About Us

Company Overview

Emotions . People . Performance
Pause Factory is a Management Consulting Company, with a strict focus on People and Performance Alignment. We leverage People’s Emotions and Performance for Transformation. We utilise globally trusted and proven tools and assessments to get the hidden vitals and thus create a unique solution.

We use the “vitals” of your Leaders, Teams and organisation to create a customised solution blueprint for your transformation.

We know every organisation has two Outlooks, which are the following:
(1) The Technical and Financial Outlook
(2) The People & Relational Outlook.
We thus ensure we do not lose sight of any as we chart transformation for organisations.
Our global expertise in Emotional Intelligence Applications and Performance Management tools helps us to balance the people side and technical side of any organisational challenge.
Our Artificial intelligence based diagnosis tools help to reveal the root cause of your individual and organisational challenges and thus lead to potent solutions.

Some of our business solutions include:
① Optimizing Organizational Structure
② Organizational/Team/Leadership Diagnosis
③ Improving employee engagement and motivation
④ Improving Sales (Salespeople and Sales System)
⑤ Enhancing Customer Experience
⑥ Improving leadership capabilities
⑦ Smoothening team capabilities and performance
⑧ Deploying Performance Management System
⑨ Crafting Succession Plan
⑩ Designing of Potent Key Performance Indicators
⑪ Organizational Strategy Design

All training programs, no matter how technical, are soaked in neuroscience because we know that “Emotions Drive people; People Derive Performance."

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Coaching

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One-on-One Coaching

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Consulting

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Performance Management

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Years of Experience

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Our Mantra

“We build the Head and the Hand through the Heart” “Emotions Drive People, People Drive Performance” “What is not counted can’t be Measured, What isn’t Measured can’t Grow”
  • Our History
  • Our Values
  • Our Approach
  • Our Vision
  • Our Partners
  • Our Mission
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Pause Factory started operations in 2009 as Simeon’s Pivot Resources, a human resource and management consulting company providing management consulting and human resource solutions to organisations. Based on global research and our mission to find facts about what really creates transformation in employees' performance, we discovered the pivotal role EMOTIONS play in the process of performance and change, and then we became a partner to Six Seconds in the USA (the world’s largest Emotional Intelligence Network). This global partnership led to the establishment of PAUSE FACTORY, a people and alignment company blending Emotional Intelligence tools and competencies into all areas of business need to create the needed transformation, training and consulting.
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S – Services
H – Hardwork
A - Action
P - Passion
E - Empathy

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Our Approach to Consulting
To support organizations to create
change, Pause Factory applies a proprietary process.
The process is a cycle with three stages:

Engage
  • ① Identify key metrics.
  • ② Identify what needs to be improved.
  • ③ Clarify drivers and issues.
  • ④ Develop commitment to a plan.

Activate
  • ① Increase skills & Awareness.
  • ② Train, Coach and Intervene.
  • ③ Implement new learning.
  • ④ Implement Change.
  • ⑤ Maintain focus on change.

Reflect
  • ① Measure effectiveness & ROI.
  • ② Capture success stories and lessons learned.
  • ③ Expand upon and integrate successes.
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To be one of Nigeria’s globally compliant leading people and performance consulting companies.

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Six Seconds, USA
We are the first Preferred Partner to 6seconds USA in West Africa and the only one in Nigeria (2017) as a firm with deep expertise in applying Six Seconds’ tools and methods.
We create organisational transformation to strengthen the long-term value for all stakeholders. We partner with leaders, providing consulting and training using a robust, evidence-based methodology to deliver exceptional value to our clients.


KPI Institute, Australia
In the realm of organisational development and performance management, our partnerships as Pause Factory, Nigeria, with the KPI Institute of Australia hold significant potential for our clients.
Our Partnership with The KPI Institute further enhances the deliverability of expertise and global practice in key performance indicators (KPIs) and organisational performance management.
By partnering with KPI, our clients will be able to gain access to their knowledge base, best practices, and resources and enhance their abilities. We at Pause Factory will continue to deliver high-quality consulting and training services to our clients. We associate with the likes of the KPI Institute to enhance the certificate issued with credibility and reputation in the industry and outside the shores of Nigeria.
In summary, we have a global presence and network, including continents such as America, Europe and Asia. This will particularly be beneficial for our clients with multinational operations or those looking to benchmark their performance (KPI and Emotional Intelligence) against global standards. Our capabilities and offerings ultimately benefit our clients and contribute to improved organisational performance. Reference: sixseconds
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To solve a client's challenge with a customised solution, ensuring people and performance are aligned in healthy proportions.

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Our History


2009

Beginning of Company

We started out as Simeon’s Pivot Resources, a human resource and management consulting company, providing management consulting and human resource solutions to organisations.

2015

The Bold Step as a Sister Company (Emotional Intelligence Academy - EIA)

In 2014, after 2 years of training different sets of people on emotional intelligence amongst other topics like communication, leadership, etc., we took a needed step to infuse capacity in 2015 as the Emotional Intelligence Academy (EIA). By 2016 we started to deliver emotional intelligence as a full-blown course [Emotional Intelligence Certified Professional (EICP)] instead of it just being a topic in training, like communication and leadership. This was almost not in practice in Nigeria.

2016

Metamorphosis of Company

The company metamorphosed from Simeon’s Pivot Resources to Pause Factory. This is Based on global research and our mission to facts about what really creates transformation in employees' performance, we discovered the pivotal role EMOTIONS play in the process of performance and change.

2017

The Solidification

We were contacted via LinkedIn to become a partner to The KPI Institute, Australia. This enables our clients earn a globally recognised certificates in Performance Management.

2018

The Company Climax

We became a partner to Six Seconds in the USA (the world’s largest Emotional Intelligence Network). This global partnership further solidifies our capacity in deploying AI-backed solutions.

2018

Clientele

Our client base rose to over 50 industry leader companies, from the FMCGs to oil and gas, IT, schools, religious organisations and so on.

2018

The Largest EQ Conference

We organize the largest Emotional Intelligence gathering in Africa called Africa Emotional Intelligence Conference (AEIC) with a focus on 2 key sectors (Education and Corporate) with the theme “Using Emotional Intelligence to Increase Productivity, Improve Profitability and Optimise Learning". We had 15 speakers around the globe.

2019

Pre-COVID Pandemic

We organised the second AEIC gathering with the theme “Personal and Organisation Vitality…an emotional intelligence pathway". We had about 13 speakers and panellists from Nigeria to the USA, India, Kenya, South Africa and Dubai. With COVID-19 in 2020, the conference has remained an online event till 2023

Our Expert Advisors

Leadership Team

Jayne Morrison

Six Seconds Regional Partner (Middle East, Africa & India)

Enahoro Okhae

CEO | Managing Director

Jeffery Spears

Executive Director; Business Development

Lateef Awojobi

Chief Financial Officer

Leadership Team

Olabisi Yusuf

Head of Corporate Services

Innocent Omoboye

Risk Strategist

Board Members

Jayne Morrison

Six Seconds Regional Partner (Middle East, Africa & India)

Olakunle Soriyan

Board Member

Elvirra Salleras

Board Member

Detoun Ogwo

Board Member

Board Members

Yele Okeremi

Board Member

We help you to grow your
business exponentially

Emotions - People - Performance
Pause Factory started operations in 2009 as Simeon’s Pivot Resources, a human resource and management consulting company providing management consulting and human resource solutions to organisations.
Based on global research and our mission to find facts about what really creates transformation in employees' performance, we discovered the pivotal role EMOTIONS play in the process of performance and change, and then we became a partner to Six Seconds in the USA (the world’s largest Emotional Intelligence Network).
This global partnership led to the establishment of PAUSE FACTORY, a people and alignment company blending emotional intelligence tools and competencies into all areas of business need to create the needed transformation, training and consulting.
Our mantra today is “EMOTIONS DRIVE PEOPLE; PEOPLE DRIVE PERFORMANCE”. We build the HEAD and the HAND through the HEART.
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