Edmee Schalkx

Edmée is a leadership coach and certified Mentor coach with a track record in coaching business leaders, professional coaches and blended learning programmes. She is a keynote speaker and writer on subjects related to cultural awareness, the development of the culture competency and the impact of culture in organisations and individuals.. She works in 4 languages.
Edmée is a real globetrotter. Born in Caracas- Venezuela, Dutch parents, she lived and worked in several countries, she combines blended learning and coaching skills with cultural awareness. Edmée is a real globetrotter. Born in Venezuela, Dutch parents, she has lived and worked in several countries. She holds a Masters in Anthropology from the London School of Economics, and is a Professional certified coach from The Success Unlimited Network Coaching School in the USA. Edmée founded and presided the Dutch Chapter of ICF, and was the Chair of the certification and accreditation commission for the ICF 2011 – 2013 and is an active member of the ICF Accreditation and certification core group Coaching philosophy: Coaching is about partnering with the client, not about applying learned coaching models. Edmee says: “By listening to the client, asking yourself why is the client telling me this right now? Listening with intention is the only thing you need to create safety, trust and presence. Coaching models get in the way if we are looking to see when to use them. Also culture plays, always, a role in any human connection, as coaches and mentor coaches we need to develop our own cultural competency, if we want the client to go deep in their emotions and create the changes they need to make”.