Author: Deborah Hartung

At some time or other in your life, you will find yourself questioning your own abilities and feeling like a total fraud. You will feel like a giant phony and be fearful that any second now, someone is going to catch you out and expose you for the fraud that you are. You are not…

One of the most crucial skills any leader needs to develop, is their communication skills and their ability to motivate and inspire people through difficult times or to have really tough conversations without ruining the relationship in the long term. For as long as I can remember, I have been bombarded with messages telling me…

It’s a brand new year, full of promise and opportunity. Everyone is excited and has the absolute best of intentions to improve their lives and to do more and be better. But it’s also a really stressful and overwhelming time, especially if you have ‘failed’ in the past or if you are at a crossroads…

Maya Angelou is famously quoted as having said that people may forget what you said or did, but they will never forget how you made them feel. In our digital world, we are losing a lot of what makes us truly ‘human’ and it’s important that we preserve that authentic humanity and bring warmth, kindness…

It’s a physical impossibility to give all your attention to more than one thing at a time and to do really great work. The truth is, there is no such thing as multitasking – there’s only doing a mediocre job (at best) on a bunch of different things. And no, listening to music while you’re…

In our hyper-connected and ‘always on’ world, we are moving towards a point where we have more digital interactions via social media and various other applications, than we have IRL personal interactions. For an introvert, this is pretty awesome, especially when you’re not in the mood to ‘people’. But somewhere along the way, we are…

We all go through periods where we are lacking in motivation or we feel stuck and we need a little help seeing the woods for the trees. No matter how stuck or tired or demotivated you may be feeling you can get yourself up off that couch and out of your slump if you follow…