Clients

Stephen Nash // Kids Under Cover

I had the fortune of Swagata running a culture project at Kids Under Cover. Swagata came to us highly recommended and she certainly lived up to our hopes and expectations. The project was a very important foundational piece for the next chapter of our organisational evolution and development. Even with great planning, the workshops still required at times Swagata to work on her feet, reflect, pivot in unexpected ways and ensure the senior management team embraced the key work ahead.

Deborah Dixon // Executive, Disability and Aged Care

Swagata’s work has a profound impact as individuals and as a team. Her professionalism and insight as an executive coach encourages and nurtures teams through the awareness and reflection process while ultimately achieving significant uplift in leadership growth and professional goals.

It is an absolute privilege to work with such a skilled, insightful and authentic professional. I highly recommended Swagata.

Kate Andrews // Mental Health Executive

I had the pleasure of working with Swagata to develop a Youth Mental Health Hub. I learnt a great deal working alongside Swagata during this time, particularly regarding facilitation. Swagata is an excellent facilitator, she is able to respond to the emerging dynamics within a session and pivot content to maintain meaningful engagement and connection. Swagata brings a deep understanding of the mental health sector and mental health to all of the work in which she engages. I appreciated Swagata’s curious approach to understanding complex problems and her ability to work with teams and individuals to find creative solutions. I highly recommend Swagata for facilitation and coaching.

Dan Brown // Experienced health services leader

Swagata is a skilled and engaging facilitator who can design learning opportunities that are inclusive and achieve great outcomes. Her leadership experience in operations and strategy, and training and development offer fantastic insight to anyone looking for a great coach.

Dr. Steve Leicester // Head of Digital Mental Health, headspace

We had the pleasure of working closely with Swagata on a range of projects. She has been invaluable in helping us to deliver in highly challenging and fluid environments – where timelines, deliverables and external pressures were extreme.

Swagata’s dedication to ensuring that the best possible outcomes are achieved for us and our clients is unparalleled.

I absolutely recommend her in delivering great results, on time and with the well-being of the end user always in mind.

Michelle Blanchard // Mental Health Executive

Swagata is a highly skilled consultant and coach and I benefited enormously from her excellent counsel as our organisation experiences a period of growth and change. She understands complex issues very quickly and provides advice which is both clear and kind.

Swagata is very committed to helping others grow and learn.

I am looking forward to being able to work with Swagata again and would have no hesitation recommending her to others.

Jasmine Corbo // Wellways

We worked with Swagata to provide some leadership coaching to a group of our emerging leaders in the organisation, and found it a fantastic experience all round. Our team spoke highly of Swagata’s ability to facilitate curious and engaging conversations in a safe space which fostered learning. Swagata was exceptionally organised and responsive and designed and delivered a bespoke plan which suited our specific needs which we appreciated. Would highly recommend working with Swagata for organisational development and leadership training into the future.

Hayden Fletcher // Department of Health

Swagata is highly skilled and pushed me to reflect on my strengths, areas for development and values as a leader. I would describe Swagata’s approach as authentic, pragmatic and warm, which provided me with a safe environment to explore situations/challenges I have experienced in a non-judgemental way. As a result, I have noticed a positive shift in my confidence, mindset and self-attunement over the time Swagata has coached me. I thoroughly recommend working with Swagata if you’re looking to enhance your leadership capabilities further.

Zoe Smith // Gowrie Victoria

Swagata is a highly skilled coach who has helped me develop my leadership practices through her compassion, thought provoking questioning and insightful reflections. I have gained self-awareness and direction through our coaching sessions and feel excited about my next steps stretching toward my potential.

Ali Noura // Consumer Adviser, Mental Health Australia

Thank you for such a great morning and for being such a wonderful facilitator. Talking about my personal journey with mental health is not easy, especially in front of a large group of strangers. Despite my nerves, you made me feel comfortable to share my story and actively participate with the crowd. Thank you for giving me the courage to share my voice with such compassion and attentiveness.

Jill Young // disability, sport and recreation

Over the course of 3 months, I was a participant in a series of Communities of Practice that were facilitated by Swagata. I found her to be extremely professional, very patient and gentle, particularly with those who were more reluctant to speak. This is a real skill that Swagata tirelessly demonstrated. I would thoroughly recommend her services.

Swagata was very skilled at this, and it was a successful project with good follow up and debriefing.

Jennifer Nguyen // Department of Health

Swagata has been facilitating the Community of Practice sessions for the Department of Health – Youth Vaccine Ambassadors. She has specially curated the sessions to suit the interests of our ambassadors and to support them during their program planning. She is flexible and adaptable to the needs of the Department of Health. Her calm nature creates a safe space for our ambassadors.

Our ambassadors have expressed gratitude towards Swagata and how she helps delve into thought-provoking concepts and ideas to broaden learning and help the ambassadors to work together.

I highly recommend Swagata for your future facilitation needs. She is very personable and easy to work with.

Diana Quin // ACSEP

I worked with Swagata earlier this year when I wanted to clarify my career goals and get a greater sense of what I want to achieve with work at this stage of my working life. It was a challenging and highly rewarding process – challenging because I needed to review some old and established ideas about what success is for me and what I believe is important, and so rewarding to gain a much greater understanding about it all.

We get so caught up in daily work that in many cases, we don’t give ourselves the time to step back, review, and ensure we are doing what is right for us and this is where Swagata really helped me!

Swagata is a great coach who helped me to sit with the discomfort a process of review brings. She held me to account, challenged my thinking and helped me gain greater confidence to move in the direction I want to go.

I appreciate the time we spent working through so much of this, Swagata – Thank you!

Peta Page // Australian Red Cross

I’m deeply grateful for Swagata’s coaching. I went in not knowing what I wanted yet Swagata was able to create and hold the space for just what I needed. She was gracious in guiding my thinking from being dominated by my inner critic to thinking clearly about what was best for myself, my team and my organisation. The accountability she encouraged me to embed into my work along with the techniques she used are things I’m confident will guide me for years to come.

Rachel Power // Bunnings

Swagata’s approach to coaching was to really understand who I am as an individual through displaying authenticity and care. Through her guidance, I was able to pinpoint focus areas, provoke thinking and determine how I could approach these in a different way. Her process and insights provided valuable take outs I have integrated into my every day and supported me in focusing on what really matters. Thank you Swagata.

Daniel Tanswell // Davies Collison Cave

Swagata is a skilled coach who has the ability to engage with and coach highly skilled technical experts to build their leadership skills. Her coaching style has enabled people to gain a deeper insight into their leadership styles and impact on others, as well as understanding areas for development.

What stood out for us was Swagata’s ability to support people to increase positive mental health and wellbeing, whilst still driving strong outcomes and performance.

Swagata is pragmatic, honest and enjoyable to work with and I know my colleagues valued her support and expertise.

Debbie Mann // headspace

Swagata’s ability to work across the organisational development and clinical space was instrumental in facilitating and providing recommendations regarding the development of our Clinical Capability Framework. Her professional and empathetic approach allowed for really engaging consultation sessions.

Lee Crothers // In Dialogue

I have enjoyed and learned a lot from professional coaching with Swagata. She has helped me bring clarity to the multiple roles I hold and the values of my organisation through her own transparency, sound working models, wisdom and warmth.

Lisa Milani // Permanent Care and Adoptive Families

Swagata is a great executive coach. She is positive and reflective, easy to talk to and solution focussed. Highly recommend Swagata.

Lucinda Leggett // Mental Health and AOD clinician

Swagata’s reflective coaching fostered professional clarity, courage and empowerment. Her guidance around values driven work goals, led me to actively engage in what really matters!

Katherine Burnard // SANE Australia

I have recently completed a course of professional coaching sessions with Swagata and would absolutely recommend her services. Her approach felt highly individualised and she was able to expertly craft each session in response to the needs or challenges I brought. I found Swagata’s intermittent use of mindfulness strategies within sessions to be extremely beneficial in enabling me to find my way through complex problems, finding the mental clarity I needed to land on solutions and next steps. I felt safe, seen and supported by Swagata and have taken away an enhanced sense of agency and confidence in my leadership capabilities.

Rebecca Zosel // Public Health Consultant

It’s always a joy to cross paths with Swagata. She is an active member of the Australian Public Health Consultants Network that I cofounded. She recently volunteered her time to participate in an online roundtable of Australia’s leading public health consultants, sharing her journey and insights about moving into consultancy. The event showcased Swagata’s strengths – her dedication to supporting others, capacity to reflect and learn, excellent communication skills, and ability to connect with and inspire others.

Carolina // cohealth

Swagata brought a wealth of knowledge to our sessions and demonstrated the expertise to ask the pivotal questions. I found her practice wisdom invaluable – particularly in understanding the dynamics of large organisations, communicating with different levels of management effectively and increasing the impact of your work . I highly recommend Swagata.

Nathan // headspace National

Swagata is respectful and professional, tailors sessions to my needs and has assisted me to reflect upon my strengths as well as my areas for improvement. What I find most valuable is that Swagata helps me draw on my strengths and skills as a person and a manager, especially when focussing on and working through the more challenging areas of my skill development. I’d highly recommend Swagata for individual coaching.

Bernice // Centre for Culture Ethnicity and Health

Swagata facilitated a series of network meetings for us last year, as part of our Working across Cultures in the NDIS project. The meetings includes small group discussion, presentations and question to a panel of experts from the community and government sector, including people with lived experience of disabilities.

Swagata’s considerable skills were demonstrated by keeping the energy up throughout the 3-hour discussions, ensuring everyone had a chance to be heard.

We found Swagata to be reliable, responsive and a pleasure to work with.

Nicole recks // SANE Australia

Always gives above and beyond the brief – gives so much more additional value than what she is engaged for.

Kellie Wells // ACSEP

Just wanted to leave recommendation after recently participating in a Planning Day facilitated by Swagata. As a participant I found her to be warm, reflective and able to navigate quite a complex environment presenting diverse needs and expectations across members. Very happy to recommend Swagata to others who are looking for someone who can handle the challenges of facilitating group planning and can hold space with a clear and compassionate hand.

Board Chair // Not for Profit

We really appreciated both Swagata’s style and ability to take lots of different complex information and views and deliver clear, useful practical recommendations.

Viji // Lived Experience Carer consultant, Mental Health Australia

Swagata was a very experienced and effective facilitator. She set the tone for the day with a fun and engaging activity, and ensured that all who came participated well.

Meredith Carter // Board Chair, Permanent care and Adoptive Families

Swagata’s calm, clear, and reflective approach was exactly what we needed to support our small workforce and plot the path forward in redesigning our service model and gaining a better understanding of our staff capability.

Helen // Orygen - The National Centre for Excellence in Youth Mental Health

Swagata has the ability to quickly identify individual strengths and reflect areas needed for personal growth and career development. Whilst Swagata is supportive and an empathic listener she also provides clear direction, tools and strategies to address challenges in a methodical way.

Michelle // Metro Trains

I’m so grateful to Swagata in the massive part she played in realigning me with my career goals and path. I’m feeling super charged about working with Swagata on expanding my growth even further.

Kristen Douglas // Head of headspace Schools

In leading a new piece of innovation work that was at a statewide scale Swagata came on as a project consultant and was pivotal in the foundations of the project plan, development of the complex service delivery model, and engaged stakeholders in a clear and considered timeline. Swagata was a great asset to the early stages of this project and brought great writing and documentation skills. Swagata has a diverse continuum of skills from project planning, stakeholder management, risk mitigation planning, service delivery plans, and an incredible understanding of mental health, health, and social policy.

Anne O'Connor // Foundation house

Swagata facilitated a number of events for us at Foundation House including: my team (professional development) planning day; a whole of agency staff meeting; focus groups with senior managers; and a professional learning framework as part of a whole of agency review.

As a facilitator Swagata created calm and professional spaces that allowed participants to take ownership of their contributions and decisions. During the whole of agency meeting there was over 100 in the room and Swagata provided the right amount of scaffolding, understanding when to step in and get us moving, and when to step back and hold the space. I felt completely safe and confident in Swagata’s skills to hold process – no matter how complex, large or small.

Manager // National Mental Health Service

Swagata is able to effectively engage staff in solution focused discussions about complex issues. She is a skilled & knowledgeable clinician which contributes to her ability to engage a varied audience with credibility.

Dorella // The Queen Elizabeth Centre

I want to express my appreciation for Swagata’s guidance and assistance in helping me with a team building workshop as well as personal coaching. Swagata worked closely with me, providing stable and consistent support. Though there were unexpected obstacles along the way, she continued to work and support me to better understand and support my team.

I can confidently recommend Swagata’s high quality and professional work. If you chose to work with her, I can say for sure that you are in great safe hands.

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