The Thermostat with Jason Barger

Jason is joined by his friend, Chris Singleton, for a powerful and inspiring conversation about love being stronger than hate. Please rate and review the podcast to help amplify these messages to others! Summary: In a polarized world, how do the most effective leaders foster unity and performance? In this live episode from Thermostat Cultures Live , Jason V Barger sits down with former professiona...

Many people have been catalysts for you in your life and work. And, you are a catalyst for others. How we lead and the culture we create sends ripples to others. In an era where employee engagement has reached a ten-year low and trust in leadership remains a rare commodity, how do we move beyond simply "surviving" our workplace environments? Most organizations operate like thermometers—merely reac...

As a new year begins, Jason reminds us all that our canvas is blank. Who do we want to BE in the year ahead and what cultures do we want to create? Set the Temperature of Your Leadership and Corporate Culture. In a world of constant disruption, high-performing teams don't just happen by accident—they are led by design. Welcome to The Thermostat with Jason V. Barger , the podcast dedicated to helpi...

Jason celebrates the last year of the podcast and highlights the themes and conversations that resonated with so many people across teams and cultures. Please rate and review the podcast to help amplify these messages to others! For full show notes visit https://jasonvbarger.com/podcast/cheers-to-2025/ Jason Barger is a husband, father, speaker, and author who is passionate about business leadersh...

In the midst of the holiday season, Jason shares his wishlist for himself and all of his listeners as we bring one year to an end and shift our sights ahead. Please rate and review the podcast to help amplify these messages to others! For full show notes visit https://jasonvbarger.com/podcast/wishlists-for-all/ Jason Barger is a husband, father, speaker, and author who is passionate about business...

Jason reflects on his own observations on some of the high-level findings from the recent Harvard Global Leadership Development Study and what opportunities exist for the future. Please rate and review the podcast to help amplify these messages to others! For full show notes visit https://jasonvbarger.com/podcast/ harvard-leadership-study / Jason Barger is a husband, father, speaker, and author wh...

Conversations stimulate progress when we talk with people and not at them. The best team cultures develop healthy ways they communicate together to stimulate progress. Please rate and review the podcast to help amplify these messages to others! For full show notes visit https://jasonvbarger.com/podcast/conversations-currency-for-change/ Jason Barger is a husband, father, speaker, and author who is...

The best team cultures realize that recruiting isn't transactional. It's transformational and impacted by how we lead, serve and compete as a team. Episode Summary: Is "transformational recruiting" dead in the age of the Transfer Portal and NIL? In this episode, Jason sits down with college basketball legend and CBS Sports analyst Clark Kellogg to dismantle the idea that leadership has become pure...

Gratitude shifts our mindset, which shifts our actions and interactions. What does it look like to take time to shift the mindsets within our cultures to gratitude? Please rate and review the podcast to help amplify these messages to others! For full show notes visit https://jasonvbarger.com/podcast/gratitude-shifts-cultures/ Jason Barger is a husband, father, speaker, and author who is passionate...

Every great team culture, leader, and organization is created by small, intentional actions and behaviors. Over time, those small actions add up.  Please rate and review the podcast to help amplify these messages to others! For full show notes visit https://jasonvbarger.com/podcast/little-by-little/ Jason Barger is a husband, father, speaker, and author who is passionate about business leadership...

This episode provides sound bites and highlights from this year's Thermostat Cultures LIVE, hosted by Jason Barger, that focuses on authentic leadership in the world today and creating compelling cultures.  Please rate and review the podcast to help amplify these messages to others! For full show notes visit https://jasonvbarger.com/podcast/tcl2025highlights/ Jason Barger is a husband, father, spe...

Gallup research identified 4 traits that followers need and want in a leader. Jason Barger provides his insights on the research based on his work within teams and organizations. Please rate and review the podcast to help amplify these messages to others! For full show notes visit https://jasonvbarger.com/podcast/4-trails-people-need-in-a-leader/ Jason Barger is a husband, father, speaker, and aut...

The best thermostat cultures are led and co-created by all. People within the culture have mindsets of ownership, reciprocal accountability and a commitment to development that sets a different temperature for others. Please rate and review the podcast to help amplify these messages to others! For full show notes visit   https://jasonvbarger.com/podcast/we-are-the-culture/ Jason Barger is a husban...

86% of employees and executives cite Ineffective communication as the biggest problem with workplace failures. Jason Barger shares obstacles that get in the way and what the best leaders and cultures do differently.  Please rate and review the podcast to help amplify these messages to others! For full show notes visit https://jasonvbarger.com/podcast/biggest-problem-with-communication/ Jason Barge...

NFL superstar and Amazon's Thursday Night Football analyst, Andrew "Big Whit" Whitworth, joins Jason Barger in an inspiring conversation about leadership in the world today and articulating culture for the temperature you aim to set in life and work. Please rate and review the podcast to help amplify these messages to others! For full show notes visit https://jasonvbarger.com/podcast/andrew-whitwo...

Employee engagement is at a 10-year low, and burnout is costing the global economy a staggering $322 billion. But what if this isn't a crisis, but one of the greatest opportunities for leadership today? For full show notes visit https://jasonvbarger.com/podcast/engaging-employees/ In this episode, Jason V Barger explains why the current state of the workplace is a pivotal moment to intentionally s...

Jason Barger previews his 9th ThermostatCulturesLIVE.com hybrid event he will host on 11/7/25. He is joined by other powerful voices focused on authentic leadership and compelling cultures in the world today. Please rate and review the podcast to help amplify these messages to others! For full show notes visit https://jasonvbarger.com/podcast/tcl-preview-2025/ Jason Barger is a husband, father, sp...

In a fast-changing, often divided and disengaged world, leaders and cultures that practice empathy, reciprocal accountability, and build trust, are experiencing higher satisfaction and performance. Please rate and review the podcast to help amplify these messages to others! For full show notes visit https://jasonvbarger.com/podcast/eat-leadership-for-today/ Jason Barger is a husband, father, speak...

Turnover and lost productivity due to employee burnout is a global challenge that costs organizations massively. The best leaders and cultures know that caring for people is just good business. Please rate and review the podcast to help amplify these messages to others! For full show notes visit https://jasonvbarger.com/podcast/business-case-well-being/ Jason Barger is a husband, father, speaker,...

Failure is just a part of life and work. Not everything goes as planned. However, every successful leader, team, project, mission and culture transforms failure into hope. Please rate and review the podcast to help amplify these messages to others! For full show notes visit https://jasonvbarger.com/podcast/transforming-failure-anne-harbison/ Jason Barger is a husband, father, speaker, and author w...

Is your culture and the leaders within your teams stuck operating in thermometer thinking? Or, have they made the mindset shifts to thermostat thinking to proactively shape the future you want? Please rate and review the podcast to help amplify these messages to others! For full show notes visit https://jasonvbarger.com/podcast/thermometer-vs-thermostat/ Jason Barger is a husband, father, speaker,...

Language helps drive behavior. The best teams and organizations have cultural language, values and mantras that lead the future they are hoping to create. Is your language leading your team where you want? Please rate and review the podcast to help amplify these messages to others! For full show notes visit https://jasonvbarger.com/podcast/dumbest-cultural-mantra-sports/ Jason Barger is a husband,...

Challenges, obstacles and struggles are an inevitable part of life and work, so what does it mean to weaponize calm in order to strengthen our grit and resilience for the road ahead? Please rate and review the podcast to help amplify these messages to others! For full show notes visit https://jasonvbarger.com/podcast/weaponizing-calm/ Jason Barger is a husband, father, speaker, and author who is p...

What is the ROI on developing people and culture? Jason Barger and Nicki Straza chat about the Culture Cost Calculator and the massive return culture has on performance.

Work/Life balance feels unattainable to most humans. Work/Life rhythm and this intentional reframing makes all the difference in your work and your life. Please rate and review the podcast to help amplify these messages to others! For full show notes visit https://jasonvbarger.com/podcast/ work-life-rhythm-not-balance / Jason Barger is a husband, father, speaker, and author who is passionate about...