Long Life Learning

Our final guest for the main  p ortion  of season  three  brings a n  indispensible   perspective to  conversations about   the state of professional coaching  today:  what value  does a  c oachee   get out of  the   experience ?  Eriona  Gjinukaj , longtime COO of  Dompé  during its growth from Milan-based pharmaceutical to global biotech firm ,  has plenty to share with Kavitha on the topic .  E...

This week, Kavitha is joined by   Neha Gupta,  CEO and   founder  of  Breakthrough AI, which recently launched  a  practice-first coaching platform   powered   by  role play scenarios with   AI  voice tools .  Neha  explains that part of her vision was to provide real-time quantitative and qualitative feedback on effective  communication : particularly  for  individuals who may be highly  technica...

  This week, we're bringing you something new that we're excited to share:  a recent episode of Heidi Brooks' podcast,  Learning Through Experience ,  in  which she and fellow Yale School of Management instructor Zoe Chance discuss the  thrilling ideas and questions that led to the creation of the Certificate in Professional Coaching Program. Please enjoy this vibrant  conversat ion between two  o...

This week, Kavitha is joined by  Dr.  Howie Forman  (MD & MBA)  of Yale University  to discuss the unique role coaching plays in the  world  of medicine.  Howie explains how coaching helped him navigate key turning points in his career,  which has expanded  from  radiology   in to  the worlds of  health  policy, leadership, teaching,  an d  some coaching  and mentoring  of his own.  He and Kavitha...

For the midpoint of Season 3, Kavitha  is joined by  midlife expert Chip Conley, founder of the Modern Elder Academy . Chip's exceptional career  led  him  from  founding  Joie de Vivre  Hospitality  to serving   as  Head of Global Hospitality and Strategy for Airbnb during  the company' s crucial rise from startup to household  name .  Chip's  leadership  frequently  placed him in the role of coa...

This week,  Kavitha is joined by Aha2Impact CEO  Allison Holzer to talk  about how  her background  with the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence  and as an  educator   prepared her for excellence as a master certified executive coach.  Allison  walks Kavitha through the exciting developments at the forefront of coaching today, including expanded opportunities for group and team coaching, int er...

  This week, Kavitha is joined by Shawna Samuel, founder of the Mental Offload Coaching and Advisory Practice, to discuss coaching that is responsive to  lived experience of  women leaders in today's workplace.  Shawna  came to coaching after  years   as a marketing expert   across Europe  helped her realize that her  greatest potential for leadership came in the form  of  mentoring  others  to su...

This week, Kavitha is joined by two guests  at the forefront of development in coaching excellence   who  are  fresh  off of  a whirlwind global tour to train new coaches :   Cameron Smoak and  Madjdy  Kassem , the dynamic co-founders of Educe .  Madjdy  and Cameron share  how their years at McKinsey & Co. led to a passion for professional coaching, and how their work  today  strives to  foster  d...

To kick off  Season 3, Kavitha sits down with longtime Yale SOM  Exec utive   Education  faculty instructor , fellow podcaster, and  f aculty   director  to  the forthcoming  Certificate in Professional  Coaching  Program ,  Dr.  Heidi Brooks . Heidi  explain s why her approach to  coaching is  ground ed in the centrality of relationship s, citing  a long list  of beloved mentors who have shaped t...

Long   Life Learning returns for a third season to showcase a brand-new program: the Certificate in Professional Coaching, which has been designed by Yale faculty and celebrated coaches in alignment with International Coaching Federation Standards. Starting in April 2026, join Kavitha every Monday for conversations with professionals at the forefront of  this dynamic and rapidly evolving field as...

For  the final episode of Season 2,  Kavitha  is joined  via Zoom by two extraordinary  gues ts from the 7 th  YGELP cohort.  Woon Shiu  Lee,   Managing Director and Group Head of the Wealth Planning Family Office and Insurance Solutions at DBS Private Ban k,   calls in from Singapore , along with  Mondo  Mazwai,  C hairperson of the Competition Tribunal  of South Africa.  Together, Mondo and Woon...

This week,  Kavitha brings in Yale Ventures Managing Director Josh  Geballe   shortly after  a nother   successful  annual  gathering of Yale Innovation Summit  leaders  and entrepreneurs .   Josh describes   a career which has  successfully navigated leadership in the   publ ic, private, and nonprofit  sectors .  As former COO  to  Governor Ned Lamont of Connecticut,  CEO  to  Core Informatics  w...

This week, Kavitha is joined by   Dr. Saad Omer,  a  globally  recognized  leading voice in  cutting - edge  research on immunization and vaccination .  Today he is the Founding Dean of the School of Public Health at UT– Southwestern, and  formerly served as inaugural director of the Yale Institute for Global Health. In this  prior  role, he oversaw not only the university's response to the Covid-...

For the first time  on  Long Life Learning , Kavitha is joined by two guests .  Jeff Addison and Erin Gianopoulos are distinguished , now-retired U.S. military  service members   whose friendship began as peers in  last  year's Y GELP  cohort.   Erin and Jeff  join Kavitha in the studio  during  their  Yale SOM   reunion weekend to discuss how military leadership prepared them for executive roles...

When CEO of Nuveen Green Capital  and  repeat  YGELP instructor  Jessica Bailey first got into business, it was because of a fascination  with the  energy  sector' s   ability to drive  for eign  trade and policy . She quickly  identified  a market gap in scaling private capital for s mart financial  energy  solutions , and  partnered with Ali Cooley to carve a  unique  entrepreneurial role which...

This week, Kavitha sits down with Senior Vice  Chairman  and former CEO of AlixPartners Fred Crawford to discuss  his early rise to a C-suite position, and what  advice he has for other aspiring executives on the same path.  Fred   speaks to the importance of not letting the job "run you," managing time  to prioritize  the most important "pizza pie" slices of your life, and knowing when to engage...

In our second episode of the season, Kavitha is joined by  Asha  Rangappa ,  former Special Agent  and current  Assistant Dean and Senior   Lecturer at the Yale  Jackson School of Global Affairs .  Her  work today is   informed by years  spent  with   the  FBI specializing in  counterintelligence,   national security, and  U.S. drug policy  in  Latin America.  Together,  Asha and Kavitha unpack wh...

To kick off Season 2, Kavitha sits down  with  Yale SOM  Professor and Senior Associate Dean  Jeff rey  Sonnenfeld  to discuss the evergreen question, "How do leaders learn?"   Drawing on Jeff's decades of  research  expertise , high-profile media engagement,  and  longtime partnership  with Executive Education,  they   attempt to answer this question for  senior level leaders and  C-Suite executi...

Long Life Learning is back! Join us every Monday this May and June to hear Kavitha Bindra, Executive Director of the Yale School of Management Executive Education, speak with accomplished executives and thought leaders to discuss living with inspiration and vitality. Season 2 centers around leveraging dynamic leadership for global impact, inspired by the voices that come out of the Yale Global Exe...

The final episode of season 1 features Jo Ann Jenkins, visionary CEO of AARP for the past 10 years. Jo Ann has revolutionized the mission of this "nonprofit, nonpartisan, social change organization" to help Americans embrace life after 50 as a vibrant time of transformation and connection. Jo Ann joins Kavitha to talk career pivots, lifelong mentorship, and legacy-making whose benefits extend to p...

This week, CSO, leadership coach, and author Bonnie Wan shares with Kavitha a moment of crisis that changed her life. Back in 2010, Bonnie found herself devoted to work and saying "yes" to everyone but her husband, her children, and herself. Out of a feverish night of writing, the Life Brief was born: an approach to self-examination, a lifestyle, and, most recently, the title of Bonnie's bestselli...

If you've ever caught yourself about to correct a spelling mistake on a grocery list, this week's guest has advice for you: Stop! And reflect:  Why? Yale School of Management Lecturer and reflective writing practitioner Stephanie Dunson joins Kavitha in the studio for a discussion about how the power of process writing moves us from inward reflection to outward, purposeful action. Stephanie encour...

This week's guest, Michael Swiatek, is a longtime airline executive and strategist. He also identifies as a blind, low vision individual, and is pioneering new ways to make flying accessible and comfortable to all travelers. Mike joins Kavitha to explain how he went from despising the airline industry to embracing it as a vocation, and why he's excited, at age 61, to boldly step into a dual role a...

This week, Kavitha is joined by legendary pro-soccer player-turned keynote speaker and human rights activist Joanna Lohman. Together they discuss why Joanna says that she has "refired" rather than retired from professional sports, and why, as a Yale ELI Advisory Board member and upcoming cohort participant, she would encourage other ELI Fellows to do the same.  Join us to learn about Joanna's jour...

In our first-ever episode of Long Life Learning , host Kavitha Bindra (Executive Director, Yale SOM Executive Education) is joined by Marc Freedman, Founder and Co-CEO of CoGenerate. Marc is dedicated to championing intergenerational projects for the greater good, and will serve as Faculty Director for the forthcoming Experienced Leaders Initiative (ELI) provided by Executive Education at the Yale...