Paula Davis is a global speaker, strategic advisor, and award-winning author who helps leaders reduce burnout and build team resilience by improving how work is designed, led, and sustained.
Trusted by organizations and leaders around the world.
Trusted by organizations and leaders around the world.
Research-backed expertise to help leaders reduce stress, protect team capacity, and sustain performance as AI reshapes how teams collaborate, make decisions, and experience burnout.
How we work together
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Trainings, Workshops, & Leadership Coaching
Practical, research-backed sessions that help leaders and teams understand the real drivers of burnout and build healthier, more sustainable ways of working.
Clear, compelling talks that reframe burnout and resilience as leadership and systems challenges—grounded in science and designed to spark meaningful change.
Senior leaders in Mayo Clinic’s legal department were experiencing sustained stress driven by workload intensity and limited opportunities for connection. The team needed a practical, leadership-level approach to address stress while aligning on actions that could be embedded into existing systems.
Results
A multi-part engagement aligned the senior leadership team around shared language and priorities. Through training, executive coaching, and synthesis, three key themes emerged — workload intensity, connection & community, and motivation.
As an immediate outcome, the legal department embedded ABC themes into onboarding and performance review processes, making burnout prevention and strong teaming part of everyday operations.
Engagement Highlights
Leadership Training
In-person workshop on burnout, its drivers, and practical TNTs® tools
1:1 Executive Coaching
Individual coaching with senior leaders to distill insights and inform next steps
Executive Alignment
Coaching session and summary with the Chief Legal Officer to confirm themes and actions
Headquarters
McLean, Virginia
Industry
Financial Services
Organization
Capital One – Legal Department (Litigation Team)
Company Size
55,000+ employees
Challenge
The litigation team within Capital One’s legal department sought deeper insight into burnout risk and team dynamics across a large, distributed group. Leadership needed clear data, shared understanding, and practical strategies to prevent burnout at scale.
Results
A multi-part engagement combined quantitative assessment with leadership alignment and team-wide learning. Two burnout assessments were administered and synthesized, providing a clear picture of risk areas and strengths.
Findings and recommendations were reviewed with senior leadership, followed by a virtual program for the litigation team focused on psychological safety and burnout prevention—creating a shared foundation and actionable path forward.
Engagement Highlights
Burnout Assessment & Analysis
Administered and synthesized two burnout assessments for 100+ team members
Leadership Briefing
Reviewed findings and recommendations with senior leadership
Team Program
Delivered a virtual program focused on psychological safety and burnout prevention
Headquarters
Canada
Industry
Law Enforcement
Engagement Type
Training & Certificate Program
Challenge
Senior leaders sought tools to prevent burnout and strengthen team resilience within high-stress units.
Results
Delivered virtual training to members and public servants. In addition, senior members of the Major Crime Services unit completed an 8-week certificate course focused on sustained burnout prevention and resilient leadership.
Engagement Highlights
Virtual Training
Burnout prevention & resilient teams
8-Week Certificate Program
Advanced leader development
High-Stress Unit Focus
Major Crime Services
Headquarters
Toledo, Ohio
Industry
Manufacturing
Engagement Type
Burnout Strategy & Leadership Training
Challenge
The company formed a burnout committee and sought structured guidance to address burnout at scale.
Results
Provided strategic advisory support leading to creation of a company-wide Burnout 101 resource outlining Core 6 causes and internal supports. Delivered in-person leadership training and coaching to reinforce burnout prevention strategies across the organization.
Engagement Highlights
Strategic Advisory
Guided burnout committee
Company-Wide Resource
Burnout 101 resource distributed enterprise-wide
Leadership Coaching
Post-training 1:1 support
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our philosophy
Teams need new strategies to thrive in an AI world.
Burnout is a business risk. It erodes leadership judgment, team execution, retention, and engagement. As teams are stretched thinner—and as AI reshapes workloads, roles, and collaboration patterns—new burnout risks continue to emerge.
Paula’s applied, teams-based approach focuses on:
Burnout prevention and recovery as distinct processes
Teams as the primary intervention point
Leadership behaviors as the lever for change
TNTs® (tiny noticeable things) as the mechanism
HOW WE HELP
Behind every statistic is a system that can be redesigned.
The data makes clear that burnout carries real costs for organizations—but it also points to where change is possible. Addressing burnout at the level of leadership behaviors, team dynamics, and systems design is one of the most effective ways to restore capacity, performance, and retention.
In Lead Well, global workplace well-being expert Paula Davis offers a clear path to help leaders build connected cultures that unlock the full potential of their teams.
A first-of-its kind, science-backed toolkit that takes a holistic approach to burnout prevention by helping individuals, teams, and leaders build resilience and thrive at work.
meet paula
Organizations that work with Paula don’t just reduce burnout—they build systems that support sustainable performance over time.
Paula has supported leaders across Fortune 500 organizations, the U.S. military, and government, bringing a rare combination of rigor, relevance, and real-world application. Her clients experience:
Paula is a game changer for organizations!! Her session was one of the highlights of the entire week, and we can’t wait to have you back with us soon to keep the conversation and actions alive.
Amy Brindley | Chief Chapter Advancement Officer, Make-A-Wish America
You were incredibly impactful at our partner retreat, and throughout the course of your time working with Goodwin, you have consistently made our conversations more meaningful and helped us to better meet our challenges.
Mark T. Bettencourt | Managing Partner, Goodwin Procter LLP
Thank you so much - I'm so appreciative for the perspective and practical approach you offer. Our firm truly values its ongoing partnership with you. Just amazing...as are you!
M. Scott Peeler | Co-Practice Group Leader - Government Enforcement & White Collar, Arent Fox Schiff LLP
Pediatric dentists see on average 85+ patients per day and their stress level is through the roof. Paula's approach to our Pediatric Dental Group was so engaging and full of great ideas. Out of all our speakers, she had the highest rating and the biggest impact!
Mike Loessberg | CEO & Founder of Dental CE Providers
I wanted to share with you that there has been tremendous positive buzz from my team all day, and they are giving special kudos to our time with you! Thank you for taking the time to learn more about our team and making your remarks spot on for our group. Your decision to leave [your law] practice and venture into this business is certainly making a difference - it has already made an impact on me.
Kelly Jo Golson | Fmr. EVP, Chief Brand, Communications, & Consumer Experience Officer at Advocate Aurora Health
I just wanted to let you know that you made a difference in my life and lifted some of the burden off my shoulders. Your bravery to share your story has given me hope. You have helped me give myself the permission to explore and feel the optimism of what my life may look like.
Police Officer, Royal Canadian Mounted Police
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Resources
on-demand resources
Downloadable Guides, Videos, E-Books & More
Tools, frameworks, and assessments that help leaders take meaningful action—without adding more noise.
