Birkman International Receives Global Community Commitment Award From Baylor University's Institute for Family Business

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Birkman International has been selected as the Community Commitment Award recipient by the 2010 Texas Family Business of the Year Awards Program. Baylor University's Institute for Family Business recognizes firms whose families demonstrate a commitment to each other, to product excellence, and to business continuity through its Annual Texas Family Business Awards.

“The three generation Birkman family is dedicated to enhancing the effectiveness and quality of life for individuals, teams, organizations, and cultures”

“The three generation Birkman family is dedicated to enhancing the effectiveness and quality of life for individuals, teams, organizations, and cultures,” says Dr. Roger Birkman, Founder of Birkman International. “Our promise is to keep this central in everything we do. In many ways the history of Birkman International is a personal history of my whole family and a lifelong adventure of building a life and company that contributes the building up of people and organizations to be their very best.”

The Texas Family Business of the Year awards program recognizes outstanding firms whose families demonstrate a commitment to each other and to business continuity, and who are responsive to the needs of their employees, communities and industries.

The Birkman Method® personality test accurately measures productive behaviors, stress behaviors, underlying needs, motivations and organizational orientation. Companies large and small, for profit and non-profit organizations, men and women, adults and children, couples and singles, teams and individuals, large cities and small towns have all benefited from The Birkman Method®. Whether it’s a CEO ensuring that business is as strong as possible, a parent who needs to understand their children better, someone trying to cope with life’s stresses, or an individual wanting more insight into their unique qualities, everyone can benefit from Roger Birkman’s creation and life’s work spanning six decades.

Birkman International has a long-standing and exceptional reputation for “giving back” to the community. Dr. Birkman has dedicated his life’s work to helping people in organizations and to ensuring that his company is socially responsible and connected to the communities where they live and work. The Birkman family continues this commitment through contributions, gifts-in-kind, pro-bono services, donations of their time, energy and creativity, and a personal drive to serve and help others.

The Birkman family is active in Chapelwood United Methodist Church and the First United Methodist Church of Houston, the Greater Houston Partnership and a variety of other social services: Escape Family Resources for the Prevention of Child Abuse, Bridges to Life, Skills for Life and Birkman services for the Carol Vance Prison, the Methodist SW Conference, Camp for All, National Public Radio, Yellowstone Academy, Planned Parenthood, the Houston Food Bank, Jewish Family Services - job transition counseling and multiple fine arts organizations, including the Houston Grand Opera, Bayou City Concert Musicals, A.D. Players, Stages Repertory Theatre and Memorial High School Theatre.

“We are honored to be named as this year’s Family Business of the Year Awards recipient,” says Sharon Birkman-Fink, President and CEO of Birkman International, Inc. “At Birkman we strive to go beyond expectations for our clients & community and truly appreciate this important recognition.”

Birkman-certified consultants worldwide regularly attest to the lives they have changed for the better and the positive impact of self-awareness and compassionate understanding of individual differences that have occurred through feedback and the Birkman profile assessment. The Birkman Method® has helped individuals, teams, marriages, careers, students, companies, and communities. Birkman has impacted our global society, over three million people, one individual at a time for over 60 years www.birkman.com

Baylor University’s Institute for Family Business will be honoring the 2010 Texas Family Business of the Year award winners on Thursday, November 4th, 2010 at Baylor University.