Leading from Your Values: The ALIGN Method with Kadine Cooper Ep 353

About this episode

Kadine Cooper discusses the ALIGN method and the importance of leading from one's values in the transition from corporate to coaching.

Kadine Cooper spent nearly 20 years in HR and leadership development before going all in on coaching. She knows what it costs women to mask their identity in corporate spaces, and she has built a method specifically designed to help them stop. In this conversation we talk about values as the foundation of leadership, the real identity shift that happens when you move from corporate to coaching, and what it means to lead as your full self rather than the version of yourself that feels safe. WHAT YOU WILL DISCOVER: * The ALIGN method: Kadine's five-step framework for helping women in corporate leadership move from overwhelm and masking to values-driven, intentional presence * Why so many women in corporate spaces have learned to suppress parts of themselves and what becomes possible when they are given genuine permission to stop * The five F's that anchor Kadine's life and work: faith, family, fun, freedom, and flexibility, and how values become a decision-making filter that eliminates FOMO and self-doubt * What it actually looks like when a client shifts from showing up in tears to showing up lighter, more confident, and fully herself * The real identity challenge coaches face…

People in this episode

Host: Candy Motzek

Guest: Kadine Cooper

Topics covered

• leadership
• values
• coaching
• identity
• women in corporate
• personal development

Keywords

• ALIGN method
• leadership development
• women empowerment
• corporate identity
• coaching transition
• values-driven leadership

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