Professional coaching for leaders and teams under pressure.

You know something needs to change but you’re not sure what or how.

You’re making high stakes decisions in uncertain and unpredictable settings and feeling pulled in multiple directions – all of them urgent. What if you already have everything you need – beneath the noise? I help leaders and teams have clearer, braver and more productive conversations, quit overthinking and make grounded, self-assured decisions and lead with consistency, not urgency and without sacrificing who you are for what you do!

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ashleigh hayden

leadership & team coach

I work with high-performing people under pressure: scaling founders building teams, executives responsible for people for the first time, or leading in industries that never slow down. My approach blends behavioural coaching with real-world experience and evidence-based modalities that enable my clients to make clear decisions under pressure, communicate with greater impact, and lead in a way that feels authentic and sustainable.

โ€œPersonally, I’ve applied a more adaptable mindset when facing unexpected challenges and in the business I have implemented more decisive action-taking by making faster and more confident decisions.โ€

Anonymous | Accountant

work with me

Hexagon Gold delivers tailored coaching programmes to help you lead with clarity, communicate with impact, and build the capacity to perform sustainably.
Our work cultivates your adaptive capacity: your ability to think clearly, respond effectively, and stay grounded under pressure.
Explore our focus areas below.

1:1 coaching

Communication Reset

Avoiding those tough conversations?

You know what you want to say but perhaps you’re doubting or overthinking how to say it. Together, we’ll get to the heart of whatโ€™s stopping you. Understand your authentic style and explore how to have compassionate and courageous, conversations that build trust without burning bridges.

work life balance

Resilience Reset

Has powering through become your norm?

We often mistake endurance: powering through challenging times for resilience: our capacity to respond confidently to change and challenge. Together we’ll help you move out of survival and develop your own way of working to support your energy and focus without sacrificing performance or profit.

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Team Support

feel like you’re only ever fire fighting?

Are you picking up their slack, shielding them from change and finding it all tense and exhausting ?Together we will explore what will help to make your team calmer, clearer and more collaborative – creating space for a culture of trust and autonomy and enabling you to lead your way.

your next step

If something here has resonated with you, but you’re not quite ready to talk, you’re not alone!
Click the link below and share a little about what’s going on for you, Iโ€™ll send some insight to help you reflect and decide whether you would like to explore a coaching partnership.

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resources

Drawing on my ongoing education as a coach, my lived experiences, the research that is fundamental to my role and the things that have worked for my clients – I hope you’ll find your own gold here!

Sometimes it isn’t obvious until it’s been said – help yourself to long form reflections on leadership, resilience, communication and stress management… Read Here

Co-hosted with Lisa Tyler and Morgane Westley, Burnout Unfiltered is a podcast blending research, coaching insight, and our own messy human stories, to talk openly about what burnout really feels like, why it happens and what recovery can look like… Coming Soon

Rooted in behavioural science, real-world coaching experience, and honest human stories, each book offers insight, reflection, and grounded tools to help you move from possible burnout to burnout proof…. Coming Soon

A global study by the International Coach Federation (ICF), in partnership with PricewaterhouseCoopers, found that coaching clients across 64 countries reported a median return on investment of 700% – a sevenfold return on their coaching spend.

2009 ICF Global Coaching Client Study