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I started my career at United nations Development – UNDP. For 5 years I worked in different countries in Latin America as Officer Business development and training. I was then transferred to Italy and worked for 2.5 years as business development and talent manager – my area was Latin America, Africa and later the East block.
1992 I moved to The Netherlands and became the Head of the International department – Training and talent manager at Arcadis – Engineering company. Also worked at Applied materials – IT-chip development company as client manager
As of 1999 I have my own coaching and facilitating company: among my clients are 3M, Shell, ECI (Book club), SSL Health care, Coaching schools, NABUUR.com, UNILEVR and individual clients

Consulting and coaching: time as consultant in this field, approach to coaching and personal & organisational development
For many years I had the feeling, while implementing training and consultancy programmes, that training/advising by it self was not enough to reach set goals. In 1994 I meet my first coach. I loved her approach and the movement inside me, as of that moment I started reading and learning about coaching skills and one day I realised that I had integrated these skills in all my activities. In 2003 I decided to become a professional coach by getting trained. The reason why I love coaching is because while training/consulting you are busy with the process and decision making, mainly involving a group of people and or an organisation. Coaching adds an extra dimension to this growth: the attention and support of the individual allowing awareness to become an integral part of the whole process creating a win-win situation for both the individual and his/her environment

Telephone Coaching: Be honest to yourself and your client

This article is a guide for coaches for when they are using the telephone as a communication medium. The truth is that any body conducting business through the phone can benefit with this article. Read

By: edmee schalkx | 23/04/2009 | Business

Vision Boards: Tapping on your power of visualization

How do you keep remembering your dreams when life keeps coming in between? Vision boards are wonderful posters full of your dreams and goals. They are also useful to support your children's dreams and team goals. Read

By: edmee schalkx | 23/04/2009 | Goal Setting

Who do you know….?

Networking is about maintaining and nurturing your network of contacts and making this your priority. Is not about getting something out of your network. Networking is about sharing what you have, is about asking for favours and returning them and most probably not to the same person who helped you. Networking is about bringing people together and seeing how they get along and profit from your introductory action. Read

By: edmee schalkx | 23/04/2009 | Networking