#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, 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. 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/