Shep Hyken is a world-renowned customer service and CX expert, award-winning keynote speaker, researcher, and New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of eight books. Hyken helps his clients create amazing customer and employee experiences. His client list includes companies in the Fortune 50 and businesses with less than 50 employees. In 2008, the National Speakers Association inducted Hyken into their Hall-of-Fame for lifetime achievement in the professional speaking industry. His annual research study on the state of customer service and CX is cited in hundreds of articles and publications and is used as a go-to resource by industry leaders worldwide. Hyken has been writing a weekly Forbes.com column since 2014.