Brain-Based Coaching Certificate®
Why Coaches Trained in Neuroscience Coach Differently
Most coaching programmes teach you a process to follow. The Brain-Based Coaching Certificate® teaches you how the brain works: so you understand why the process works, and what to do when it doesn't.
Built on the Results Coaching™ methodology and refined over 25 years, the BBCC draws on contemporary neuroscience, positive psychology, adult learning theory, and behaviour change research. You'll learn to apply proprietary, evidence-based frameworks including the SCARF® Model, the Dance of Insight™, and the CREATE Model™: not as scripts, but as tools you can adapt to any conversation.
- Recognise what's happening neurologically when a coachee is stuck
- Facilitate insight and turn it into well-designed action
- Help others build sustainable new habits grounded in how the brain actually changes
Which Programme Is Right for You?
Brain-Based Conversation Skills® (BBCS)
Learn a neuroscience-grounded approach to more effective conversations: whether you're coaching, leading, or developing others.
Can be taken as a standalone course or as Part 1 of the full BBCC pathway.
Earn 30 ICF-accredited training hours.
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Brain-Based Coaching Certificate® (BBCC)
The complete programme: BBCS + Brain-Based Coaching Toolkit, built on the Results Coaching™ methodology.
Includes integrated mentoring, performance evaluation, and the ICF Level 1 accreditation pathway.
Earn 68 ICF-accredited training hours.
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Why Brain-Based Coaching?
Based on decades of neuroscience and Dr. David Rock's Results Coaching™ methodology, Brain-Based Coaching teaches you to help people think differently—not just behave differently. You'll learn to facilitate insights, enable sustainable change, and work at the level where real transformation happens: inside the brain itself.
Designed for professionals who value evidence over intuition and want proven methods that work with how people actually think and learn.
Evidence-Based, Not Intuition-Based
Every technique is grounded in neuroscience research. You'll understand not just what works, but why it works—and be able to explain it to sceptical clients who demand proof.
Change Thinking, Not Just Behaviour
Most coaching focuses on what people do. Brain-Based Coaching focuses on how people think—the mental models and neural patterns that drive all behaviour and decision-making.
Impasses → Insights → New Habits
A clear, structured progression: identify where clients are stuck, facilitate breakthrough insights, translate those insights into action, and embed new habits that stick.
The Foundation: David Rock and Linda J. Page's Coaching with the Brain in Mind demonstrates how understanding neuroscience allows coaches to achieve real, measurable results—through evidence, not guesswork.
What is Brain-Based Conversation Skills® (BBCS)?
Every workplace conversation is an opportunity to help someone think more clearly and act more deliberately. BBCS is a practice-rich programme that teaches you a neuroscience-grounded approach to facilitating insight, enabling action, and building lasting habits. Whether you're new to coaching or an experienced practitioner, it provides practical, evidence-based tools for more effective conversations.
Can be taken as a standalone course or as Part 1 of the full BBCC pathway
Earn 30 ICF-accredited training hours
BBCS — Brain-Based Conversation Skills®
What You'll Learn
- ✓ Brain-based communication using the SCARF® Model
- ✓ The neuroscience of insight and the Dance of Insight™
- ✓ Turning insight into well-designed action with the CREATE Model™
- ✓ Emotion regulation and building sustainable new habits
What's Included
- • 8 modules across 30 hours (23 live + 7 self-study)
- • Flexible formats: spaced, accelerated, intensive, or immersive
- • Live sessions via Zoom with a diverse EMEA cohort
- • Peer coaching practice with facilitator feedback
- • Dedicated online learning platform
- • Certificate of completion, 30 ICF-accredited training hours, and digital badge
What is the Brain-Based Coaching Toolkit® (BBCT)?
Building on Brain-Based Conversation Skills, the Coaching Toolkit takes you from having powerful conversations to running them with real depth and structure. Over 12 weeks, you'll learn to manage full coaching engagements: from the initial contracting conversation through to completion, with integrated mentoring and performance evaluation built into the programme.
Prerequisite: completion of BBCS (Brain-Based Conversation Skills)
Or enrol in the full BBCC pathway from the start
BBCT — Brain-Based Coaching Toolkit®
(requires BBCS completion)
What You'll Learn
- ✓ Set brain-friendly goals and manage full coaching engagements
- ✓ Deliver effective feedback using a neuroscience-based approach
- ✓ Navigate unconscious bias and improve decision-making
- ✓ Build new habits and guide coachees from contracting through to completion
What's Included
- • 12 sessions over 12 weeks (24.5 hours live + 14 hours self-study)
- • 7 training modules (14 hours)
- • 5 Coaching in Action group mentoring sessions (7 hours)
- • 2 individual mentoring sessions with experienced NLI coaches (3 hours)
- • Performance evaluation against ICF core competencies
- • 28 ICF-accredited training hours + 10 mentoring hours
- • Certificate of completion and digital badge
What Our Participants Say
Hear from coaches, leaders, and HR professionals across EMEA who have completed the programme.
"Brain-Based Conversation Skills is one of the best courses I have completed in my career. It has changed my whole approach!"
Heather Matla
HR Director, LEGO Group
"I learned so much about the brain and how it impacts our behaviour and decision-making. NLI sets itself apart by providing a more effective and engaging coaching experience."
Natasa Kulessa
Agile Coach, Vodafone
"I gained a huge amount of knowledge and really understand the fundamentals of how neuroscience works. It has elevated the way I have coaching conversations."
Edward Del Monte
Global Head Commercial Performance, Standard Chartered Bank
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Programme Comparison
BBCS
Conversation Skills (Part 1)
BBCT
Coaching Toolkit (Part 2)
BBCC
Full Certificate (Part 1 + Part 2)
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