Jean Barbazette
Training Clinic Founder & Senior Master Instructor

JEAN BARBAZETTE is the founder of The Training Clinic, Seal Beach, California, a training consulting firm she began in 1977.  

The Training Clinic is the leading "Train-the-Trainer" company in the United States. The Training Clinic conducts needs assessments, designs training programs, develops lesson plans, self-paced learning packages, games and simulations, and presents seminars on over 30 different topics. Workshops include Training Trainers, Communications, Management and Supervision, Interpersonal Skills, Sales and Customer Service and Administrative Assistant Effectiveness.

Through a field staff of 18 present in-house workshops nationally on the techniques of train-the-trainer each year. The Training Clinic presents some of its workshops in Europe and Latin America through licensees. Jean recently presented train-the-trainer and management workshops in Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam. She is an active national and local member of ISPI, SHRM and ASTD.

Jean has been in training and development for 40+ years. Former employers include Blue Cross of Southern California and the City of Long Beach. Jean has a BA in Social Science from Notre Dame de Namur University and an MA in Education from Stanford University. She has taught at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) and Coastline Community College.

Well known clients include:

Chevron First Interstate Bank
UNOCAL UCLA Medical Center
Sav-On Drugs, Inc. Department of Justice
Nestle´ U.S. Navy
IRS Homeland Security
Smith Tool South Coast AQMD
S. C. Gas Co. AAA Club of S.C.
American Express Singapore Airlines
Toyota Motor Sales Nestle Food Company
F E M A Ameritech
Hilton Hotels Corp. Bechtel International
Baxter Healthcare The Nature Conservancy
Matsushita Electronic John Hancock Insurance


Jean has presented at many national and international training conferences such as:

Several of her articles have appeared in national publications. She is the author of these published works:

Jean has received the following awards:

Jean is also involved in community service:

Jean is qualified to use the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator.

Jean's Personal Mission Statement:

I model and use learning by doing, not just by listening. All of our workshops require a high level of participation by the learner. Learners work on the organization's real issues and develop action plans and materials to use on the job the very next day.

The course content I design is, above all, realistic and practical. Although each workshop is based on solid adult learning theory and enough theory is discussed to provide participants with a foundation, these are not "theoretical" or "academic" programs.

Jean is an avid golfer and has visited more than 60 countries in her travels.