PERFORMANCE COACHING FOR ENTREPRENEURS, EXECUTIVES AND CREATIVES
LET’S BUILD YOUR PERFORMANCE FRAMEWORK
Together we build the framework that turns your personal philosophy into clear outcomes, and your ideas into decisive action towards success.
Online, in-person in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand, or both.
YOU ARE ALREADY A GREAT THINKER
WHERE ARE YOU NOW
You've built something real. A business, a career, a body of work. People come to you for ideas and answers.
The question now is what comes next, and how to get there while maintaining what you already have and energy intact.
This is coaching for people with big ideas who are ready to act on them.
WHEN IDEAS ARE LARGER THAN YOU
HOW IT FEELS
You've been circling your next step for months. Maybe years. You can see the bigger picture, but the path from here to there is still unclear.
Your work is asking more of you than ever. Your calendar is full. The ideas keep coming, and the time to act on them keeps shrinking.
What you need is a frame around your thinking, so it turns into decisions and action.
THE GREAT THINKERS
WHO I WORK WITH
ENTREPRENEURS
You hold the vision, the clients and the team. Your business has grown, and the way you run it needs to grow too.
EXECUTIVES
Your results speak for themselves. You're ready for the next level, and you want your value seen clearly.
CREATIVES
You're full of ideas. You want a frame around them so they become steady work, income and a plan you can act on.
YOUR PHILOSOPHY.
YOUR FRAMEWORK.
YOUR NEXT ADVENTURE.
SIGNS YOU’RE READY
TIME FOR A COACH
TIPU | GROW
(tee-poo) to grow, to sprout
ONE TO ONE · YOUR PERFORMANCE FRAMEWORK
One to one coaching to build a framework that makes sure your effort gets results. Built around the outcome you want. You leave with a framework that's yours to keep.
We meet in person in a beautiful spot in the Bay of Islands, or online wherever you are. Time away from your desk changes the conversation, so many clients come north for some or all of their sessions.
Your framework is built to hold you, your personal philosophy, and your actions. This becomes your performance.
Each one focuses on different things and takes its own form. One might be a map, another a weekly rhythm, another a single page you keep on your desk. Put side by side, they look completely different from one another.
$8,000 NZ + GST
In-person, online or hybrid
- Five 90-minute one to one sessions over eight weeks
- A visual framework, unique to you
- Karakia and self connection practice
- An open line between sessions for messages and calls
- A Trello board to track your progress
Wā
(noun) time, season, period of time, interval, term, duration.
THE MIND BEHIND THE PROGRAMME
KIA ORA, I’M CLEO SHORTLAND
I see the strengths you've stopped noticing, and help you package them so others see your value too. Then we build the framework and the plan to get you where you're going.
I've spent over a decade in legal and financial services, leading regulatory change, mergers, acquisitions and partnerships with teams of two to two hundred, including the Perpetual Guardian four-day week pilot. I bring NVC, mindfulness-integrated CBT and 20 years of yoga into my work.
THE STEP YOU’VE BEEN CIRCLING STARTS HERE
One conversation can turn months of thinking into a clear plan.
What clients say
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“She was the support I needed as I built strategic partnerships and collaborations, and created multiple income streams alongside my writing.”
Rhea James Fox, Writer
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"I walked into my next interview knowing what set me apart. I got the job, and because I could clearly name the value of my skills, I negotiated a higher salary."
Ariel Mareroa, New Zealand
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"I always left our calls feeling energised, capable and ready to back myself to take the next step."
Aime Carter, South Island Super Yacht Services
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.