INTERMEDIATE LENGTH BIO ‘25 - DESHUN DEYSEL
Inspiring People to Peak Performance
INTRODUCTION:
Deshun Deysel: Mountaineer; Teacher; Facilitator; Coach; Director; Innovator; Entrepreneur; Wife; Mother.
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MOUNTAINEERING:
In 1996, Deshun joined the first all-South African Everest expedition led by Ian Woodall, supported by President Nelson Mandela, where the new national flag was successfully planted on the summit by Ian Woodall, Cathy O’Dowd and Bruce Herrod, while she, as a new high-altitude climber, reached Camp 2 at 6 300 m. Since 2000, she has pursued the Seven Summits challenge, participating in five of these expeditions and summiting two of the continental high points. In 2003, she returned to Everest, reaching Camp 4 in the so-called Death Zone and coming within 500 vertical metres of the summit before severe weather forced a retreat. To date, she has completed 18 high-altitude expeditions across five continents and continues to nurture her ambition to complete the Seven Summits
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KEYNOTE SPEAKER
The 1996 Everest expedition brought with it a flood of publicity and accolades. Deshun was chosen for the FOYSA award, recognizing the talents of Four Outstanding Young South Africans.
This publicity launched a career as a Motivational Speaker that has spanned a quarter of century, and has expanded to six different keynote addresses. During this time, Deshun has addressed over 2,000 audiences in 17 countries in Africa, North America, Europe and the Middle East and Asia.
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FACILITATOR
With an academic foundation in teaching and experience in remedial education, it is not surprising that facilitation became a natural progression into corporate life.
Deshun has consulted on behalf of four different organisations servicing corporates with specific training:
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I can Foundation
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The Pacific Institute
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BCS (Business Communication Skills)
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True North Strategy
Today, Deshun offers her own Tackling the Summit®️ strategy workshops to help engender peak performance. with teams engaged in a process of change
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COACH
In 2016 Deshun embarked on a business coaching course through Miles Downey.
She has a team of 7 coaching associates who can assist corporate teams.
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ENTREPRENEUR
Deshun is also passionate about African entrepreneurship. In 2012 she was asked to facilitate a component of a program with The Branson Centre of Entrepreneurship, an exciting incubator that has nurtured some wonderful success stories.
With the assistance of an IT team, she built the Peak Performance Toolkit®️, a unique evaluation tool for individuals in the workplace.
Out of that, Emplify was born. Emplify is a human-centered digital platform that aids organisations (employing 10-500 people) with their performance management. Emplify doesn’t simply speak to a younger digital-savvy workforce, but because culturally it is in tune with the way today’s employees want to work, and the style of leadership they prefer.
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DIRECTOR
Deshun has served on three boards: EHI (a training firm in the engineering space); Endurocad and the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation.
Deshun has been an ambassador with the Laureus Sport for Good foundation, alongside some of SA’s great sporting heroes: Bryan Habana; Elana Meyer, Desiree Eliis, Sean Pollock; Natalie Du Toit; Lucas Radebe, the late Baby Jake Matlala - to mention a few. The foundation generates funds for sporting projects making a difference among youth in SA.
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WIFE & MOTHER
Deshun married in 2009, and was blessed with two children in her 40’s!
Life for her - as with many other women - remains a constant balancing act between family and business commitments. She enjoys swimming, cycling, hiking and running (only when necessary!).
Conclusion:
Deshun continues to inspire and assist others to achieve peak performance.
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