Chené Swart, Ph.D.
Founder, Transformations

Dr Chené Swart brings a broad range of experience in diversity, facilitation, team development and training, and organizational transformation work combined with the Narrative ideas and practices into her work as a coach and consultant.

As a life coach and trainer, Chené’s Narrative work helps clients to name, understand and re-write their stories in ways that create a new future. The Narrative approach works with individuals as co-journeyers to enable and generate news way of being and viewing the world, relationships, and effective leadership. Her learnings and practices are shaped and informed by the South African context as well as through her extensive work with communities and companies including John Deere, Standard Bank, Momentum, Anglo Platinum, Tiger Brands, and the Centre for Community Development.

In addition to her doctoral in Narrative Therapy, Chené holds a Bachelor in Music Education and a Masters in practical theology with a specialization in pastoral therapy. Chené has designed various workshops that apply the Narrative practices in the contexts of leadership, consultancy, coaching, diversity work, empowerment, conflict management and teambuilding. These workshops invite participants into these ideas and also allows for the opportunity to be trained as presenters of these Narrative workshops. Chené presents these workshops in South Africa, the USA and Canada.