#97: Yannick Jacob – Going Beyond Blueprints to Challenge the Status Quo of Coaching
Growing up with a father and brother who were “never wrong” left Yannick Jacob seeking a life that wasn’t about right answers. That led him to coaching, and more specifically to existential coaching, a space where humanity’s oldest and most profound questions – and the plethora of answers to them – can be explored at a deeper level.
Yannick is an existential life and leadership coach, a positive psychologist, and the programme director of the Accredited Certificate in Integrative Coaching (ACIC) at the School of Positive Transformation. In this episode of The Coach’s Journey Podcast, he shares what he learned about himself in order to hear his calling and live his truth as someone driven to explore the whole spectrum of what life has to offer.
Host Neil Mackinnon helps Yannick to illuminate the links between his many passions, such as existential philosphy and DJing, and to demonstrate how integrating his variety of interests enriches his all areas of his work.
Yannick also discusses his groundbreaking Coaching Lab, which offers the chance to witness highly experienced coaches live at work, and Rocket Supervision, which provides coaches with the support they need to practice at the top of their game.
This episode will resonate with anyone who wants to feel empowered to shake up traditional coaching paradigms and create a practice that feels authentic and energising, as Yannick brings his remarkable breadth of experience and expertise to bear on some of the most fundamental questions we face as coaches and as human beings.
In this episode, Yannick and Neil Mackinnon also talk about:
Courageous choices, and how embracing discomfort can help to build meaning
Enlarging your sphere of influence to enable people to connect with you
The power of being financially committed to something, and the benefits to your clients of raising your fees
When we should be brave enough to challenge the traditional frame and share more of ourselves with our clients
Yannick issues a rallying cry to everyone in the coaching space to frame their space, sculpt the approach that works for them, and lean into their passion for their own way of doing things.
For more information about Yannick, visit www.existential.coach
For more information about host Neil Mackinnon, visit neilmackinnon.net/
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THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT THAT YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN:
Rocket Supervision www.RocketSupervision.com
Coaching Lab www.GoCoachingLab.com
Yannick’s Nuggets (mailing list) https://gocoachinglab.com/nuggets
Dr Nash Popovich https://www.personalwellbeingcentre.org/nash-popovic
Martin Seligman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Seligman
RS Lazarus on the Positive Psychology movement https://www.researchgate.net/publication/232977091_Does_the_Positive_Psychology_Movement_Have_Legs
Soren Kierkegaard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B8ren_Kierkegaard
Jean-Paul Sartre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Paul_Sartre
New School of Psychotherapy and Counselling https://nspc.org.uk/
Christopher Neubert https://human-edge.com/team/christian-neubert/
The Academy of Executive Coaching https://www.aoec.com/
An Introduction to Existential Coaching: How Philosophy Can Help Your Clients https://www.aoec.com/
Yannick’s book, An Introduction to Existential Coaching: How Philosophy Can Help Your Clients Live with Greater Awareness, Courage and Ownership https://www.amazon.co.uk/Introduction-Existential-Coaching-Philosophy-Awareness/dp/0367139995
Albert Bandura’s Social Learning Theory https://www.simplypsychology.org/bandura.html
Coaching Starter Kit https://rocketsupervision.com/coaching-starter-kit/
Erik de Haan http://www.erikdehaan.com/
Peter Hawkins https://thoughtleadership.org/staff-member/peter-hawkins/
Montessori https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montessori_education
The Coach’s Journey Flywheel https://www.animascoaching.com/about-animas/our-team/nick-bolton/
Nick Bolton, Animas https://www.animascoaching.com/about-animas/our-team/nick-bolton/
Heron’s six categories of intervention https://challengingcoaching.co.uk/herons-six-categories-of-intervention/
Nancy Kline https://www.timetothink.com/nancy-kline/
ICF https://coachingfederation.org/
The Artful Coach and the Soulful Coaching Business Workshop: https://www.3dcoaching.com/artful-coach-soulful-business/
BIOGRAPHY FROM YANNICK
Yannick Jacob is an Existential Life and Leadership Coach (MA), a Positive Psychologist (MSc), a Coach Trainer & Supervisor (DIP) and a Mediator (SPCP Dispute Resolution). He’s the Program Director of the Accredited Certificate in Integrative Coaching (ACIC) at the School of Positive Transformation (for which he’s gathered many of the world’s most influential coaches and pioneers) and he was the Programme Leader of the MSc Coaching Psychology at the University of East London (2015-18). Yannick is part of the teaching faculties at The School of Life, Animas Centre for Coaching and the International Centre for Coaching Supervision.