Often, we can get way too comfortable with the equipment we use, and forget that if something went wrong, the consequences can be fatal. That's why the focus must be on eliminating/reducing at-risk behavior, in this case, walking under a…
Devendra (Raj) Rajcoomar speaking at the final IADC Southern Arabian Peninsula Chapter meeting of 2022 this past week in Dubai! Thank you for letting us speak IADC and thanks Raj for bringing the heat! #IADC #theCallenGroup #SafeandEfficient
“I assert that if every person on the rig would watch out for himself, the person on his left, and the person on his right, and if each of these is actively committed to discussing safety at any time during…
Back in our home state of Louisiana, we loved doing these Start Safe Seminars for the Sevan Louisiana! Keep doing great work! #theCallenGroup #Seadrill #StartSafe #SafeandEfficient
“My advice to all companies is to have one system and look at it as your playbook. Like American football teams, every organization has one of these, and every team/organization believes theirs to be the very best. However, if you…
Randy Clevenger on behalf of the Callen Group, will be attending the ADIPEC Conference, in Abu Dhabi October 31st – November 3rd. We hope to see you there! #AIDPEC
The Callen Group President, Kris S. Callen will be speaking at the final IADC Southern Arabian Peninsula Chapter meeting of 2022 on Friday, 11th November at the Address Hotel Dubai Marina. We can't wait!
American football Coach, Lou Holtz says “everybody is asking their supervisor, usually without speaking, Can I trust you? Do you care about me as a person? Are you committed?”. People are watching you all day long. Are you demonstrating what…
The Callen Group’s Randy Clevenger, will be at the IADC Drilling Middle East Conference in Dubai this week!
A planned Time out called on the West Tellus with all Service Partners. The OIM reinforced the commitment to the PIMED process and got the agreement of all attendees to call Time Out during tasks when they recognize a drift…
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.
