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Neuroscience training

Three levels to understand your brain, apply neuroscience in your work, then put it at the service of coaching.

Our key to transformation: neuroscience and cognitive-behavioural approaches.

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Do you recognise this situation?

The warning signs

  • Training courses attended, then old habits coming back
  • Decisions made under the influence of emotion or fatigue
  • Attention scattered between a thousand demands
  • Stress that blocks thinking at the moment it matters most
  • Willing teams who find change exhausting

Who is it for?

  • Executives and managers
  • HR managers and trainers
  • Coaches and support professionals
  • Teachers and educators
  • Anyone who wants to understand how they function

Level 1 is open to all, with no prior scientific knowledge required. Levels 2 and 3 take the journey further.

The programme

Three levels, one progressive path

You move forward level by level, at your own pace. Together, the three levels form a complete path of 84 hours and 21 modules.

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Level 1 · Basic

The fundamentals of neuroscience

14 hours i.e. 2 days
Objective

Understand how your brain works, learns, decides and reacts, to better manage your emotions, your attention and your habits.

Audience and prerequisites

Open to all: executives, managers, teachers, coaches and anyone who wants to understand how they function. Entry level, accessible with no prior scientific knowledge.

  1. The brain: a user’s guideNeurons, synapses, the main regions of the brain and how they communicate: the basics of neurobiology, explained simply.
    2 h
  2. NeuroplasticityThe brain changes at any age: how it learns, and how to replace one habit with another.
    2 h
  3. Emotions and stressThe origin and role of emotions, the stress response in the body and the brain, techniques to return to calm.
    3 h
  4. Attention, memory and decision-makingThe limits of attention, how memory works, the main biases that influence our choices.
    3 h
  5. Motivation and habitsThe reward circuit and how to anchor a new behaviour for the long term.
    2 h
  6. Sleep, energy and performanceThe role of sleep, movement and breaks in memory, mood and clarity of mind.
    2 h

Validation: SMARTE Coaching certificate of attendance.

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Level 2 · Intermediate

Applied neuroscience

28 hours i.e. 4 days
Objective

Move from understanding to practice: use neuroscience to regulate your emotions, decide better, learn better and work better with others.

Audience and prerequisites

Managers, HR managers, trainers, teachers and professionals who want to apply neuroscience in their work. Prerequisite: level 1 or equivalent knowledge.

  1. Neurobiology: the major systemsKey neurotransmitters and hormones (dopamine, serotonin, noradrenaline, cortisol) and their effect on mood, energy and behaviour.
    4 h
  2. Emotional regulationFrom reaction to response: spotting the warning signal, reappraising the situation, regulation techniques in real situations.
    4 h
  3. Lasting stress and recoveryThe effects of prolonged stress, signs of exhaustion, recovery and prevention strategies.
    4 h
  4. Learning and memoryHow the brain retains: attention, repetition, sleep, emotion. Learning and helping others learn effectively.
    4 h
  5. Cognitive biases and decisionsThe brain’s shortcuts, their traps in professional decisions, methods for deciding more clearly.
    4 h
  6. The social brainEmpathy, trust, a sense of safety, communication: what is at play between people and within a team.
    4 h
  7. Motivation and behaviour changeCommitment, goals, habits: building your personal and professional action plan.
    4 h

Validation: SMARTE Coaching certificate of achievement, awarded after an assessment and the submission of an action plan.

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Level 3 · Advanced

Advanced neuroscience and coaching

42 hours i.e. 6 days
Objective

Master neuroscience to lead, train and coach: design and run your own interventions based on how the brain works, with the tools of cognitive-behavioural approaches (CBT).

Audience and prerequisites

Coaches, trainers, consultants and support professionals. Prerequisite: level 2.

  1. Advanced neurobiologyBrain networks, neuromodulation systems, the relationship between body and brain.
    6 h
  2. The neuroscience of leadershipNeuromanagement: a team’s attention, motivation and engagement, the conditions for collective performance.
    6 h
  3. Leading changeWhy the brain resists change, psychological safety, anchoring new practices.
    5 h
  4. CBT, a tool built into supportCognitive-behavioural approaches (CBT) as a support tool in neuroscience: cognitive restructuring, gradual exposure, behaviour modification, within a coaching framework.
    6 h
  5. Designing an interventionBuilding a training course, a workshop or a support programme based on neuroscience: goals, sequences, exercises, measurement.
    5 h
  6. Critical reading and ethicsTelling established facts from popular myths about the brain, reading a study, the practitioner’s ethical framework.
    4 h
  7. Supervised case studiesRole plays on real cases brought by participants, with individual feedback.
    6 h
  8. Application project and defencePresentation of your personal project to the trainer.
    4 h

Validation: SMARTE Coaching advanced-level certificate, awarded after an assessment and the defence of the application project.

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Framework of the training: these three levels develop professional and personal skills. CBT tools are taught as support tools, within a coaching framework; medical and psychological care remains the responsibility of health professionals.

How it works

A 4-step approach

We always start from your real situation, and we measure what has changed at the end.

Practical arrangements

  • Individual or group training
  • Online, or in person in Douala and on your premises
  • Sessions scheduled by mutual agreement
  • Practical exercises and case studies
  • Content adapted to your sector and your practice

Diagnosis

An interview and, if needed, the SMARTE Index to understand your situation.

Intervention

The format suited to your audience and your goals.

Measurement

A review to put objective figures on the progress made.

Follow-up

A follow-up meeting to anchor the changes.

Free guide: “How to manage my emotions in difficult moments with neuroscience”, a 5-step method and 7 days of exercises.

Download my free guide“How to manage my emotions”
Our key to transformation

Solid knowledge, explained simply

From level 1 to level 3, this training presents neuroscience in accessible language. We separate what research has established from popular myths about the brain, and every notion is linked to a work situation and an exercise, so that you leave with reference points you can use the next day.

What you gain

Concrete results

  • A better understanding of your reactions and those of others
  • Simple tools to regulate stress and emotions
  • Better-protected attention and more considered decisions
  • Habit changes that last over time
  • At level 3, the ability to design and run your own interventions
Going further

The SMARTE method

Neuroscience is the key to transformation in our method: six pillars to turn every trial into a springboard.

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Free guide

How to manage my emotions in difficult moments with neuroscience

A 5-step method and a 7-day programme, by Coach Achille SATIEU, certified NeuroCoach. Get it right away, free of charge.

Download my free guide“How to manage my emotions”

Want to know more?

Detailed programme, dates, organisation, fees: write to us and we will answer you personally. WhatsApp: +237 699 41 57 49

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