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After 20 years of working with major Drilling Contractors and Oil and Gas Operators around the world. Kris S. Callen founded The Callen Group in 2017 to focus solely on developing and promoting high-performing operational cultures that lead to safe and efficient operations.

Since our inception, The Callen Group has assembled an incredible team of oil and gas professionals with diverse backgrounds and skill sets. While diversified, they all share common beliefs and values that success is achieved by these simple philosophies:

“Safe and Efficient Operations Consistently”

“Practical Application of Clients Management System”

“Keep it Simple, Real and Personal”

“Safety and Efficiency must be led by Operations”

We apply these philosophies through Consulting, Training/Facilitation, and Coaching. Our primary focus is to transform companies in three main areas:

Leadership Development

Safety Culture

Performance Optimization

We partner with our clients and consult with them on their current Leadership and Safety culture as well as the practical application of their management systems. Delivering world-class workshops with a blend of knowledge and practical application followed by focused coaching embed the learnings to deliver safe and efficient operations consistently.

Our goal is to assist our clients to deliver operations that are safe for their workforce and deliver outstanding operational performance that maximizes a return to their shareholders.

Vision

Helping companies achieve
safe and efficient operations consistenly.

Niche

Partnering with energy companies
to energize their workforce.

Values

Do the right thing!
Be the best you can be! 
Treat others as you would like to be treated!
                                                                                                                 Coach Lou Holtz
Be accountable!

Vision

Helping companies achieve safe and efficient operations consistenly.

Niche

Partnering with energy companies to energize their workforce.

Values

Do the right thing!
Be the best you can be! 
Treat others as you would like to be treated!
                                                                           Coach Lou Holtz

Be accountable!

Keep It Simple

Keep It Real

Keep It Personal

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.