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Celia is an experienced coaching professional who is highly skilled in her vocation of developing business leaders through real conversations.
With an established background in psychotherapy and practical experience in the business world, Celia is able to operate comfortably within complex situations while bringing profoundly useful insights and applications, enabling participants to think and function ‘outside the square’. While qualified and experienced in using in many different models, Celia extends beyond any individual one of them, putting her clients’ needs first, as unique individuals, integrating their knowledge and creativity into the collaborative coaching process.
During her thirty-year career as coach and transition consultant, Celia has collaborated with a wide variety of clients, facilitating their personal growth and leadership potential through skilled collaborative interactions. Her various roles currently include executive coaching, group process consulting, emotional intelligence assessment and development, and mindfulness-based stress reduction.
Celia Short works with executive leaders in large, medium and small businesses. She has worked in Australia and New Zealand with clients from Daimler Chrysler (Australia and NZ), Mercedes Benz, ANZ (Australia and NZ), Australian Unity, MTU Detroit Diesel Australia Pty Ltd., Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Murray Gouburn Co-op Co Ltd., Australian Unity Ltd, Mid-Central Health and Enable NZ, as well as coaching a number of business leaders and consultants on a private basis.
In addition to extensive practical experience, Celia has graduate degrees in Psychology (Massey University) as well as post-graduate qualifications in Social Work (Victoria University) and Philosophy (with distinction from Massey). She has taught a number of courses at Massey.
Email: Celia.Short@LifeinLeadership.co.nz 
Australia phone: +61 4 0176 1201
New Zealand phone: +64 2 1254 9555
