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I'm Aleise — coach, consultant, and founder of Perform Well.

For over 10 years, I've worked with leaders across New Zealand schools — training instructional coaches, developing leadership capability at every level, leading change and culture work that actually sticks, and helping leaders build the energy and mindset to sustain it all.

That's meant training 100s of in-school coaches across both primary and secondary schools nationwide, and working with leaders at every level — principals, senior leaders, middle leaders, and aspiring leaders — through 1:1 coaching, small-group work, whole-team support, and structured PLGs.

Along the way, I've seen how stress, fatigue, and self-doubt can hold good leaders back — and how clarity, energy, and mindset can transform the way they lead. That's why my mission is simple: high performance shouldn't come at the cost of wellbeing. In fact, wellbeing is the foundation of sustainable success.

Today I work alongside school leaders, teachers, and coaches across New Zealand to build the systems, skills, and sustainable habits that lift outcomes for students and last well beyond our work together.

Experience and Credentials

Health Coach

PreKure | 2025

APMG Change Management Foundation and Practitioner Certification

Project Laneways | 2024

Master Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming

The Worldwide Institute of Neuro-Linguistic Programming | 2023

GROWTH Coaching Accreditation

Growth Coaching International, EMCC Global | 2021

Solutions Focussed Coaching

The Education Group | 2021

He Papa Tikanga – Certificate in Tikanga Māori

Te Wananga o Aotearoa | 2018

Postgraduate Certificate in Applied Practice (Digital & Collaborative Learning)

The Mindlab by Unitec | 2017

Masters of Teaching and Learning

University of Waikato | 2014

Bachelor of Laws, Bachelor of Commerce

Victoria University of Wellington | 2009