Melissa Shahbazian

Melissa is an experienced executive coach with specialization in the “future of work”.  She is Co-Founder of MVP Spark Coaching. She has served as consultant and coach for projects in the fashion, consulting, non-wovens, metals, finance, publishing, and media industries in the US and abroad. She is committed to bringing a solution-oriented, cross-disciplinary ideation process to her coaching practice. Both in individual coaching and team coaching, her mission is to connect people with their passion and to encourage deliberate foresight in designing a successful work life.

Areas of focus: Leadership development, Executive Boards, designing project-based work, mediation and facilitation,

Virtual communication, strategic partnerships, branding, Emotional Intelligence, personality-based communication

HIGHLIGHTS

• Coached EVP in delivering presentation to the board
• Designed virtual laboratory for multinational virtual teams
• Consulted high performance teams on branding and presentation style
• Published in Forbes, Coaching Connection and Hollywood Reporter

EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor of Cinema/Television Production, University of Southern California
• Accreditation in Emotional Intelligence and Team Emotional Intelligence – JCA Occupational Psychologists, UK
• Licensed Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Consultant
• Grove Consultant, Graphic Facilitation
• Certified NLP Instructor
• Licensed Lego® Strategic Play Consultant
• Applied Improvisation practitioner