Thomas Kochman is the author of Black and White Styles in Conflict and emeritus professor of communication at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He is COO and Jean Mavrelis is CEO of Kochman Mavrelis Associates.

"Kochman and Mavrelis provide analyses, anecdotes, and examples from their research and training experiences that give richness and credibility to their reasoning. As a consequence, their discussions are vivid, insightful, and stimulating. Their arguments about the connections between the culture of racial, gender, and ethnic groups and the conflicts that can surface between and among members of these groups merit consideration. And their timely conclusions will be relevant in the workplace and to society at large." - R. Roosevelt Thomas, author of Building on the Promise of Diversity: How We Can Move to the Next Level in Our Workplaces, Our Communities, and Our Society"

Thomas Kochman is the author of Black and White Styles in Conflict and emeritus professor of communication at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He is COO and Jean Mavrelis is CEO of Kochman Mavrelis Associates.

"Kochman and Mavrelis provide analyses, anecdotes, and examples from their research and training experiences that give richness and credibility to their reasoning. As a consequence, their discussions are vivid, insightful, and stimulating. Their arguments about the connections between the culture of racial, gender, and ethnic groups and the conflicts that can surface between and among members of these groups merit consideration. And their timely conclusions will be relevant in the workplace and to society at large." - R. Roosevelt Thomas, author of Building on the Promise of Diversity: How We Can Move to the Next Level in Our Workplaces, Our Communities, and Our Society"

Thomas Kochman is the author of Black and White Styles in Conflict and emeritus professor of communication at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He is COO and Jean Mavrelis is CEO of Kochman Mavrelis Associates.

"Kochman and Mavrelis provide analyses, anecdotes, and examples from their research and training experiences that give richness and credibility to their reasoning. As a consequence, their discussions are vivid, insightful, and stimulating. Their arguments about the connections between the culture of racial, gender, and ethnic groups and the conflicts that can surface between and among members of these groups merit consideration. And their timely conclusions will be relevant in the workplace and to society at large." - R. Roosevelt Thomas, author of Building on the Promise of Diversity: How We Can Move to the Next Level in Our Workplaces, Our Communities, and Our Society"