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We Facilitate Workshops that Connect Company expectations w/Frontline Reality

There are plenty of people who can deliver a presentation. Facilitating a workshop that changes behavior is something entirely different.

For more than 25 years, Kris Callen has facilitated workshops with over 75,000 participants worldwide—from boardrooms to offshore
drilling rigs. His philosophy is simple: people don’t change because they’re told what to do. They change when they understand why it matters and have the opportunity to apply it. Every workshop is built around discussion, not lectures. Participants connect company expectations with frontline reality and practice applying them in meaningful ways. The result is stronger alignment, greater confidence in existing systems, and more consistent behaviors on the job.

As Kris often says, knowing what to do is important. Understanding why you do it is what changes behavior. That’s why clients continue to invite him back—not just for training, but for lasting change.

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Kris's Bio

After 20 years of working with clients involved in high-risk operations around the globe, Kris founded The Callen Group in April 2017 in order to focus solely on developing and promoting high-performing operational cultures that lead to safe and efficient operations.

He founded Performance Coaching International, served as president from 2005 – 2009, was Senior Vice President at The REACH Group from 2009 – 2017, and is a highly respected Senior Leadership and Safety Facilitator. In addition, he was highly involved in the mergers of Global Marine and SantaFe, Hercules, and TODCO as well as Talisman’s North Sea Operations transfer from Total. Kris remains on the cutting edge of advances in the area of behavioral safety, predominately in the Oil and Gas Sector.

Kris’ career has taken him to 90 countries training over 35,000 people. He has been intimately involved with the development and implementation of Behavioral Safety Processes with Enterprise Offshore, Orion Drilling, Hercules Offshore, as well as the former GlobalSantaFe which is now Transocean. In 2019 Kris authored the book “Commit to Safe and Efficient Operations” published by PennWell. This book outlines a clear roadmap for bringing many cultures together and simplifying the safety tools that are used day in and out.

Kris holds dual Bachelor of Science degrees from Belhaven University, Jackson Mississippi, in Accounting and in Business Administration. He is passionate about creating a performance culture where safety and efficiency go hand in hand. He currently divides his time between Lafayette, Louisiana, Tampa, Florida, and Houston, Texas, and has four grown sons: Braxton, Taylor, Joshua, and Noah.