
Jaco Ottink behoort tot één van de weinige mensen in de wereld die de Explorers Grand Slam (Seven Summits, plus de Noordpool en de Zuidpool) heeft voltooid.
Jaco Ottink is geboren in Nederland. Zijn huidige woon- en werkplaats is Londen. Jaco Ottink heeft een passie voor het geven van lezingen, wereldwijd, waardoor dit hem een echte ‘global citizen’ maakt. Na zijn succesvolle beklimming van Mount Everest en door zijn ski expedities naar de Noord en de Zuid Pool, behoort hij nu tot één van de weinige mensen in de wereld die de Explorers Grand Slam (de hoogste berg op elk van de 7 continenten en beide polen) hebben volbracht. Daarnaast heeft hij bijna twintig jaar wereldwijde verkoopervaring in de FMCG-industrie. Deze combinatie maakt hem uniek voor zijn publiek, welke één op één kan zijn, voor een menigte of samen met een leiderschapsteam.
Elke dag stellen we onszelf een doel en voordat we dit doel zelfs bereiken, hebben we al een nieuw doel. Maar wat doen we met onze eigen dromen? Als een ontdekker van de wereld, heeft Jaco zichzelf doelen gesteld die altijd uit een droom voortkomen. Om die reden is hij ervan overtuigd dat we als kind, als tiener of als volwassene, moeten durven dromen. Deze dromen moeten ons uitdagen, verrijken, ons energie kosten en ook energie geven, maar ze moeten ook in ons individuele leven passen. Dare to Dream klinkt eenvoudig, maar nemen we de tijd om na te denken over onze persoonlijke visie en als we dat doen, zijn we in staat dit te vertalen in onze dagelijkse bedrijfsvoering?
Zijn 20-jarige reis om de Explorers Grand Slam te volbrengen in combinatie met zeer extreme mentale en fysieke uitdagingen, komen 100% overeen met de wereld waarin we werken en leven, maar dan vanuit een andere invalshoek. Terwijl het verhaal zich ontvouwt, zal Jaco de groep betrekken bij het oplossen van enkele uitdagingen of dilemma's, waarmee hij werd geconfronteerd tijdens vele van zijn expedities over de wereld. Waaronder:
• Een ultieme voorbereiding is 90% van het succes
• Een ijzeren discipline (goed is niet altijd goed genoeg)
• Wat is je doel? (hoe ziet succes er uit)
• Mentale gezondheid en de waarde daarvan
• Team speler versus een eigen doel
• Externe omstandigheden, welke van invloed zijn op je succes
• Waarom vertrouwen we mensen om ons heen?
• Wat is je moment van omdraaien (een bevroren oog. 3 weken pijn?)
• Wanneer is het moment om succes te vieren?
Jaco Ottink zijn ambitie is om het publiek met de volgende kernboodschappen te overtuigen:
• Durf je droom te achtervolgen, geloof in jezelf dat JIJ het kunt doen!
• Ben je bewust van de Key Drivers om succesvol te zijn
• Dromen realiseren betekent een ijzeren discipline, perfecte voorbereiding en doorzettingsvermogen
Daarnaast is zijn verwachting dat de aanwezigen zijn verhalen, workshops en coaching mee naar huis en naar de werkvloer zullen nemen. En dat zijn inzichten en inspiratie het verwezenlijken van hun dromen zal versnellen.
André de Graeff is een zeer goed luisteraar, heeft een groot inlevingsvermogen en een aimabel mens. Zijn humor in comibinatie met een brede kennis en zijn welbespraaktheid maken hem een goede dagvoorzitter voor themadagen, workshops en congressen.
We invited Jaco to be the keynote speaker for the American School of Warsaw bi-annual high school Career Fair. Our student body, along with quite a few parents and other professionals, were entertained and motivated by Jaco’s recount of his Mt. Everest adventure and his approach and insights into making and striving for personal goals. His talk was relatable for all ages and provided a great start to our day. In addition to his opening presentation, Jaco conducted three “break out” sessions called, “Seven Steps to Your Dreams.” Throughout, students were engaged and appreciated Jaco’s approach to having them think creatively and practically, at the same time, about their future goals and dreams. The overall success of his talk and workshops prompted us to invite him back to speak with parents from our ASW community. Thank you, Jaco!
Jaco Ottink, motivational speaker, conqueror of Mount Everest and the remaining six highest peaks of each continent came to our high school. Based on previous experience, both from 20 years of work in the international corporation, personal life and successful expeditions demanding iron discipline, perseverance and courage in the realization of dreams, this courageous Dutchman has become an inspiring unit for change.
An hour-long meeting with Jaco was not only a story of an extremely interesting man about the hardships and challenges of gripping eight-thousands or the North Pole, but also a personal story, a journey into himself and asking himself questions about goals, values ??and the degree of determination that can be potentially each one of us. Maybe we will not be the best at what we do, but how much satisfaction is there going beyond the sphere of comfort and developing our own potential! Thanks again, the teachers and students were really impressed and take your story with them on their own journey.
We invited Jaco as motivational speaker for the kickoff of the new business year. Very inspiring to hear about his dream and his (long) way to fulfill it. During the 1 hour presentation the audience was highly engaged and afterwards he became the talk of the day. It inspired all of us to set up our own dreams and to start making them come true!
I wanted to thank you for your contribution to the 2016 Sales & Marketing Conference of Tarkett Australia. Your presentation ‘Planning for Success’ on the basis of your Seven Summit experience, was perceived as very inspiring and helped us to get our message across in an excellent manner. On behalf of the Australian Management Team a BIG thank you for your contribution!
Our goal was to create a Belvedere Collective from all the different brand managers and other key brand stakeholders around the globe during a 3 days Belvedere Immersion in Warsaw. The tactics Jaco used to bring the individuals together from the beginning were highly efficient and very engaging for all. Literally in a few hours the base for establishing the Collective was created. The inspiration of Jaco his personal dream has been superb which resulted in highly motivated participants during the team workshop activities. Jaco has a real talent to read the culture of the company and the atmosphere between the participants, which are absolutely key succeeding with the set goals related to the Belvedere Immersion. Besides leaving the group inspired and succeeded to establish the Belvedere Collective, Jaco has made 38 new friends, which showcase how good he is to connect with each individual. Still nowadays when I visit different countries, brand managers participated asks about him and tells how inspired they have been about his dream and capabilities to present and lead a group towards their goals. Obviously I highly recommend Jaco to each profit and non-profit organisation in order to inspire many more people and children. Na zdrowie Jaco!
Inspiration comes for many of us after being exposed to someone with passion. That is exactly what 1000 Randstad employees experienced in 2018 when meeting Jaco Ottink. Randstad is implementing a new brand promise ‘Human Forward’ in which the dedication and professionalism Jaco showed was a very welcome and natural part of the introduction of this program. In a very authentic and passionate way Jaco shared during 6 sessions his experiences as a mountaineer and his view on how to pursue your dreams. The audience became inspired by his accomplishments brought on a very natural way and the dedication and preparation behind it each expedition.
I would without any doubt recommend Jaco to any company to share his stories and I am convinced that he will leave the audience inspired and with a mission to find and or share their own dream.
At the end of October, we had the pleasure of having 5 guest lectures done by Jaco. With these quest lectures we wanted to make sure that all our first and second year students (1.500) had the opportunity to listen to his inspiring story of how he managed to fulfil his dream and the lessons he learned along the way. We wanted to incorporate these lectures in our coaching-program so that we could challenge students to think about their own dreams and how to accomplish them.
Due to his energetic and passionate way of speaking he easily managed to win the attention of the crowd and keep them interested, even long after the actual lectures. He did so, not only with his entertaining style, but also by making people reflect on their own dreams. Now, a few weeks later, I can still see the effect.
Now, I regularly meet students with whom I have deeper conversations about their own dreams and how they want to accomplish them. Even during normal book-keeping lessons. As a teacher and as a coach I couldn’t have asked for more. Thanks to Jaco’s passion and drive to motivate others, he helped to get my students motivated, to make them think about their future and what would be necessary to make them happy.
Jaco Ottink is an exceptional Mentor. I have the privilege to have Jaco as my Mentor since 2013. Since then, Jaco and I have met together every three months to discuss my professional and personal journey and goals. Jaco has the ability to be truly empathic and provide powerful feedback and guidance to both my professional and personal journeys. As a result of Jaco’s mentoring, it has allowed me to establish much stronger and clearer personal values and professional goals in my life.