Farnaz Tabaee

Founder and CEO Improv4Leaders Leadership Development & Organization Development Consulting Dr. Farnaz Tabaee is a respected facilitator with over 20 years of experience in human resource management and all phases of training and organization development, including needs analysis, design, development, facilitation and evaluation. She has extensive experience in classroom and online leadership and employee development training in higher education, utilities, automotive, financial services, aerospace, high-tech, and healthcare industries. Her clients include such names as Toyota Financial Services, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Marquette Medical Systems, and Southern California Gas Company. Dr. Tabaee frequently presents and publishes articles on a variety of human resource development topics at national and international conferences. She currently teaches a multitude of business and human resource management and development classes at UCLA Extension. In addition to her extensive leadership development background, Dr. Tabaee has participated in various improv groups such as Second City Hollywood, UCLA Extension, and ImprovMasters for the past 6 years and is an active member of Applied Improvisation Network.

Dr. Tabaee has received a Doctor of Education in Organizational Leadership from Pepperdine University. Her dissertation topic was entitled: “Effects of Improvisation Techniques in Leadership Development”. Dr. Tabaee has a Master of Arts degree in Organizational Management, specializing in Organization Development and Training from Antioch University Los Angeles, and a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electrical Engineering and Applied Mathematics and Statistics from State University of New York at Stony Brook. Dr. Tabaee is a Certified Career and Job Transition Coach, Certified Myers Briggs Personality Assessment facilitator, and a Certified DDI Leadership facilitator. She can be reached at Farnaz.tabaee@gmail.com.