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Sarah Lechner

Evaluator · DISC type DSC
Founder & Coach — Centered Leadership & Culture at Self-employed
📍 Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Sarah is a founder and leadership coach with over 10 years of experience in startups across sustainability, femtech, and medtech. A graduate of Technische Universität Wien, she now coaches purpose-driven female leaders. People who have worked with her describe her as empathetic, supportive, and compassionate, with a talent for creating clarity and new perspectives.

Sarah is passionate about creating impact, whether through mentoring founders or advocating for causes she believes in. Her interests include public speaking, which she hones as a member of the Wiener Toastmasters club, and contributing to programs that help innovators grow, such as the EDGE Program by tech2impact.

She founded BRüSLi, an innovative company that developed circular solutions to reduce food waste by turning surplus bread into granola, successfully rescuing tons of food.

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Experience
6 Years
Current Role
Founder & Coach — Centered Leadership & Culture
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Personality Overview

How Sarah shows up

Quality Focused
Hard To Convince
Thorough Evaluator

They are not very likely to become strong advocates of your product or service They focus on the results, but can still be quite procedural and analytical about how to get there They have a unique set of diverse traits where they are decisive and methodical but can sometimes be extra cautious and skeptical

Priorities

Topics Sarah cares about

Authentic Leadership
Her coaching practice, Centered Leadership & Culture, is dedicated to helping purpose-driven female leaders lead from a place of authenticity and inner connection.
Founder Mentorship
She draws on her 10+ years of startup experience to mentor founders, including her work with the tech2impact EDGE Program.
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Career

Work history

11-2024
Founder & Coach — Centered Leadership & Culture
Self-employed
3-2023
Secretary, Public Speaker & Mentor
Wiener Toastmasters Rhetorik Klub
3-2023 - 7-2024
Vice President Business Line femSense
SteadySense
7-2020 - 1-2023
CEO & Founder
BRüSLi
12-2018 - 5-2021
Training and Consulting
en.co.tec - Medizinprodukte-Consulting & Akademie
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
3-2024 - 3-2026
Coaching Ausbildung 4.0 & Core Coaching
Future Training Beratung Coaching
1-2014 - 7-2014
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering
University of Maryland
4-2013 - 11-2015
Master of Science - MS
Technische Universität Wien
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

D

Dominance (D)

Dominance (D) reflects how goal and task oriented a person is, and their ability to accomplish results irrespective of how demanding the circumstances might be. Those scoring high tend to be motivated by winning, competition, and success.

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