Author: Yannick Jacob

Simple question – huge impact

What makes a question a powerful question?  Is there such a thing as a “magic question”? Arguably some questions are more powerful than others. And some questions can feel like

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Lean into your “weakness”?

Sometimes it’s pretty frustrating to observe my mind at work.  Today was one of those times. Still quite productive I’d say, but in some considerable tension with what the experts

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The dilemma of authenticity

“Just be yourself!” “What a terrible piece of advice!”, I heard someone say once, and it took me a moment to grasp the enormity of the challenge that was being

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Coaching is hard work – or is it?

One of the most profound flow experiences I’ve ever experienced was driving on the German Autobahn from Gießen to Frankfurt – at an average(!) speed of 200km/h (125mp/h). I was

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Does coaching work? 

It is something that experienced coaches know – intuitively and from experience: Coaching works.  But how do we know? Perhaps the progress or change that occurred would have occurred either

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