We’ll also keep adding new insights and knowledge to our work and commit to role-modeling our own credo to “challenge our habitual ways of thinking and doing” through our conduct as consultants, coaches and facilitators.

With this collaborative partnership, we now focus our synergistic energies toward a common goal —  through consultation, coaching and facilitation we help professionals in businesses and organizations create and sustain a workplace climate where the positive experience of work is optimized, engagement is enriched and performance potential is maximized.

“When a business or professional commits to creating a workplace where people thrive instead of simply survive, they call us.”

We know that when the Intentional WorkClimate™ within a business or organization (whether 2 people or 2000 people) is healthy, vital and sustained, both people and business outcomes flourish and thrive. In 2000, the HayGroup conducted their latest research on work climate and confirmed that up to 30% of a business’ financial outcome can be attributed to the impact of work climate. More recently, the Gallup Organization’s on-going Gallup Workplace Audit* further confirmed that high levels of employee engagement, job satisfaction and positive perceptions of the workplace powerfully impact employee turnover, customer loyalty, overall productivity and, ultimately, profitability measures substantial enough to mean the difference between success and failure of a business.     

Now in our 16th year of business, Challenge It Now LLC continues to engage professionals in all walks of business, from corporate executive teams, individual leaders, work groups and independent entrepreneurs.

We look to the future with optimism that businesses and organizations can create and sustain the kind of workplace climate where people bring the best of themselves to work and experience their time at work as meaningful and enriching to their lives.  

At Challenge It Now LLC, in concert with our clients, we inspire and create the workplace future where performance and well-being are not independent but complimentary.

Where work climate is optimized, both people and business win. Ultimately, with our clients, we create a place to thrive @ work.  

* Well-being in the Workplace and its Relationship to Business Outcomes: A Review of the Gallup Studies (2002), Harter, J.K., Schmidt, F.L., & Keyes, C.L. 

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Bios

Kris Campbell, founder and President, has over 22 years of experience in the combined fields of Organizational and Behavioral Effectiveness.  Her primary career focus centers on how leaders and workgroups can manage and sustain a healthy, productive work climate to achieve superior performance.  Kris has certifications in “Seven Hats,” Dr. Edward DeBono’s critical thinking program; David Goleman’s Emotional Intelligence Competency Inventory and the HayGroup Leadership and Climate Assessment process.  She is also certified in Conflict Mediation through the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) and is a member of the International Association of Facilitators (IAF).  Kris holds a BA from the University of Missouri , Columbia and a Masters Degree in Psychology from Pepperdine University in Los Angeles .  She is also a licensed psychotherapist.

 

Jennie Ayers, Principal, brings more than 20 years of experience as a writer, director and performer in both theatre and television to the business industry.  As a writer, she has written over 25 episodes of television comedy for shows that have included such names as Judd Hirsch, John Stamos, Queen Latifah, Jay Mohr and a young Halle Berry . Two especially enjoyable years were spent writing for comic Jeff Foxworthy. In conjunction with her writing, Jennie also guided performers as an acting coach, both in Los Angeles and as a resident director and producer with the renowned Eureka Theatre in San Francisco .  Through her expertise in improvisation, Jennie has worked with individuals and teams to build spontaneity, hone creativity and agile thinking and strengthen an individual’s ability to act, react and interact. She developed the improvisational field guide used in the Intentional WorkClimate™ system. Jennie has a BA from the University of Missouri , Columbia and completed her MA work at San Francisco State University.  She is also a trained HealthRHYTHMS® facilitator. HealthRHYTHMS® is a research-based protocol that focuses on the health, wellness and team building benefits of group drumming.

                                           

 

Janice Criddle, Principal, draws on more than 20 years of solid experience in Human Resources, Employee Relations, Training and Development and Customer Service. In-depth knowledge and her direct, straight-forward style make Janice a sought after consultant and facilitator when clients need to assimilate expertise across these pivotal areas of organizational success.

Janice is also active in the design and delivery of two programs particularly

critical to business success in our global economy: Diversity in the Workplace and Conflict Management in the Workplace. These well received programs are delivered with the candidness and genuine objectivity that participants need and deserve on these topics. As a practitioner, Janice’s years of hands-on experience further confirms her deep belief that it is skilled and adaptable leadership that makes an organization succeed or fail. When coaching, Janice ultimately delivers the message that for a leader to be truly successful, he/she must strive for a balance of knowledge and skills that address the essential triad of business operations, employee relations and customer satisfaction – systems, employees and customers!

                                           

 

Beck Ripley, Principal, is a sought-after speaker and facilitator and co-author of the book, Managing by Thinking Around, a pocket book on creativity. With more than 20 years of experience in managing organizational climate and change, leadership coaching, team building, creativity and innovation, Beck uses her diverse experience base to provide a unique, value-added perspective to such clients as Pfizer, FedEx, Freightliner, Whirlpool, Bank of America, Prudential, USF&G, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and Pepsi. She has taught executive development and training and development courses for Johns Hopkins University and personnel management courses for both Tulane University and the University of New Orleans. Beck holds an M.S. Degree in Educational Psychology from the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee.

                                           

 

Kurt Mueller, Special Project Support, has been affiliated with Challenge It Now for more than 16 years.

His focus on building organizational success includes specific engagements for several companies, including BAX Global, Transamerica Life, Blue Cross and California National Bank, that identify success competencies for a variety of key positions as well as design and training in support of competency based pay systems. Kurt is a master facilitator of the Intentional WorkClimate™, having been involved with the program since its inception.  He is currently the Vice President of Human Resources and Training for Vista Federal Credit Union as part of the Walt Disney Company and also serves as a senior adjunct instructor for the University of Redlands, teaching courses in managerial assessment, organizational behavior and leadership.  He is the recipient of the Alfred North Whitehead Award for Teaching Excellence.

 

Strategic Partners

Knowing that we can't be all things to all people, Challenge It Now LLC forms

strategic partnerships with individuals and groups whose work compliments our own.

 

Spencer, Shenk, Capers & Associates - Based in southern California, founded in

1976, focusing on developing leadership excellence.

 

 

 

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Our clients include:

                                 

         

• Allina Health Systems

• ARV Assisted Living Facilities

• CalFed Bank

• Central Bank of Lebanon

• Continuous Software, Inc.

• El Pollo Loco, Inc.

• FHP

• IO Labs/Johnson & Johnson

• Lake Regional Health System

• Long Beach Mortgage Co.

• Medica Health Systems

• Panda Inns, Inc.

• Premera Health Systems/Blue Cross of Washington & Alaska

• Sizzler Restaurants, Inc.

• St. Louis Veterans Administration

• Well Point Health System

• Blue Shield of California

• Spencer, Shenk, Capers and Associates, Inc.

• Weyerhauser Mortgage

• Weyerhauser Insurance Services

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