Pause

About

To lead well first you must be well
To lead well, first you must be well. Leadership reimagined

 

Pause Global is a corporate training and coaching company helping leaders slow down, reset and lead with clarity.

Rooted in both philosophy and science, we offer simple, practical tools to help leaders stay grounded, focused, and fully human in a world that rarely stops.

 

Flagship Pause Retreats

Immersive spaces for reflection, renewal and reconnection.

/ 01 We are known for

This is leadership for a new era: grounded,
spacious and deeply human

Transformational Coaching

Deep, bespoke coaching that unlocks insight and builds sustainable leadership.

Breakthrought Results

Trusted by leaders worldwide for wellbeing training that scales – creating lasting impact, personally and professionally.

/ 01 We are known for

This is leadership for a new era: grounded,
spacious and deeply human

Flagship Pause Retreats

Immersive spaces for reflection, renewal and reconnection.

Transformational Coaching

Deep, bespoke coaching that unlocks insight and builds sustainable leadership.

Breakthrought Results

Trusted by leaders worldwide for wellbeing training that scales – creating lasting impact, personally and professionally.

True coaching is an intimate journey you take with yourself, destination unknown.


Danielle North Founder Pause Global

/ 02 About Danielle North

Founder: Author, Coach, Space Holder

Danielle North is a UK-based international executive coach, consultant, and facilitator with 20+ years’ experience working with leaders and teams in over twenty countries. She specialises in executive coaching, leadership development, team facilitation, coach development, and organisational change. With a strong operational background, including several years in Asia as Managing Director of a Leadership Development Consultancy and Coaching Company, Danielle blends systems thinking with deep understanding of human development. She helps leaders achieve breakthroughs, enhance performance, strengthen connection to purpose, and maintain wellbeing. Danielle is founder of Pause Global, a six-time published author, and has worked with clients including PepsiCo, McKinsey, HSBC, Accenture, Unilever and Mars.

/ 03 Author and Thought Leader

Danielle is the author of six books, translated into over ten languages and read by more than 100,000 people worldwide.

01 / Sleep Meditations to help tired minds unwind and drift off…Meditations. 02 / Walking Meditations to find a place of peace, wherever you are Meditations. 03 / Morning Meditations to focus the mind and wake up your energy for the day ahead. 04 / Pause how to press pause before life does it for you. 05 / On Purpose discover the meaning of your life. 06 / Pause Every Day 20 mindful practices for calm & clarity.

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Coaching Approach

Danielle is not a coach in the traditional sense.

She doesn’t chase goals or force outcomes. Instead, she follows you, guided by intuition rather than fixed models, trusting that life will take you somewhere greater than you imagined – if you let it. Expect a lightness of touch that runs deep. Know that small steps lead to quantum leaps.

The change doesn’t come from me. It comes from you, and I will be right beside you as it unfolds.

Danielle North Founder Pause Global

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/ 04
Coaching Approach

Danielle is not a coach in the traditional sense.

She doesn’t chase goals or force outcomes. Instead, she follows you, guided by intuition rather than fixed models, trusting that life will take you somewhere greater than you imagined – if you let it. Expect a lightness of touch that runs deep. Know that small steps lead to quantum leaps.

The change doesn’t come from me. It comes from you, and I will be right beside you as it unfolds.

Danielle North Founder Pause Global

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/ 05 The Team

About Emily

Emily is a Chartered Psychologist, Certified Coach, Accredited Coach Supervisor and Senior Leader with 20+ years’ experience. She focuses on executive assessment, coaching, and leadership development. Her work includes designing and delivering programmes for managers to seasoned leaders across industries and geographies, covering topics such as emotional intelligence, authentic leadership, resilience, feedback, and coaching skills. Supporting people through key transitions, including moving into leadership, career change, returning from well-being or parental leave, Emily helps clients uncover habits and beliefs shaping performance, enabling conscious, lasting change aligned with their values and goals.

About Mia

Mia is an executive coach and business psychologist with 17 years’ consulting experience across energy, engineering, professional services and pharmaceutical sectors. She works with leaders in transition and organisations pursuing cultural change, focusing on sustainable performance and wellbeing. Her approach blends relational practice with insights from 12 psychological disciplines, including emotional intelligence, Transactional Analysis and vertical development. Clients value her grounded, perceptive and authentic style, describing her coaching and facilitation as clarifying, calming, insightful and energising.

About Daviana

Davina is an ICF-accredited (ACC) coach and EMCC-qualified team coach with experience in leadership and team development across multiple industries. She works closely with leaders and HR partners to tailor support, collaborating with experienced associates for larger projects. Her expertise includes 1:1 leadership coaching, team coaching and facilitation, workshops on leadership and communication, mediation, and embodiment coaching through music and movement. Davina’s approach balances support with challenge, helping leaders and teams build self-awareness, strengthen connection, develop skills, and improve performance and workplace culture.

/ 06 Let’s Connect

If you’re exploring a new way of leading, or ready to press pause and recalibrate, Danielle holds space for what’s next.

Read Danielle’s Books