Dr. Angela L. Swain is known as the Trifecta Business Coach for her extensive education and experience. She’s a business psychologist, executive coach, researcher, author, and speaker. As an expert in organizational behavior, she believes in creating positive workplace cultures through leadership development professionally and personally. Dr. Swain served as a researcher and moderator for The Emotional Intelligence Leadership Institute in Chicago where she conducted training programs for managers to discuss team membership, meaning, and empowerment. Currently, she is the Director of the Office of Human Dignity and Solidarity with the Archdiocese of Chicago, and consultant, coach, and theological reflection faculty for Catholic Theological Union, a seminary for both lay and religious leaders.
As a professional certified coach, she promotes health and well-being of the whole person and accompanies them as they the transition into a better version of themselves.
She has coached and supported countless leaders, professionals and entrepreneurs in the areas of healing through trauma, health, and well-being through times of transition…and supporting their teams to do the same.
Dr. Swain has been living with Multiple Sclerosis for almost 25 years and Rheumatoid Arthritis for 35 years, while caring for her mom and in-laws before their transitions within a 22-month period. She is an expert in managing health extremes and has supported various leaders to do the same.
She is the author of “COVID-19 and Beyond: Supporting Your Staff in Times of Stress and Transition” (2020), Navigating Change: Breaking Barriers to Unleash Full Potential (2020), and “The Relationship Between Managers’ Emotional Intelligence, Positive and Negative Affect, and Employee Voice” (2019). Her first book, Kitchen Table Talks with Dad: 5 Simple Tools to Become a Transformative Leader was recently released July 2021. It became an Amazon International Best Seller in Organizational Change Management and Conflict Resolution on launch day. She is currently working on her second book on trauma, healing, and leadership dedicated to her mom.
Dr. Swain is an accomplished retreat leader and speaker for both pastoral and business leaders. She has recently lead Justice Surging Like Waters, a retreat for leaders committed to creating an anti-racist world, Fostering the Habits of Well-Being in the Workplace for pastoral leaders throughout the country, Mentoring Leadership: Supervision of Students, Shaping Leaders for Catholic Theological Union’s field education site supervisors, and Emotional Intelligence for Small Business Owners for the City of Chicago’s Small Business Expo. She is a recurring guest lecturer at Loyola University Chicago and North Park University and guest on various Archdiocese of Chicago Pastoral Center’s radio shows.
Dr. Swain is a graduate of The Chicago School of Professional Psychology (Ph.D.), St. Xavier University (M.BA.), The University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration (M.S.W.), and Catholic Theological Union (M.Div.). She earned her coaching certification from the Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (iPEC) and holds a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) from the International Coaching Federation. She is currently pursuing her MCC and BCC to become both a Master Certified Coach and Board-Certified Coach.