Ashleigh Hansberger

Ashleigh Hansberger is the Co-Founder & COO of Motto, a bestselling author, Thinkers50 Radar Awardee and leading voice in brand strategy and business innovation. She is also the creator of VisionCamp®, a visionary leadership workshop for exec teams to crystallize their vision and drive it forward with purpose.

As the strategic mastermind behind Motto®, Ashleigh leads day-to-day operations, integrates key business functions, and drives culture, clarity, and communication. She is also a trusted advisor and thought partner to Motto’s $100M+ and Billion-dollar clients, helping executive teams navigate growth, change, and innovation.

Under Ashleigh’s co-leadership, Motto’s award-winning culture has been featured as a Most Loved Workplace®, fueled by an ambitious tight-knit team with a shared vision and high-output work ethic. Her strategic and creative contributions have driven billions of dollars in commerce by shaping the world’s most inspiring products, services, and brands.

Her thought leadership has been featured in every major publication, including Forbes, Entrepreneur, and The Wall Street Journal. She has appeared on Closing Bell on the NY Stock Exchange, The Breakfast Club, and Yahoo Finance. She writes a popular and provocative leadership column for Fast Company with her co-author and co-founder, Sunny Bonnell.

She’s led brand and business strategies for iconic brands like The Minnesota Vikings, Google, Microsoft, Hershey’s, Virgin, Andela, Ninjas in Pyjamas, and 20th Century Fox, while also shaping strategies for the world’s most innovative companies like Aptos, Omni, Ivo, Hello Alice, Artnet, Goodnotes, and hundreds more. Her strategic and creative contributions have driven billions of dollars in commerce by shaping the world’s most inspiring products, services, and brands.

She is the bestselling co-author of Rare Breed: A Guide to Success for the Defiant, Dangerous, and Different (Harper One), which flips the script on business as usual and carves a path for unconventional success. The New York Post declared Rare Breed “one of the top 5 career books of all time.” Seth Godin described it as “brazen” and “a ruckus to make things better.” USA Today called it “an entire windstorm of original thinking.”

Recognized internationally for her sharp minds and brilliant ideas, Ashleigh is awarded as a Thinkers50, DMN Marketer of the Year, Top 30 Global Gurus, Inc. 30 Under 30, and The Webby Awards, to name a few.