E15 - Sacha Dekker : Why Taking the Right Choices in Life is also a Question of Mindset

In this episode, I speak with Sacha Dekker. Sacha Dekker is a Learning and Talent Development executive who supports companies in achieving their goals in creating world class, equitable learning experiences that drive maximum productivity, reduce attrition, promote inclusion, and retain top talent. After growing up in the Netherlands, and living in Geneva and South Africa, Sacha decided to make Dublin, Ireland her home back in 2012. She’s held senior L&D roles across multiple industries in both start-ups and well-established companies, focusing on SaaS companies for the past 11 years, and as an ICF certified coach she has coached multiple Fortune 500 company executives in their leadership journeys. Sacha holds a master’s in Education, Learning & Development, the dissertation of which is focused on social learning for people managers in a hybrid environment. In 2015, what was supposed to be a straightforward surgery, left Sacha fully paralysed down her left side, with her medical team telling her it was highly unlikely she’d ever walk, work, or live independently again, and the bleak prospect of life in a wheelchair in a nursing home. To the day two years after the surgery Sacha reached her goal of walking on the Great Wall of China and in August 2023 she walked the last 115 km (72 m) of the Camino de Santiago. Sacha talks about resilience, mindset, overcoming adversity, disability awareness (both in the workplace and in general) and general learning and leadership topics. Social Links Sacha Dekker LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/sachadekker/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sachadekker/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xp9Xjwe3wGw Twitter: @sachahm Website: https://www.personallyspeakingbureau.com/speaker/sacha-dekker/ Henry Kayser LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/henrykayser/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/henrykayser/ Youtube - https://youtube.com/@henrykayser5002 TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@henrykayser1?_t=8efzSUnJh56&_r=1