Stories written by Sharon Birkman Fink
Initially
trained to be a musician and college
professor, Sharon was a National Merit Scholar and Woodrow Wilson
Fellow who received
a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Texas. As heir to a
multi-generational
family business, she had always been on the sidelines and a part of the
company
founded in 1951 by her father, Dr. Roger W. Birkman, but until 2001,
placed a priority
on raising three children and partnering in the career of her husband,
international
opera singer, Richard Paul Fink.
Headquartered
in Houston, Texas,
Birkman International, Inc. provides a behavioral and motivational
assessment called
The Birkman Method ® which is delivered on the internet and available
in multiple
languages. It is used by organizations worldwide and features a
research database
of nearly three million people.
After
serving throughout the 1990’s
as a trainer and career advisor for Birkman, Sharon became a VP in 2001
and was
designated President and CEO in 2002. She recently completed the
three-year Owner-President
Management Course at Harvard Business School where the Birkman
assessment has now
been incorporated into the executive education curriculum. Sharon’s
objective is
to grow the legacy of her father into the 21st century.
To
network with Sharon Birkman Fink:
E-Mail:
sfink@birkman.com
Web Site: www.birkman.com
On average in a typical economy, up to 50% of newly hired executives leave their jobs within three years. Add to that turnover the fact that demographic shifts in the workforce will continue. Although millions of baby boomers are wondering today whether they can afford to retire, retirement for these workers (many of whom have risen to management positions) is inevitable at some point. Given the fact that they represent nearly half of the current workforce, the pool of available “senior” managers will shrink even as it creates a replacement need.
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