“Gregory’s presentation is like if Billy Joel & Simon Sinek Co-Wrote A Keynote.”
- Former dueling pianist
- Corporate professional
- Author
“Gregory’s presentation is like if Billy Joel & Simon Sinek Co-Wrote A Keynote.”
Gregory has two decades of corporate experience and years as a dueling pianist entertainer. “The Encore Experience” keynote is interactive with music and will have attendees singing and having fun. More importantly, he helps organizations create a great culture to get the best from their teams and for their teams.
Gregory Offner is a multi-talented individual, with a passion for entertaining and educating others.
His keynotes, workshops, and corporate consulting engagements help the worlds leading organizations create high performing, highly fulfilled leaders. Prior to this work, Greg led global sales and marketing efforts for several Fortune 100 organizations; brokered complex Risk Management and Insurance programs for large commercial organizations; and drove process improvement initiatives as a certified Lean Six Sigma practitioner. But during that time, Greg lived a double life.
By day, he was a suit and tie wearing professional; but under the cover of night Greg was better known as “Junior” – a world renowned professional dueling pianist. As an entertainer, Greg has performed on stages of every size; for audiences of every size; on 5 continents. His ability to integrate that fun and energy into his programming (yes, he often uses a piano on stage) transforms his program from a keynote speech into a keynote experience. Greg’s work as a keynote speaker, coach, and workshop facilitator fills a void that most organizations leave in their training programming: soft skill development. Greg has always been passionate about soft skills, analyzing the onboarding, training, and development programs of 43 companies before the age of 30. He was fascinated by the performance differences between organizations which prioritized soft skill training and those who focused primarily on hard, job-specific skill development.
Most recently, Greg has spent over 2 months in total silence as a result of multiple surgeries needed to repair and rebuild his vocal cords…an experience that nearly left him mute; and which ignited the critical spark needed to transform his work from a “personal curiosity” to a “professional mission” – to help individuals and organizations identify the one change that can change everything.
Through a mix of speaking, audience participation, and a little dueling piano bar magic sprinkled in, Greg reveals the insights and tools you need to accelerate your growth, amplify creativity, and deliver a performance that leaves your audience (clients, stakeholders, or employees) cheering for an encore.
What topics does Gregory Offner speak on? Gregory Offner speaks on employee engagement, workforce retention, corporate culture, leadership, navigating change and disruption, team performance, and customer experience. His keynotes draw from two decades of Fortune 100 corporate experience and his career as a professional dueling pianist.
What is Gregory Offner’s signature keynote? His signature keynote is The Encore Experience — an interactive, music-driven program that uses live piano performance and audience participation to help organizations build cultures where people take ownership, perform with passion, and want to show up every day. His keynote also delivers on workforce engagement and retention, and Dueling with Disruption, focused on leading through change.
Does Gregory Offner actually play piano during his keynote? Yes. Greg performs live on a piano on stage, weaving audience song requests into his messaging in real time. It’s what makes his keynote a genuine experience rather than a standard presentation — audiences often describe it as what you’d get if Billy Joel and Simon Sinek co-wrote a keynote.
What is the Tip Jar Culture? Tip Jar Culture is both a keynote and a published book by Gregory Offner. It introduces three principles — Take a Sip, Fill Out a Slip, and Leave a Tip — borrowed from the world of piano bars and applied to the workplace. The framework helps leaders generate higher engagement, deeper commitment, and better performance from their existing teams.
What types of organizations has Gregory Offner spoken for? Gregory has spoken for corporate audiences, associations, nonprofits, credit unions, and leadership teams across industries including financial services, healthcare, and sales. His clients include Nusenda Credit Union, CACUBO, Smurfit, BioGuard, AORN, among others.
What makes Gregory Offner different from other keynote speakers? Greg is one of the only keynote speakers in the world who performs live piano as part of his message delivery — not as entertainment bookending a talk, but woven directly into the content. Combined with two decades of Fortune 100 corporate experience, he brings both credibility and an experience that audiences remember long after the event.
What is Gregory Offner’s speaking fee? Gregory Offner’s speaking fee is $17,000 plus expenses for digital keyboard, shell, and travel (inquiring with Eagles Talent on exact expenses). Contact Eagles Talent for current pricing, availability, and travel requirements.
Is Gregory Offner available for virtual events? Yes. Gregory is available for both in-person and virtual keynote engagements.
Does Gregory Offner require a piano on-site, or does he travel with one? This is worth confirming with Eagles Talent when booking, as production requirements vary by event format and venue. Typically, a professional company (that many touring musicians use) is contacted to rent the keyboard and baby grand shell. Contact us to discuss logistics for your specific event.
How do I book Gregory Offner to speak? Gregory Offner is exclusively managed by Eagles Talent. Click the “Check Availability” button on this page to start the conversation.
Reconnecting to Purpose, Performing with Passion, and Delivering More, Together!
When was the last time you went to a concert so good, you found yourself cheering “one more song” at the end? THAT is an Encore experience. Why doesn’t this exist in the workplace?
Imagine a workplace where:
Your people are the center of the action. Creating an encore experience with your teams builds a culture that has them excited about coming back every day.
Gregory Offner sets a new standard for how content is brought to the keynote stage, delivering a lively, one-of-a-kind and extremely fun performance; blending the interactive format of a dueling piano stage with high-impact takeaways to help people reimagine their amazing potential and impact in the workplace.
The Encore Experience gets the attendees to own the spotlight in the session, just as you’d want them to in the workplace. Gregory takes song requests from the audience and weaves their musical ideas into his messaging—backed by scientific data–to help amplify the changes you’re looking to create.
The magic of this experience is that everyone realizes how different an hour of work can feel when you embrace this mindset.
Are YOU ready for an encore?
FOR LEADERS, OWNERS, AND ORGANIZATIONS SEEKING TO IMPROVE WORKFORCE RETENTION & INCREASE ENGAGEMENT
Today’s leaders face a critical workforce challenge, with employees demanding more for less—more pay, flexibility, and control, with less time spent working. This coincides with historically low engagement and loyalty, affecting not just productivity and profits, but also workplace culture and morale.
Globally, businesses spend 20 billion dollars each year trying to improve employee engagement and retention. Still, less than 30 percent of the workforce is actively engaged and working toward the organizations success. What most leaders see as problems with workforce culture, or the workers themselves, are just symptoms of the real problem: the employment experience.
In this unforgettable keynote former dueling pianist turned award winning speaker Gregory Offner reveals three principles of engaging experiences—used in piano bars—and demonstrates the steps to adapt them for your workforce.
Using these three principles (Take a Sip, Fill Out a Slip, and Leave a Tip) organizations can generate more engagement, deeper commitment, and better performance from their existing workforce. Attendees will leave inspired, entertained, and equipped to put these principles into action, and create a Tip Jar Culture™️ of their own.
AMPLIFY SUCCESS BY SIMPLIFYING THE SCIENCE OF CHANGE
You may know that 70% of corporate change initiatives fail, but do you know why?
To create sound we only need two elements: a source of agitation and a source of vibration. To create an organizational culture that thrives in and embraces disruption we also need two elements. In this captivating keynote, Greg uses examples from the world of business and music to reveal the key to creating successful disruptions.
Using principles of psychology and behavioural economics, Greg helps the audience explore their own approaches to change, and explains why most attempts to make sustaining changes fall flat.
“I would say that Greg is a highly energetic, funny, multitalented musician who is easy to work with and delivers his message in a way that is engaging and relatable.”
A provocative yet inspirational appeal to change our perspective about “work,” in order to disrupt the disengagement plaguing our workplaces.
Work isn’t working for most people, and one only has to look at the news or statistics on employee engagement for evidence of this claim. But why? What’s changed? In The Tip Jar Culture, you’ll discover the answer has less to do with what has changed, and more to do with what hasn’t. Internationally celebrated workforce strategist Gregory Offner offers a fresh approach for leaders and employees alike, challenging long held ideas about what it means to “work” and what the experience of work “should” be like in a world where wifi is ubiquitous but work/life balance is scarce.
Distilling lessons learned from some of the world’s most engaging environments, The Tip Jar Culture focuses on the importance of understanding human behavior and motivation. Offner’s personal journey from a performer to a corporate executive enriches the narrative, providing unique insights into creating a fulfilling and engaging workplace. The book delves into the psychology behind employee motivation, offering practical strategies for leaders to foster a more productive, satisfied, and engaged workforce. It’s a must-read for anyone looking to transform their organization’s culture and rekindle the passion in their teams.
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