fragmentation of resources and unnecessary work
• leads to an overall greater impact to business success and employee wellbeing
• supports individuals and teams to become more innovative, flexible and resilient
• energizes people to feel more engaged, connected and empowered

The Power Pause methodology is a propriety system that can be customized and licensed for teams and organizations through the Expanding Possibility Consulting Group. We love working with teams, training leaders & managers, and creating experiences for people that support both individual & organizational wellbeing and success.

We ask that these materials and processes are not reproduced or shared.

Thank you.

To learn more or explore bringing this to your team, group or organization:
Reach out to Christine Arylo at Christine@ExpandingPossibility.org