Performance coaching
Vision to see it. Capacity to build it. Courage to do it.
Founded by Cleo Shortland, the Wā Programme is real one to one work where we work together to design a personalised model that bridges your vision with real outcomes, building you up for your greatest work with clarity and ease.
Designed with you in mind
You're moving into new territory. Something is ending. Priorities are shifting. Your body and energy levels may also be changing shape.
The self you built to succeed in the past is still running the show. It kept you going. It has stopped working, and it is time for a personalised model that will bridge your vision with real outcomes.
“My time working with Cleo was alchemical. I had never felt so deeply held and understood, a natural gift she holds. What stayed with me was a connection that transcended the surface and the ordinary. You could always tell that holding space energised her as much as it uplifted us both.
Through ritual, contemplation, deep enquiry and a focus on creating the future, Cleo sped up my personal evolution in a way only very few people can. Blending the rational and the creative, her structures and frameworks create a safe container for deeper magic to come through.
There is a true element of belief and magic in working with Cleo that goes far deeper than the mind, and you have to experience it to understand what can be created together. I made so much progress in those years, having Cleo hold my visions with unwavering faith. Cleo is the real deal.”
Rhea James Fox, Writer
The experience
We work together to develop a personalised model to support and strengthen you as you build your greatest work.
We start with what's most important to you and what you're holding. From there, we build the model alongside you, working with your strengths to harness your natural intelligence and creativity. We develop strategies, set goals, run experiments and observations, and refine continuously. This model helps you understand where you are today and what needs to shift to create your greatest work.
And because you're doing something new, nervous system regulation training will be a daily practice.
You'll leave with the knowledge to reformulate the model yourself.
The experience works with intelligence, creativity, and what's challenging and alive
Wā
(noun) time, season, period of time, interval, term, duration.
“Your positivity wasn't just uplifting, it was empowering. You have a way of helping people see what's possible rather than focusing on limitations, and helping them recognise their own strengths and potential. That gave me greater confidence in my own abilities, and I always left interactions with you feeling energised, capable, and more willing to back myself and take the next step forward. The lasting impact for me was a stronger belief in what I could achieve and the confidence to go after it.”
Aime Carter, South Island Super Yacht Services
What you receive
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Expert coaching & facilitation including tools & architecture
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Fortnightly video calls, one to one with Cleo to keep a fluid structure
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An open communication line between calls
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Strengths map to harness intelligence & creativity
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Nervous system regulation training to build resilience
Investment: US$2,000 per month
Kia ora, I’m Cleo Shortland
When my energy and my body changed, the way I worked had to change with them. That search became a model, one that helps me and my clients understand what's truly important, then build intelligent and creative strategies that make action aligned and alive, forming a bridge between vision and outcome.
Book a curiosity call to learn how we can build one together.
Step into the
Wā Programme
Book a curiosity call with Cleo to learn how to step into the experience.
Frequently Asked Questions
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The Wā Programme is designed with a focus of bringing your ideas into creation, so each video call is built on the last across each of the phases:
Ideation and vision
Uncertainty and confusion
Aligned action towards creation
You arrive with whatever's most alive: a decision, a doubt, a pull you're still finding words for. I listen for what's underneath it, and we work to understand it deeper and whether anything needs to shift.
We then thread the findings into your personal framework to support you in taking aligned action.
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No, just like you don't need a nutritionist or a fitness coach. This is for stepping into new territory with structure to support your intelligence and creativity when going after what’s hard and scary, not going at it alone.
If the cost would strain your business or family, wait until it won't.
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The free thinkers ready to take their work into new territory with structured support that is tailored to them personally.
I won’t hand you a framework designed for the average person because this isn’t you.
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This is coaching built around deep listening and aligned action. It draws on a real, structured method rather than open conversation alone.
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It keeps this work reachable across time zones and travel, and keeps a full season possible regardless of where you're based.
I do travel a bit and love connecting on the ground and in-person when I can.
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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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This work is built on individual attention and discretion, better suited to conversation than broadcast. Find more through the podcast, or start with a curiosity call.