dene rossouw

narrative coach, facilitator, photographer

Bief bio
Dene Rossouw has 20 years of facilitation and consulting experience in the field of communications. He is the 2010 President for the Vancouver chapter of the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers and is a Certified Executive Coach through Royal Roads University. He is a Certified Emotional Intelligence facilitator using the BarOn Emotional Intelligence Quotient Inventory - EQ-i™ and has the Associate Certificate in Workplace Conflict from the Justice Institute of British Columbia. Dene has a Bachelor of Theology from the University of South Africa.

Narrative coach
The story of your life is the most important story you will ever tell. Every day, consciously or unconsciously, you live out the consequences of your life story. The energy you give to ‘bad’ stories and the energy you give to ‘good’ stories reflect how successful you are at finding and following your passion.

I use a kairos approach in my narrative coaching. Although kairos is a Greek word with many meanings, I use the concept to invite my clients to experience the extraordinary in ordinary time—to intervene, to interrupt old stories and ways of doing things and to create opportunities that bring about incremental and real change at work and home.

Narrative coaching is a transformational and sense making partnership between me as a coach and you as my client. I also use metaphors in business and the expressive arts, to help you unfreeze frozen dreams and find your authentic story, a greater sense of clarity, focus and direction that results in deep learning and clearly articulated values and actions.

Speaker & facilitator
I specialize in the principles of engagement that inspire leaders to build real relationships and get the results they want with emotionally intelligent conversations. My keynotes and seminars are designed to challenge you, inspire and encourage you to embrace new priciples and life stories that engage, are compelling, authentic and align with your passion.

Photographer
I love photographs that stop me in my tracks. I’m inspired when a photographer captures the natural beauty of our world, an expression or a moment in time and blends it with an artistic approach. When a photographer invites me to view the world with wonderment, or to take action, or I get hooked into a dialogue with the image, then I want to know what steps the photographer followed to hit the sweet spot. Recently I am combining my love of photography, using metaphors evoked from photographs, to illustrate life principles and principles of leadership engagement. See my photographs at fotomoods.com

More bio
Dene has held positions in various organizations, most recently as Communications Advisor for the Chief Justices and Judges in the Chief’s Office, Nova Scotia Law Courts, Canada and Assistant Divisional Manager and Senior Communications Consultant and Production Manager in the Public Relations Division of Old Mutual International in South Africa.

TheNarrativeCoach.com
FotoMoods.com