Yannick's Coaching Lab: Narrative Coaching with David Drake (2-part event!)

Welcome to Yannick's Coaching Lab!

Be a fly on the wall for a live 45min coaching demo, followed by a debrief, Q&A and conversations with the coach and client, and a chance to practice and experiment in triads in breakout rooms afterwards. You'll get to learn from interesting and experienced practitioners, connect with other coaches and generally have some fun and experiment in a safe and confidential environment.

IMPORTANT NOTE: This is a 2-part event and runs on 3rd March AND 7th April to showcase a 2-session coaching journey with the founder of Narrative Coaching, David Drake.

Your host for the evening

Your host and facilitator is Yannick Jacob, professional coach, trainer and supervisor with over a decade of experience. Yannick is a published coaching author, teaching faculty at Cambridge University, Course Director of the acclaimed ACIC and former Programme Leader of the MSc Coaching Psychology at the University of East London.

Featured Coach

In March and April we welcome the very founder of Narrative Coaching, David Drake, to the Coaching Lab to deliver a 2-session coaching journey. I've not been able to spend one minute with David without being inspired or reflective in some meaningful way, so I'm excited that he's offered to run not one, but two consecutive sessions across two Labs, during which he will be demonstrating his approach to working with narratives in coaching, and no doubt we'll get to make some meaningful connections with his new book on the five coaching maturities and the future of coaching along the way. Join us for this very special 2-part event!

Bio & Approach:

Dr. David Drake is Founder and CEO of The Moment Institute, a global learning community developing post-coaching practitioners. He is Head of Ovida Labs for Ovida, an AI company pioneering better ways to improve communication. They are using his work to develop their award-winning platform, and he is advising larger users on how to get the best results.

David is the founder of Narrative Coaching. He is a Thought Leader for Institute of Coaching at Harvard, a 10x WBECS Summit speaker, and a member of the inaugural class of Coaches50 as part of Thinkers50. His next book on The Five Maturities and the future for coaching will be out in February 2026.

David earned his PhD in Human & Organizational Development from Fielding Graduate University. He has written 80 publications related to coaching, served as Co-Editor of SAGE Handbook of Coaching and Editor of The Philosophy and Practice of Coaching, and wrote Narrative Coaching: The Definitive Guide to Bringing New Stories to Life.

David founded Integrative Development as a new paradigm for developing people and organizations. He has used ID in change, coaching and leadership initiatives in organizations such as ARM, Dropbox, European Patent Office, Google, Logitech, Nike, PwC, Westpac, and government entities on three continents.

About the Lab:

Join us for an inside-look into the inner workings of coaching, find out how and why coaches make certain decisions and how they choose their interventions. You get to witness how the client is experiencing different coaching approaches and we hope you'll get lots of inspiration for your own coaching practice.

After the fishbowl and discussion you'll get a chance to work in triads (coach, client, observer) with the other attendees so that you can take your insights and ideas for a spin, experiment with some new tools and techniques or simply practice some coaching and get some valuable feedback on your work from fellow professional or curious lay clients. Talking about coaching in small groups and sharing our learning with the rest of the group afterward will help us all grow our understanding, knowledge and coaching skills.

Plan for the evening:

• 6:30 Welcome and networking
• 6:45 Live coaching session
• 7:30 Debrief & group discussion

• 8:30 Optional practice sessions in triads/breakout rooms
• 9:15 Sharing Insights
• 9:30 Finish

Session recordings - where coach and client give their permission for the session to be used for training purposes (they will have 1 week post-event to veto or request edits), recordings will be made available to members. This also means that by participating in the Q&A and discussion you agree to be recorded.

Become a member - Our members have access to all Labs . VIP members furthermore get the key to The Vault of recorded coaching sessions: http://www.gocoachinglab.com/membership

Join our FREE Coaching Cabinet, which doubles as a social space and a free peer support group to discuss topics around the business of coaching, peer supervision, or any personal issues (e.g. time management, confidence issues or imposter syndrome) across 3 breakout rooms. We meet every 3rd Tuesday of the month at 6:30pm UK time. Book your free slot here.

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