PERFORMANCE COACH | 1 TO 1 COACHING
Frame your strengths for a larger life
Kia ora, I’m Cleo Shortland. Performance coach and founder of the Wā Programme.
I started Wā to support people to strengthen their performance mindset by re-framing their strengths to back themselves into a larger life.
My coaching programme is a container for you to get clear on what you really want, deep diver into your strengths and personal philosophy, and create a personalised framework to get you there. My role is to listen, ask questions, and designing a personalised framework to keep you on track and moving towards your desired outcomes.
"Working with Cleo was alchemical. I felt deeply held and understood, which is a natural gift of hers. She was the support I needed as I built strategic partnerships and collaborations, and created multiple income streams alongside my writing.
Our sessions gave me space to get everything out, and through ritual, deep inquiry and a personalised framework, Cleo reflected my ideas and decisions into a clear picture so I could take decisive action for the fortnight ahead, with clarity and confidence. She held my vision with me with unwavering faith, and I made so much progress. Cleo is the real deal."
RHEA JAMES FOX · WRITER · MALTA
INTRODUCING THE WĀ PROGRAMME
Coaching to support your journey at a pace you can sustain
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Vision
We look at what's possible and what's right for you.
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Mindset
Experiments that build resilience and create capacity for your creation.
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Framework
Your strengths distilled into decisive action that builds a larger life.
WHO I WORK WITH
You, 1 to 1
For the person at the centre of the change. A private space to test, build and round out your thinking before taking decisive action into the fortnight
EXAMPLES OF GOALS WE COULD WORK TOGETHER ON
Exploring partnerships for a new or merging business
Creating multiple revenue streams to spread your value
Creating consistency in how you want to lead and how you’re actually leading
Restructuring and modernising your business without compromising on values
WRITER ·
Creating new income streams
Strategic partnerships and collaborations alongside the work she loves
FOUNDERS · COMMUNITY FOCUS
A business framework and 15 partnerships
A live ecosystem of relationships building a sustainable and profitable business.
DIRECTORS · LAW FIRM
From operations to directorship
Greater revenue with a modernised, more focused team.
"Cleo's positivity was uplifting and empowering. She helped me see what's possible and recognise my own strengths and potential. Working with her gave me greater confidence in my abilities, and I always left our calls feeling energised, capable and ready to back myself to take the next step. The lasting impact for me was a stronger belief in what I can achieve in my work, and the confidence to go after it."
AIME CARTER · SOUTH ISLAND SUPER YACHT SERVICES · CHRISTCHURCH · NEW ZEALAND
The experience
You have support the whole way through. Sessions run fortnightly to keep action and reflection moving at pace. Each one is ninety minutes.
We open with karakia and mindfulness so you are settled with room to think. From there you speak and I listen closely, and together we turn what’s true right now into a plan for the fortnight ahead.
Between sessions the line stays open. Plans shift and disruptions happen, so you can message me as things land, and voice note whenever something needs talking through. Wins get celebrated as they happen, and I stay close to your journey, so each session picks up right where you are.
What changes
You make decisions you stand behind
You sort what matters from the noise
You build habits that hold through a busy week
Get some help with those blind spots
You ask for what you need
You leave every session with commitments that stretch you
The space and questions belong to me. The answers, the direction and the pace belong to you
$8,000 NZ + GST
- Five 90-minute one to one sessions over 8 weeks
- Trello board to track progress
- Strengths reporting
- Karakia and guided meditation to open each session
- An open line between sessions for messages and calls
- A visual framework, unique to you, connecting your philosophy and your journey
INVESTMENT
The Wā Programme
Eight weeks, 1 to 1, built around the outcomes you want.
Wā
(noun) time, season, period of time, interval, term, duration.
Step into the experience
Begin with a curiosity call with Cleo.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Performance coaching is dedicated space to look inward and understand what's really driving your decisions.
It helps you work through what's getting in your way, and make better decisions as a leader.
Often what's really going on is people get stuck on one way of solving a problem, without seeing that what they actually need underneath could be met a completely different way. Just seeing that clearly changes what's possible.
Most people are so deep in the day to day that they never get time to step back and see it. That's what these sessions give you, room to think properly with someone who has the expertise to support you to get there.
This is a dedicated profession, with its own methodology.
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You're moving into new territory. Something is ending. Priorities are shifting. Your body and energy levels may be changing shape too. You may be:
Stepping up in your role
Stepping out of your industry
Restructuring your role or business to match your life
A bomb has gone off and you need support as you ride this next wave
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No, just like you don't need a nutritionist or a fitness coach. But this journey you're on, or about to start, is bloody tough. The value of the programme is having an expert coach and facilitator there with you throughout, for as long as you need, placing strategy and focus into the actions you take toward your next chapter.
If the cost would strain your business or family, wait until it won't.
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This is where the prepared thinking work happens. We reflect, reset your focus areas, and challenge unhelpful beliefs while promoting healthy, innovative ideas. From there we move into planning, breaking down and prioritising what matters most.
You leave with a clear focus for what's ahead. And the communication line stays open between calls, for disruptions, celebrations, and re-setting yourself.
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Messages and voice notes between our structured video call.
Plans will always be disrupted. When something big comes up, we get on a call. When you don't have it, because you won't always have it in territory you haven't been before, this is a non-judgemental space to work through that.
Wins don't wait for the next fortnight either, let's celebrate them as soon as they happen. It also means I can stay immersed in your journey, rather than needing to be brought up to speed every time we meet.
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Coaching moves you forward. We work with where you are now, capable and ready, and build toward transformation, your vision, and what's next. Therapy looks back, working through past experience and emotional healing with someone trained to hold that ground.
Both matter, they just serve different moments. If something surfaces in our work together that calls for therapeutic support, I'll raise it with you.
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8 weeks.
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Everything shared stays between us. This is a private container for thinking something through, held with the same discretion you'd expect from your own profession.
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The methodology draws on a few different frameworks. There's a goal-setting structure called GROW, which helps map out where you are now and what you actually want.
There's work drawn from CBT, cognitive behavioural approaches, which looks at the thought patterns driving your decisions.
Mindfulness is woven through, building your ability to notice what's happening in the moment rather than reacting on autopilot.
I also offer karakia, a Māori incantation, which helps set a clear intention and frequency for the work we're doing.
And there's Nonviolent Communication, which helps you get clear on your real underlying needs versus the strategies you've been using to meet them.
This is coupled with my own experience starting and growing businesses, and working in the regulatory change space as a professional project manager, leading and advising teams of two to two hundred.
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The programme is $8,000 NZD + GST, and we can convert it to your local currency
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Yes. Sessions run over video, so you can be anywhere in the world. Clients are currently based across New Zealand, Australia, and North America, and I can invoice you in the NZ equivalent of your local currency.
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📚 I use AI for many activities... but my coaching programmes and communications are developed by myself without the use of AI.