I have been coaching since 2009 and am now a Licensed Neuro-Link Brain profile Assessor.
Using the NAP profiling as a tool in my coaching practice has opened up a fascinating new world of insight for me. I am passionate about human behaviour and why people behave as they do and I am a firm believer in the uniqueness of each of my coachees.
The NAP profiling has taken the guess work out of how my coachee shows up in the world and how they process information. Having this amazing insight helps me to change my approach and my language, appropriate to their unique style.
The NAP profile is beautifully laid out and extremely comprehensive with amazing graphics. Coachees are easily able to relate to the information and apply it to their lives. They experience “Ah-ha” moments when they understand their hindrances under stress and with this new self-awareness can learn to consciously recognise their triggers and “switch-on” their non-dominant brain hemisphere when experiencing a stressful situation.
Understanding whether they are Receptive/Expressive and Rational/Emotional also brings new awareness and a discussion on how they can balance this out to achieve optimisation and enhanced performance. Understanding “how” they are intelligent brings relief to my coachees and a renewed sense of confidence in the realisation that they are completely unique in their makeup and can use their intelligence preference as a strength in their world rather than, in some cases, something that makes them feel “less than”.
As a Coach, my challenge is to assist my coachee to optimise their performance both in their personal and their professional lives. Having a measure of their brain fitness through the brain drivers is a perfect “gap analysis” to give me the knowledge and insight of which areas to focus my coaching on. This speeds up the coaching process.
Using the NAP profile in coaching has been hugely valuable in creating awareness around how we can consciously create neuroplasticity toward living with a fully integrated brain and to become the best possible version of ourselves.
Janice Hanly

“Neuro-Agility is about optimizing the brain-mind elements that increase the ease, speed, and flexibility with which you think, learn and process information. It helps you to optimize your brain fitness and increase your mental flexibility, enabling you to have a fast, focused, and flexible mind.”
Dr André Vermeulen is a founding member, owner and CEO of Neuro-Link, a boutique consultancy utilizing applied neuroscience to develop agile people and organizations. He is also part time lecturer and member of the Neuroscience Research Group of the University of Pretoria where his function is to translate neuroscience into practical tools that will help business to drive better business results through people.
As an internationally recognized thought leader in the neuroscience of learning and neuro-agility, Dr Vermeulen brings more than 27 years’ experience in helping people and organizations develop talent, increase their performance and reduce risk for human error.
Andre is regarded as a pioneer in the neuroscience of workplace learning and performance optimization. He has coined the construct of neuro-agility as the fundamental point of departure to developing neuro agile people who can learn, think and process information with ease, speed and mental flexibility.
Subsequently, he has developed several unique neuroscience assessments and learning solutions to help people and organizations move their performance forward. These assessments are new neuroscience innovations that are registered as Neuro-Agility Profiles™ (NAP™). These assessments and learning solutions are used in talent selection, talent development, performance improvement,
increasing engagement, reducing risk for human error, developing agile learners and leaders and creating cultures of learning initiatives. These cutting edge brain profile assessments are used across the globe in businesses, schools, universities, colleges and sports institutions. The NAP™ is a unique predictive analysis of people’s neurological design and the drivers that optimize their brain performance. He has contributed on influential platforms like TEDx, ATD and the University of Pretoria Neuroscience Research Group.
As an international keynote speaker, André has contributed on numerous prestigious platforms like TEDx Johannesburg and ATD ICE. André also frequently keynotes international conferences where he raises awareness about the value of neuroscience to drive better business results.
He is a regular guest on many radio and television talk shows around the globe and hosts his own television program called “Breinkrag” (Mind Matters).
Andre has a reputation as the executive coach of choice to a variety of A-list individuals such as, Olympic Champions, Beauty Pageants, Kings & Queens of Africa and CEO’s/C-suite Executives of global corporations.
Neuro-Link is a boutique consultancy that translates neuroscience into practical assessments and solutions that organizations use to develop agile, high-performing individuals and teams that drive extraordinary results. Neuro-Link develops people by moving their performance forward through our neuro-agility assessments and learning solutions. We are workplace learning specialists who specialize in the neuroscience of performance optimization. Neuro-Link equips people with the most desired skills for the workplace of the future by using our unique brain profile assessments and brain-based learning solutions that assist organizations in selecting the right people and developing their full potential.
Being neuro agile is not optional anymore, but mandatory. An agile brain, powered by skills to solve complex problems, make accurate decisions fast, and the cognitive flexibility to access the full range of all thinking and learning modalities simultaneously, is your competitive advantage, and the secret ingredient for individual, team, and organizational success in a technologically advanced world. Neuro-Agility is the differentiating factor for people who want to be employable, successful, and competitive in a disruptive world.
Brain Profile NAP™ Student Performer
Neuro-Agility Profile™ Student Performer, abbreviated as the NAP™ Student Performer is a brain profile assessment for any adult college or university student who is still studying further. It provides them with feedback on 13 elements of neuro-agility that will determine how fast and easy or difficult they may learn, think and process information.
Brain Profile NAP™ Toolbox
Neuro-Link compiles Neuro-Agility Profiles™, abbreviated as NAP™ for students age 10-16 to determine the the ease and speed with which they learn, think and process information
Brain Profile NAP™ Advanced+
A Neuro Agility Profile™ (NAP™) for adults, managers and leaders. This brain profile is a practical instrument to discover people’s learning potential, how uniquely they process information, which preferences they have when learning or thinking and it also indicates areas for future development.
12 Emotional Intelligence Competencies Profile™
This profile measures a person’s competence on 12 emotional intelligence skills.
The 12 Emotional Intelligence Competencies Profile™ is a practical assessment to determine how skilled a person is in terms of emotional intelligence. It illustrates 6 intrapersonal competencies and 6 interpersonal competencies of emotional intelligence.