

Sacha Dekker
HubSpot
VP, Global Go To Market Enablement
After starting her career in Sales and then moving into Customer Support, Sacha knew early on her future would be in L&D. She made the transition in 2007 and has been working in various senior enablement roles since. Originally Dutch, she moved to Dublin, Ireland in 2012 where she currently works for HubSpot as Vice President Global Go To Market Enablement. Outside of her role, Sacha is an international keynote speaker on resilience and mindset, based on her experience of becoming paralyzed after a surgery gone wrong and subsequently regaining her independence and returning to work, in 2015.
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Finding Belonging After Returning to Work With a Disability
Inclusion and belonging are increasingly important topics in today's workplace. Many companies think that by saying they promote diversity and putting inclusion in their values, they're mostly there. So what does inclusion and belonging feel like when you used to be a healthy person who didn't care too much about any of it and then returned to work a disabled one, feeling completely left behind? Why are disabilities so often left behind, and how can small actions have a huge impact on the sense of belonging and consequently talent retention and attraction?