PERFORMANCE • COMMUNITY SAFETY • EXPERT WITNESS • NEGOTIATIONS
PERFORMANCE
IS NOT
An Option.
The Kipper Group is a performance and safety consulting firm serving corporations, communities, and schools nationally and internationally. Founded by Bobby Kipper, crisis negotiator and Wall Street Journal bestselling author with 26 years in law enforcement.
When communities and districts face their most critical moments, they call The Kipper Group.
Performance, safety, and litigation support.
How people think, decide, and perform when the pressure is real. Our Wall Street Journal bestselling framework, delivered as a keynote, a workshop, or a full program.
Learn More →One-to-one and small group coaching for executives, managers, and emerging leaders.
Learn More →Leadership development for teams carrying real accountability. Built for the decisions that happen without a script.
Learn More →Pre and post-incident assessments for communities, districts, and campuses that can't afford to get it wrong.
Learn More →Multi-state safety litigation covering community, school, and workplace incidents. Plaintiff and defense.
Learn More →Nearly twenty years of crisis negotiation experience applied to contracts, conflicts, and business development.
Learn More →Keynotes and workshops delivered by our team at national and international conferences, from the National Student Safety and Security Conference to the World Police Summit in Dubai.
THE FRAMEWORK
Everyone wants to perform. Few are taught how.
Performance Driven Thinking closes that gap. A framework for turning the desire to perform into the habits that actually produce it, professionally and personally.
Published, taught internationally, and delivered to corporations, agencies, schools, and communities.
COMMUNITY AND SCHOOL SAFETY
When a crisis hits, who do you call?
Communities and districts facing the country’s most serious safety incidents have turned to our team.
Pre-incident assessments that find the gaps before something happens
Post-incident assessments and systemic review after a critical event
Ongoing consulting for organizations building safety infrastructure
EXPERT WITNESS & NEGOTIATIONS
MULTI-STATE SAFETY LITIGATION FOR ORGANIZATIONAL, COMMUNITY, AND SCHOOL SAFETY.
Called by attorneys when litigation involves safety, negotiation, or security failures. Both plaintiff and defense.
Expert witness for community, school, and workplace incidents
Expert negotiations for contracts, conflicts, and business development
WHY THE KIPPER GROUP
Delivering results to corporations, organizations, communities, and schools.
Training programs are everywhere. Teams with the credibility to actually change how an organization operates are not.
Performance Driven Thinking is a Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestseller, and our work is trusted by school districts, law enforcement agencies, and corporations nationwide.
Retained by attorneys in multi-state safety litigation, for both plaintiff and defense. Depth of expertise that holds up where it matters most: under oath.
Our programs create ambassadors of change, people who carry the work forward long after the workshop ends.
OUR PERFORMANCE COACHES AND CONSULTANTS
The depth of a firm.
The focus of a specialist.
26 years in law enforcement and nearly twenty as a police crisis negotiator. Wall Street Journal bestselling co-author of Performance Driven Thinking, international speaker, and founder of The Kipper Group.
Co-author of Performance Driven Thinking and founder of Morgan James Publishing, which he built from a 2003 start-up into one of America's fastest-growing publishers, releasing around 200 titles a year.
27 years and 440 wins coaching NCAA Division I basketball, and the first player in NCAA history to reach 2,000 career points and 1,000 assists. Karen now brings that to leadership coaching and motivational speaking.
More than 800 keynote and professional learning sessions across the Americas, reaching over 1.5 million students. Co-developer of the SAME school improvement framework and Chief Inspirational Officer of AADULLC.
More than 30 years in nonprofit leadership and organizational development. Founder of GIFT Nonprofit Strategies and Executive Director of the MrBallen Foundation, working with boards and executive teams.
Northern Arizona Regional Manager for National Bank of Arizona, where she leads 19 branches. 25 years in financial services, with a focus on leadership development and youth mentorship.
Four decades in Arizona public safety and a police chief since 2005. Past president of the Arizona Police Chiefs Association and an FBI National Academy graduate, Jerald trains nationally and internationally on violence prevention, leadership, and first responder wellness.
Nearly three decades in education and school safety. A CPTED-certified professional, Wendy works with K–12 schools to build proactive safety culture through threat assessment and emergency planning.
20+ years developing and delivering training programs for schools, corporations, and community organizations, with a focus on curriculum design and long-term client partnerships.
OUR FOUNDER
Built on Expertise.
Backed by a Team.
Bobby founded The Kipper Group to put three decades of frontline work to use. He has advised two Virginia governors on school and community safety and spoke at the World Police Summit in Dubai.
He has since brought on consultants and performance coaches with their own decades behind them, so every engagement is led by someone who has done it before.
GET IN TOUCH
Ready to bring The Kipper Group to your organization?
Performance coaching, safety assessments, expert witness and negotiations, or a keynote. Let’s talk.