Academic involvement

In partnership with the Vaal University of Technology, Deshun is currently researching performance management and is also working towards a Masters Degree in that subject.
She is also an annual guest lecturer at the Ravensburg Berufsakademie (Ravensburg Career Academy) in Germany where, for two weeks each year, she addresses students on communication, team work, managing energy/time, work/personal life integration, etc.

She holds a Higher Diploma in Education from Rand College and Rand Afrikaans University and spent five years as a schoolteacher during which time she realised her dream to climb Mt. Everest (as a member of the 1st South African Everest expedition in in 1996).
She joined the I Can Foundation in 1996 and ran youth development workshops and women’s training programmes for two years.  After six years with The Pacific Institute SA as a process facilitator and accreditor and also as a conference speaker at The Pacific Institute, USA. Deshun launched her own company in 2004.
Her consulting skills have been honed through interventions with both multi nationals and South African Top 100 companies.