Employee Retention Keynote Speaker Scott Greenberg
Workforce Author & Employee Retention Speaker Scott Greenberg equips leaders with the clarity to hire , manage and build high-performance teams in today's competitive marketplace.
Hire an Expert Hiring & Retention Speaker for Leadership Conferences & Management Trainings
Meeting planners and decision-makers want a leadership speaker who does more than inspire—they want someone who delivers practical tools and strategies that last far beyond the event. As a hiring and retention speaker—and author of Stop the Shift Show: Turn Your Struggling Hourly Workers into a Top-Performing Team, a widely respected book on managing hourly teams—Scott draws on years of hands-on business experience to help organizations strengthen their culture, sharpen their management practices, and lead with greater intention.
Key Credentials:
- Award-Winning Employee Retention Speaker: Known for delivering high-energy, high-impact keynotes that consistently earn rave reviews.
- Former Multi-Unit Retail Owner: Operated top-performing Edible Arrangements locations, winning best management and customer service awards out of over 1700 worldwide locations.
- Published Author and Thought Leader: Author of Stop the Shift Show and The Wealthy Franchisee, top-rated books on employee management, mindset and peak performance in business.
- Expert in Leadership and Retention: Recognized for helping leaders grow their businesses by first growing themselves.
Funny & Engaging Keynote Trainings with Real-World Tools to Boost Employee Performance & Reduce Turnover
As a top retention and employee management speaker, Scott draws on years of hands-on business experience to help organizations strengthen their culture, sharpen their management practices, and lead with greater intention.
He’s not just talking theory. Scott has run successful, award-winning businesses and worked closely with leaders across many industries. He understands what it takes to lead teams through change, keep employees engaged, and build workplaces that actually work. His sessions speak directly to the everyday challenges managers face—especially those responsible for front-line teams.
Scott’s content stands out because of his focus on managing hourly employees—a group that’s often overlooked in leadership development. Unlike salaried professionals, hourly workers have different motivators, needs, and expectations. (Read Scott’s blog: “How Hourly Workers Differ From Salaried Workers”). Managing them well requires a different mindset and a different set of tools. Scott understands this distinction, and his programs are built to help leaders navigate it effectively
Scott’s keynotes and breakout sessions are practical, engaging, and grounded in reality. As a leadership speaker, he delivers relatable stories and equips people with tools they can actually use. As a management speaker, he offers frameworks for hiring, coaching, and building culture that drive performance. His goal isn’t just to inspire—it’s to improve how people lead, communicate, and perform.
Scott has presented to organizations like McDonald’s, Nike, RE/MAX, and the U.S. Air Force, helping leaders across sectors elevate their impact. He also created the Hourly Employee Management System (HEMS) and wrote the book, Stop the Shift Show, both widely used to improve leadership effectiveness and team performance.
Whether you’re planning a conference, leadership development day, or management training retreat, Scott Greenberg brings both credibility and connection to your event. If you’re searching for a leadership and management speaker who delivers substance—not just soundbites—Scott is the right fit.
Scott Greenberg is a hiring and retention speaker who blends business credibility with human insight. He’s not a theorist—he’s a former business owner who understands what it’s like to manage people, boost performance, and build a strong team from the ground up. For ten years, he ran multi-unit franchises that ranked among the top in the country. His businesses won awards for customer satisfaction, revenue growth, and operational excellence.
Scott has taken those lessons and spent the past two decades helping other businesses do the same. He’s spoken in all 50 states and throughout the world, equipping leaders with the tools they need to create real, lasting impact. His work focuses heavily on helping managers build better teams by improving how they lead, communicate, and think.
Whether he’s on a keynote stage or leading a breakout session, Scott’s style is authentic, clear, and focused on real-world application. Audiences connect to him because he’s relatable—he’s made mistakes, learned from them, and now shares those lessons to help others lead with more intention and confidence.
As the creator of the Hourly Employee Management System (HEMS) and author of Stop the Shift Show, Scott brings both a practical framework and a big-picture perspective to leadership and management.
If you’re looking for a hiring and retention speaker who has lived what he teaches, Scott Greenberg brings both the experience and empathy today’s teams need.
Scott is a Leadership Network VIP® for Entrepreneur, and a frequent contributor to Global Franchise Magazine, QSR Magazine and Nation’s Restaurant News. His articles have been featured in CEOWORLD Magazine, The Food Institute, Chief Executive Magazine, Hotel Dive, and Modern Restaurant Management, showcasing his ongoing commitment to sharing knowledge and insights while offering valuable perspectives on current trends and strategies in the business world.
Read Scott's Latest Articles
How Better Leadership Boosts Employee Engagement, Retention, and Culture
Why Hospitality Still Matters
Resilience in Leadership: Thriving Amidst Business Challenges
Elevating Customer Experiences: Strategies Beyond the Golden Rule
How to Have Tough Conversations with Underperforming Employees
10 Ways You (or Your Manager) May Be Harming Your Employees
Customized Trainings for Leaders, Teams & Managers
Flexible Presentation Formats That Fit The Unique Needs Of Your Audience
Whether your event agenda calls for a mainstage keynote, an interactive breakout session, panel moderation, or a leadership workshop, Scott adapts his style and format to match the tone and flow of your event. His presentations are clear, engaging, and filled with applicable strategies that align with your goals and resonate with your attendees.
Scott brings collaboration, preparation, and industry insight to every event. His customized keynotes equip audiences with the tools they need to lead with confidence, serve with excellence, and drive performance.
Scott Greenberg offers extended training programs that go beyond inspiration to deliver tangible takeaways. Each session is designed to meet the needs of leaders managing real-world challenges—especially those responsible for hourly and front-line employees. Every program is customized to the organization and audience.
See below to view videos and program descriptions for hiring, managing and retaining hourly workers.
Keynote
Stop the Shift Show
Turn Your Hourly Workers into a Top-Performing Team
Transform the challenge of managing hourly workers into your competitive advantage. Learn from real-world case studies and actionable strategies to attract, retain, and lead top talent.
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Program Focus
Talent Recruitment
Employee Retention
Leadership Development
Team Management
Organizational Culture
Navigating the complexities of managing hourly workers can be a daunting task. But what if you could turn this challenge into your competitive advantage? Based on his new book, Stop the Shift Show: Turn Struggling Hourly Workers Into a Top-Performing Team, Scott unveils the blueprint for transforming your hourly workforce into a high-performing team—without breaking the bank. Drawing from real-world case studies, cutting-edge hiring metrics, and actionable workforce strategies, this dynamic presentation will equip you with the tools to attract, retain, and lead top talent.
This keynote is a game-changer for:
- Leaders and managers overseeing hourly workers and diverse teams
- Organizations stuck in a revolving door of hiring and losing hourly staff
- Decision-makers seeking actionable coaching techniques for immediate implementation
Attendees will walk away with:
- A deep understanding of what sets high-performance cultures apart
- Innovative strategies to attract top talent without inflating labor costs
- A roadmap to overcome hiring biases and the discipline to wait for the right fit
- Best practices for recruiting, onboarding, and training that lead to long-term retention
Keynote
Think, Lead, Serve
How Mindset & Culture Lead to Profit & Performance
Discover the secret to skyrocketing profits and performance. This game-changing program will guide you through strategies that elevate your operations and organizational ethos.
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Program Focus
Peak Performance
Customer Experience
Company Culture
Business Growth
In the fast-paced world of business, it’s easy to get lost in the weeds of daily operations. But what if the secret to skyrocketing profits and performance lies in the intangible elements of mindset and culture? This isn’t just a keynote; it’s a game-changer. Scott Greenberg will guide you through actionable strategies that will elevate not just your operations but your entire organizational ethos.
This keynote helps leaders & managers who:
- Feel trapped in the never-ending cycle of operational demands
- Are grappling with a disengaged or underperforming workforce
- Aim to transform customer interactions into lasting relationships
Attendees will walk away with tools to:
- Master the art of operating from your “point of clarity” to shatter performance barriers
- Decode the DNA of culture: It’s more than just “being nice”
- Transform your customer service from transactional to transformational
Keynote
30-Second Leadership
The Simple Coaching Method For Making Employees Great
Master the art of team coaching to inspire and motivate employees in 30 seconds or less. This revolutionary method delivers immediate, impactful results, freeing up your time for growth-focused tasks.
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Program Focus
Team Building
Leadership
Cultural Transformation
Employee Engagement
Coaching
Time is money, and in today’s fast-paced business environment, leaders can’t afford to waste either. Enter 30-Second Leadership, a revolutionary coaching method that delivers immediate, impactful results. Scott Greenberg will guide you through a field-tested system that not only improves employee performance but also frees up your time to focus on what really matters: growing your business.
This keynote aims at leaders & managers who:
- Are tasked with training and coaching frontline employees but are not seeing the desired results
- Aim to transform average team members into exceptional leaders who drive business growth
- Are grappling with the challenges of employee performance and effective training methods
Attendees will walk away with tools to:
- Master the art of “Quick-Engage” to inspire and motivate your employees in 30 seconds or less
- Implement a unified language for evaluating employee performance, ensuring consistency across management
- Learn strategies to not only retain top talent but also to elevate their performance and influence on the team
- Discover actionable tactics to re-engage employees who are disengaged or underperforming
Keynote
The Wealthy Franchisee
Game-Changing Steps to Grow Your Business and Become a Wealthier (and Healthier) Franchisee
Unlock the full potential of your franchise with Scott’s game-changing program based on his book, The Wealthy Franchisee: Game-changing steps to becoming a thriving franchise superstar. Learn tactics to supercharge productivity, reduce stress, and enjoy running your business while elevating customer interactions.
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Why settle for average when you can be extraordinary? Scott Greenberg, former award-winning, multi-unit franchisee reveals the game-changing steps to elevate your franchise operations.This isn’t about more marketing or hiring better employees; it’s about unlocking the full potential of your existing operations to achieve consistent, profitable results. Learn tactics to supercharge productivity, reduce stress, and enjoy running your business while elevating customer interactions.
This keynote is for owners & managers who:
- Are drowning in the operational chaos of running a franchise business
- Are frustrated with underperforming employees and ineffective hiring strategies
- Aim to not just meet but exceed customer expectations for increased sales
Attendees will walk away with tools to:
- Discover the secret sauce to building MORE WEALTH from your current operations
- Master tactics to supercharge productivity, streamline operations, and maximize efficiency
- Learn life-changing strategies to reduce stress, live healthier, and actually enjoy running your business
- Elevate your customer interactions from mere transactions to meaningful, lasting connections
Live Employee Management Workshops
The Hourly Employee Management System™ (HEMS)
Transforming People Management
Managing operations is one thing, but managing people—especially hourly employees on the frontlines—is something most managers are never taught. The Hourly Employee Management System™ (HEMS) is designed to fill that gap, providing managers and business owners with practical tools to recruit, motivate, and retain high-performing teams. Whether you’re in restaurants, healthcare, retail, manufacturing, or another industry, HEMS offers real-world strategies that improve employee morale, reduce turnover, and drive better results.
This comprehensive program is available as individual workshops or as an extended training, providing solutions tailored to the unique challenges of managing hourly employees. HEMS equips leaders to cultivate stronger workplace cultures, foster loyalty, and achieve greater team performance.
Workshop
Staffing Success Blueprint:
How to Hire, Onboard and Retain Great Employees
Finding and keeping great employees starts with smarter hiring and better onboarding. This workshop teaches managers how to craft job ads that stand out, ask better interview questions, and use a structured hiring process to make fair, informed decisions. You’ll also learn onboarding strategies that seamlessly transition new hires into your culture, setting them up for long-term success.
Program Focus
Talent Recruitment
Hiring Biases
Interview Strategies
Onboarding Employees
This workshop is a game-changer for:
- Leaders struggling with turnover or difficulty finding the right people.
- Businesses that want to improve the way they hire, onboard, and integrate new employees.
- Teams looking for practical tools to enhance their staffing process and make fair, informed hiring decisions.
Attendees will walk away with:
- A proven process for creating job ads that attract motivated and qualified applicants.
- Better interview questions that uncover candidates’ true potential.
- A structured selection process to reduce bias and distractions and ensure fair hiring decisions.
Workshop
Coaching Employees for Peak Performance:
Mastering the 30-Second Leadership System
Unlock employee potential with the 30-Second Leadership™ system, a practical coaching framework that assesses employees based on mindset and skill set. Learn how to meet employees where they are—whether they’re new, struggling, or thriving—and guide them to success. This workshop also introduces a shared language for performance, helping managers shift their focus from fixed labels to growth and development.
Program Focus
Team Building
Coaching Employees
Employee Engagement
This workshop is for leaders & managers who:
- Seek practical techniques for building confidence and competence in your team.
- Are grappling with a disengaged or underperforming workforce.
- Desire a repeatable, time-efficient coaching method that gets measurable results.
Attendees will walk away with:
- A clear understanding of the 30-Second Leadership™ system and how to apply it.
- Tools to assess employee performance based on mindset and skill set.
- A shared framework to shift focus from fixed labels to growth and development by task.
Workshop
Building a High-Performance Culture:
Unify Your Team, Amplify Your Results
A strong culture is the foundation of a successful team. This workshop helps leaders move beyond superficial perks to create a culture rooted in shared purpose, values, and expectations. Learn how to assess your current culture, align your team around it, and sustain it to improve engagement, accountability, and performance.
Program Focus
Mindset
Company Culture
Business Growth
Employee Engagement
This workshop is for leaders & managers who:
- Want to strengthen their team’s unity, focus, and performance.
- Need a roadmap to build a sustainable, results-driven culture.
- Struggle to create buy-in or accountability among their teams.
Attendees will walk away with:
- Tools to assess their current culture and identify areas for improvement.
- Strategies to align their team around shared values, purpose, and expectations.
- Proven methods to build and sustain a culture where employees care more, work harder, and stay longer.
Workshop
Motivating Employees:
How to Inspire Effort, Loyalty and Results
Motivating employees can feel like a challenge, but the right strategies can make all the difference. This workshop equips managers with tools to tap into intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, engage their teams more effectively, and create an environment where employees feel valued, give their best effort, and stay committed. Understand the difference between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, and when to use each. Create a team that works harder and smarter because they care about their work.
Program Focus
Motivating Different Personality Types
Intrinsic/ Extrinsic Motivation
Employee Accountability
This workshop is for leaders & managers who:
- Are tasked with training and coaching frontline employees but are not seeing the desired results.
- Aim to transform average team members into exceptional leaders who drive business growth.
- Are grappling with the challenges of employee under-performance.
Attendees will walk away with tools to:
- Inspire employee engagement and drive accountability.
- Utilize intrinsic and extrinsic motivation effectively.
- Combat low motivation and reignite enthusiasm in hourly teams.
- Retain top talent and elevate their performance and influence on the team.
Workshop
From Manager to Leader:
Developing Emerging Leaders for Long-Term Success
Becoming a great leader starts with mastering the fundamentals of people management. Too often, new or emerging managers are promoted for their technical skills but lack the tools to effectively manage and inspire others. This workshop bridges the gap, equipping participants with the key skills and mindset shifts needed to become influential, culture-building leaders who can guide teams to success.
Program Focus
Team Building, Leadership
Cultural Transformation
Employee Engagement
Coaching
This training is a game-changer for:
- Employees transitioning into their first management role.
- New managers seeking to build confidence and sharpen their leadership skills.
- Organizations that want to develop a pipeline of future leaders across their organization.
Attendees will walk away with tools to:
- Discover the key differences between managing hourly and salaried employees.
- Understand different management styles strengths and weaknesses.
- Master tactics to supercharge productivity, streamline operations, and maximize efficiency.
Read what Scott’s clients say about his leadership trainings.
Why Meeting Planners Trust Scott Greenberg
Working with a employee retention speaker should be one of the easier parts of planning an event. That’s why Scott Greenberg approaches every engagement with professionalism, flexibility, and a deep respect for your audience.
Meeting planners appreciate that Scott is easy to collaborate with—responsive, prepared, and focused on making their job simpler. He’s as committed to the logistics and timing as he is to the message. Whether it’s tailoring content to the theme of the event, adjusting the format for time constraints, or helping drive attendance, Scott is an engaged partner from beginning to end.
But what really sets him apart is how well he understands both the audience and the assignment. He doesn’t rely on canned content. Every keynote and training session is customized to reflect your group’s specific challenges and goals. His ability to connect with diverse groups—front-line managers, senior leaders, and everyone in between—makes his programs relevant and memorable.
As a leadership and management speaker, Scott offers more than a message. He offers a dependable experience—one that brings value to your audience and peace of mind to you.
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Learn More About Scott's Books
The Wealthy Franchisee: Game-Changing Steps to Becoming a Thriving Franchise Superstar
Stop the Shift Show: Turn Your Struggling Hourly Workers into a Top-Performing Team
Get in Touch With Scott Greenberg
Scott and his team are ready to support your next leadership event. Whether you’re still in the planning phase or ready to book, reaching out is the first step to delivering a standout experience.
