Kenneth Hawkins is widely recognized as a leader and innovator in conflict resolution, organization development, diversity management and building teams for higher performance.  For 25 years, he has worked with hundreds of municipalities, businesses and agencies to help them achieve maximum effectiveness.  Mr. Hawkins agrees with Abraham Maslow who said "If the only tool you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail."  His consulting and training are designed to provide new tools to respond to the demands of today's changing work environment.

Before starting his own firm, Mr. Hawkins served as the Director of Training at the Policy and Training in San Francisco, where he provided training and consultation to establish more than 300 conflict resolution programs throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe.  He has conducted studies on cultural assumptions underlying the North American mediation model.  His articles and training materials and assessments instruments, have been included in various multicultural and mediation publications.

Mr. Hawkins has worked with a wide variety of clients including, NASA, the Cities of Chicago, Houston and San Francisco, the Metropolitan Transportation Agency of Los Angeles, the Federal Highway Administration, the entire University of California system, and Aetna Casualty and Life.

Mr. Hawkins attended Howard and Antioch Universities, where he was awarded degrees in psychology and organizational development.  He has developed a Handbook for Mediation Trainers, and was one of the co-authors of the document titled Dynamics of Conflict and Mediation.  Mr. Hawkins is currently a faculty member for the Institute of Intercultural Communications in Portland, Oregon.  Additionally, he serves as a mediator for the United States Post Office and is one of 15 in the State of California qualified to handle high level cases.  Mr. Hawkins was recipient of the 1999 Northern California Mediation Association's award for outstanding contributions in the field of mediation.