Business Performance &
Capability Strategist
Kayleigh
Atherton
I work with founders and leadership teams to align people, capability and operations, strengthening the foundations needed for sustainable growth.
Does Running Your Business Feel Harder Than It Needs to Be?
I can help your business perform as strongly behind the scenes as it appears from the outside.
Why things might feel harder than they should (at the moment)
Growing Pains
The business has moved forward, but the foundations underneath haven’t fully caught up yet.
Stretching Team Capability
People are doing their best, but learning, confidence and clarity haven’t evolved at the same pace as demand.
Fragmented Operations
Processes and standards aren't documented. Roles and responsibilites are unclear.
This is a common stage of growth. With the right focus, it's also one that can be strengthened quickly.
Kayleigh
I work with founders and leadership teams at the point where growth starts to put pressure on the business.
From the outside, things look successful. Internally, decisions slow down, teams feel stretched and the way the business operates no longer matches the ambition driving it forward.
My background spans across:
Learning
Capability and operations
Corporate, automotive and entrepreneurial
Over the past decade, I’ve worked inside complex organisations and scaling businesses, seeing first-hand what actually enables performance and what quietly undermines it.
What I bring is clarity and perspective. I help leaders see where misalignment is happening between people, capability and operations, and support them to fix it in a way that works in practice, not just on paper.
The focus is always the same: strengthening the foundations of the business so performance can keep up with growth.
Alongside my advisory work, I am the Founder and Managing Director of The Evolved Group, a collective of specialist businesses supporting organisations and founders through performance, development and delivery.
Evolved Business Support
Strategic consultancy supporting founders and organisations to strengthen performance, capability and operations as they grow.
Evolved Learning
A learning and development agency designing digital courses, capability pathways and learning experiences for global organisations and online businesses.
Evolved Studio
A creative studio supporting the design and delivery of high quality assets, from digital courses and funnels to brochures, social content and event materials.
Working With Me
Advisory & Consultancy
Strategic consultancy focused on diagnosing issues, setting clear priorities and supporting practical implementation so performance can improve sustainably.
Perfect For:
Founders and leadership teams navigating growth or change
Organisations where performance feels inconsistent or strained
Leaders who need clarity on what's really holding things back
Business ready to strengthen their client results via better internal performance
Keynote & Executive Sessions
Keynotes and sessions that surface the gap between how a business looks on the outside and how it actually operates underneath, and the leadership behaviours that shape performance.
Perfect For:
Leadership events, conferences and offsites
Founder communities looking for inspiration and challenge
Organisations wanting to re-think performance, impact and responsibility
Audiences ready for honest, thought-provoking perspectives
What Clients Say
Managing Director - My Centre office
I really loved working with Kayleigh. An excellent Program Lead, Project Manager, Digital Transformation lead and many more. Kayleigh is very good at defining a vision and getting others to share in the business vision, understand the objectives and take ownership where required. I worked with Kayleigh in a large multinational automobile company and Kayleigh’s leadership was excellent.
Working with Kayleigh was a delight. Kayleigh is very supportive to colleagues, makes herself available when required and is an excellent communicator, being very clear at all times.
Kayleigh also has exceptional stakeholder management skills and worked really well with senior stakeholders, both internal and external. She had a good grip of very important relationships including external / 3rd party organisations and has a very mature way of handling tough conversations, bringing harmony, clarity and direction where required.
Managing Director - ignite improvement
Kayleigh is the epitome of an operational expert! Kayleigh is very strong at creating an ethos of operational excellence across her team, Department and senior stakeholders. Kayleigh is very talented at taking very a high level concepts/vision and developing the full implementation plan and then successfully leading complex programmes through to completion. Kayleigh is also an expert in Learning design and development, she embraces lifelong learning to ensure her methods, tools and techniques are best practice. Kayleigh is innovative, diligent, tenacious and an absolute joy to work with! I have learnt an incredible amount from Kayleigh and would recommend her to anyone!
My Healthcare Recruit - Managing Director
I’ve had the pleasure of partnering with Kayleigh on multiple projects, and she is hands-down the most no-fluff L&D/ business strategy consultant I know. From day one, she zeroes in on exactly what you need, lays out crystal-clear outcomes, and gives you a budget and timeline she actually sticks to - every single time. No surprises, no excuses, she just gets the job done.
What really sets Kayleigh apart is how genuinely invested she is in your success. She takes the time to dig into your goals and context, then isn’t afraid to challenge the brief with smarter, more cost-effective solutions that deliver the same (or better) impact. And she does it all at pace - delivering work of exceptional quality without dragging out the process.
Simply put, Kayleigh is my go-to consultant. If you want someone who tells it like it is, follows through on her promises, and consistently drives outstanding results, you can’t go wrong with her. I can’t recommend her highly enough.
Head of global l&d - volvo cars
Working with Kayleigh has been an absolute pleasure! She seamlessly integrated into our team during a critical transformation period, leading major initiatives such as the implementation of our global learning system and acting as PMO Manager. Kayleigh's strategic mindset, structure, and collaborative approach were instrumental in shaping our L&D strategy and driving organizational transformation. I truly appreciated her professionalism, reliability, and positive energy during such a dynamic and change-intensive time. Thanks a lot!
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