Linda Yaven (Coach Elle)

CREATIVE leadership Coach . communication specialist  

I'm a coach, teacher & painter. Since 2000 I’ve worked with some remarkable people and teams immersed in quant worlds of analytics, metrics and generative AI, each receiving the rich rewards of my original, highly personalized talent blueprints.

It's a future facing, results oriented mash-up of evidence based & soft skill ways to link accomplishment, well being & work-life fit.

I've rolled up my sleeves coaching at IDEO, Linked-In, Pixar, Allianz, Oru Kayak, Nature Conservancy, Teall Sports & Entertainment, OKCOIN, Kreatives, Strong Brew, Tipping Point, Google, REVEL, Oakland Promise & Stanford U on my creative leadership system.


At California College of the Arts, I am honored to teach in the MBA & Masters Interaction Design programs.

As a studio artist I served as advisor/documenter to The Making Learning Visible Institute at Harvard & led an original feedback protocol for Department of Defense Education Branch.

Some days you can find me coaching music bands.

In Star Wars, the rebel base is on the fourth moon of the planet "Yaven".