Meet Ashleigh
Ashleigh Hansberger is a leading voice in the business of branding. A visionary agency founder, business strategist, and bestselling author, she is the Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Motto®, a world-leading strategic branding company based in NYC specializing in brand development and transformation for future-thinking companies. She is also the Co-founder of VisionCamp®, a visionary leadership workshop for founders and leadership teams.
Ashleigh is recognized as one of the world’s top brand thinkers, gracing lists such as 2024 Thinkers50 Radar, Top 30 Global Gurus, Inc. 30 Under 30, and the WEBBY Awards. Her 20-year career in leadership has focused on building Motto® into one of the world’s most respected strategic branding firms and working with executive leaders to steer their organizations into the future.
Clients include Minnesota Vikings, Google, Microsoft, Hershey’s, Virgin Voyages, Andela, Ninjas in Pyjamas, 20th Century Fox, Hello Alice, USA Today, Earnest, HoMedics, Choice Hotels, NFL, 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.
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 is also the 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.”
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