Sharon Birkman, CEO of Birkman International, is the second generation at the helm of Birkman International. Her leadership has been instrumental in ushering in a new era of product development and training initiatives during a time of unprecedented growth. Sharon cultivated her deep expertise in human perception and organizational behavior through her lifelong interest in The Birkman Method. Owing to the remarkable insights of her psychologist father, Birkman has grown to include 24 languages with clients that span the globe. Her second book, Creature of Contact: Why You Need More than a Personality Test addresses the non-negotiable human needs we all share for social human connection and healthy relationships. Sharon has an M.A. from the University of Texas and completed the Harvard Owner/President Management program. She is a proud regional winner of the 2016 EY Entrepreneur of the Year award, and Birkman has won both the local and national Best and Brightest Companies to Work For. In 2017, Sharon won both the Mary Lehman MacLachlan Economic Empowerment Award and Houston Business Journal’s Women Who Mean Business award.