Hey, I'm Debs
Leadership consultant, executive coach, keynote speaker, author, and — as of 2026 — someone who has finally stopped apologising for taking up space.
Most leadership advice was built for a world that no longer exists. A world where hierarchy matter more than humanity. Where ‘professional’ meant masking emotions. Where managers were taught to control people instead of connect with them and where organisations spend millions on transformation while quietly burning out the humans expected to deliver it.
I am here to change all that.
I’m Deborah Hartung, a noted thought leader in HR, leadership, culture and the future of work. I have created over a dozen proprietary tools and frameworks to help leaders and their teams to build trust, navigate change, improve performance and actually make REAL lasting changes.
For over 25 years, I’ve worked across leadership development, culture transformation, employee experience, behavioural change and organisational effectiveness, helping managers, HR leaders and senior teams to solve the messy human problems that spreadsheets and strategy decks can’t fix.