Light your path.
Craft the way.
Grow and accelerate.
Akari Alight Coaching
We illuminate growth-focused emerging leaders to make meaningful movement in their leadership journeys.
Our Values
Akari means “light” in Japanese. Having a powerful light is a critical tool that shows us the next step and where we need to move. Our coach and clients embrace the following values to help light up their paths and accelerate their journeys.
Our TOP VALUES are:
Growth, Safety, Confidence,
Resilience, Action, and Accountability.
About the Coach
Mandy Chandler provides a decade of HR experience. She found it fulfilling to advise managers and leaders on team dynamics, people development, conflict resolution and performance management. Mandy also specialized in hiring. She conducted interview training with 40+ hiring managers and conducted interviews with 400+ candidates.
As a certified coach, Mandy is passionate about building emotional intelligence and resilience for rising leaders. She coaches with thought-provoking questions, integrity, empathy and strategy.
Mandy is a credentialed Associate Certified Coach with the the International Coaching Federation (ICF). She is trained through the Coaching Mastery Certificate Program which is accredited by the ICF. Mandy is also a GiANT Worldwide Guide certified in facilitating the ‘5 Voices Assessment’. She has worked with 40 clients and gained almost 300 hours of pure coaching experience. Mandy also received a Bachelor of Commerce in Marketing and Human Resources at the University of British Columbia in 2007.
Mandy was born in Hong Kong and raised in Vancouver, Canada. She moved to Atlanta, Georgia and married her husband, Matthew Chandler. Mandy enjoys traveling the world. Her favorite places include Australia, Japan, London, Paris, Normandy Coast, the Swiss Alps, Belgium, Singapore, and, of course, Hong Kong. But, she will always be connected to the Pacific Northwest.
What Akari Alight Clients Are Saying
“Mandy is an excellent coach. She listens with genuine empathy, asks thought-provoking questions, and maintains the highest level of professionalism. Since working with Mandy, I have experienced an important shift in perspective and significant progress toward my personal goals. If you are looking for a coach, she is the one that you want!”
— Laura B.
“Mandy's coaching has helped me break through barriers and helped me to gain confidence and action in areas of my life that I was stagnant. Mandy brings experience, non-judgment and a way to raise my awareness to make meaningful changes in my life. Specifically, Mandy's follow up each week with the topic, themes, awareness, and action steps help me as I progress. I highly recommend having a coach to gain significant growth both personally and professionally!”
— Leah V.
“Coaching makes you realize that gaining insight from another unbiased perspective is very valuable. I was able to form attainable goals by using the tools and insight that Mandy provided. She is unique because of her patient, gentle-nature, as well as her enthusiasm and commitment to your well-being as a coach. She really understands how messy things can feel, and after every session I felt little less tangled.”