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