The Thermostat with Jason Barger

As the future of work continues to be discovered and developed, Jason dives into 5 organizational culture trends for the year ahead. How can we continue to breathe oxygen into our people and cultures? Please rate and review the podcast to help amplify these messages to others! For full show notes visit https://jasonvbarger.com/podcast/5-trends-for-2024/ Jason Barger is a husband, father, speaker,...

The habits we form individually, and collectively as teams, can help keep us tethered and aligned for the future vision we aim to create, or the bad habits we form can get in our way and chain us down. Can you identify the habits at play in your operations? Please rate and review the podcast to help amplify these messages to others! For full show notes visit https://jasonvbarger.com/podcast/the-ch...

There is a great opportunity to better understand the term "Toxic Positivity" and to more accurately identify the traits of toxic leaders and the true characteristics of authentic, positive leaders. Please rate and review the podcast to help amplify these messages to others! For full show notes visit https://jasonvbarger.com/podcast/toxic-positivity-isnt-positive/ Jason Barger is a husband, father...

What culture strategies are you intentionally breathing oxygen into this year? Are you thinking about how you are Welcoming, Working Out, and the Wake you are leaving across your organization? Please rate and review the podcast to help amplify these messages to others! For full show notes visit https://jasonvbarger.com/podcast/top3-culture-strategies-new-year/ Jason Barger is a husband, father, sp...

Jason is joined by author and inspiring speaker, Chris Singleton, for a powerful conversation about his life and message that "Love Is Stronger Than Hate." Please rate and review the podcast to help amplify these messages to others! For full show notes visit https://jasonvbarger.com/podcast/love_stronger_hate_chris_singleton/ Jason Barger is a husband, father, speaker, and author who is passionate...

As the calendar flips to a new year, what does it mean to "Dare to Begin" again? What in your life and work needs courage in order to dare to begin, again? As the calendar flips to a new year, what does it mean to "Dare to Begin" again? What in your life and work needs courage in order to dare to begin, again? Please rate and review the podcast to help amplify these messages to others! For full sh...

How can we develop greater cultural fitness in the year ahead? What does it mean to move beyond "culture fit" and into growing our ongoing cultural fitness? Please rate and review the podcast to help amplify these messages to others! For full show notes visit https://jasonvbarger.com/podcast/holiday-bonus-cultural-fitness/ Jason Barger is a husband, father, speaker, and author who is passionate ab...

How does empathy play a role in our life and work? What would it mean to practice organizational empathy across our teams and organizations in the year ahead? Please rate and review the podcast to help amplify these messages to others! For full show notes visit https://jasonvbarger.com/podcast/holiday-bonus-empathy/ Jason Barger is a husband, father, speaker, and author who is passionate about bus...

Celebrating a great year and recapping the topics that resonated with listeners and helped shift the ways we think about leadership, culture and the future we are creating in our 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/holiday-recap-2023/ Jason Barger is a husband, father, speaker, and...

Give wonderful holiday gifts and bonuses. Please do. AND, remember that your true presence as a leader throughout the year will be the sustaining element that impacts your people the most over the long haul. Please rate and review the podcast to help amplify these messages to others! For full show notes visit https://jasonvbarger.com/podcast/holiday_bonus/ Jason Barger is a husband, father, speake...

Do the people within your culture have the mindset of a two-way street of accountability or a diffusion of responsibility? Your culture will tip one way or the other based on the Thinking, Acting and Interacting of your people. Please rate and review the podcast to help amplify these messages to others! For full show notes visit https://jasonvbarger.com/podcast/culture-of-accountability/ Jason Bar...

What if all of us as humans, leaders, teams, parents and friends could embrace the mindset of "The Power of Yet." Doug Ulman, CEO of Pelotonia, joins Jason for a fun and powerful chat about growth mindset. Please rate and review the podcast to help amplify these messages to others! For full show notes visit https://jasonvbarger.com/podcast/power-of-yet/ Jason Barger is a husband, father, speaker,...

The practice of giving thanks for the people, connections, experiences, projects and pursuits in our life and work positively impacts our mindset and the actions that follow. Please rate and review the podcast to help amplify these messages to others! For full show notes visit https://jasonvbarger.com/podcast/thanks-giving/ Jason Barger is a husband, father, speaker, and author who is passionate a...

Leaders often urge their teams to "Trust the Process." However, what can leaders learn when they sense there is hesitancy from their people and the path forward? Please rate and review the podcast to help amplify these messages to others! For full show notes visit https://jasonvbarger.com/podcast/why-trusting-process-so-hard/ Jason Barger is a husband, father, speaker, and author who is passionate...

Another powerful ThermostatCulturesLive.com hybrid event happened and the messages, sound bites, and actions coming out of it are compelling. This episode provides a quick recap of the vibe coming out of the event. Please rate and review the podcast to help amplify these messages to others! For full show notes visit  https://jasonvbarger.com/podcast/tclevent2023-recap/ Jason Barger is a husband, f...

Dysfunctional and toxic cultures often share and perpetuate 5 habits that get in the way of achieving their vision for the future and turn people off along the way. What habits do we need to stay away from? TCL 2023 is Nov. 3rd, get your tickets now, hybrid or in-person in Columbus Ohio http://thermostatcultureslive.com/ Please rate and review the podcast to help amplify these messages to others!...

Great cultures often share and perpetuate 5 types of stories that help galvanize their people and stimulate progress for the future. What stories are you and your people perpetuating? Please rate and review the podcast to help amplify these messages to others! For full show notes visit https://jasonvbarger.com/podcast/5-great-cultures/ Subscribe to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/@JasonVBarge...

Having courageous conversations and giving effective feedback is a challenge in most relationships and cultures. So, how do we give Truly Genuine Impactful Feedback that stimulates progress and raises the level of our conversations? Please rate and review the podcast to help amplify these messages to others! For full show notes visit https://jasonvbarger.com/podcast/tgif/ Subscribe to our channel:...

In culture-shaping, what we allow, lingers and what we teach, triggers. What are the habits, behaviors, operations and policies that you are allowing to linger and are counter to the culture you want to create?   Please rate and review the podcast to help amplify these messages to others! For full show notes visit https://jasonvbarger.com/podcast/what-we-allow-lingers/ Subscribe to our channel: ht...

Seek to understand before the need to be understood. The best leaders and teams not only know this habit and skill, but practice it within their culture. Please rate and review the podcast to help amplify these messages to others! For full show notes visit  https://jasonvbarger.com/podcast/understand_greater_understood/ Subscribe to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/@JasonVBarger Make Your 2023...

We all are human. We all avoid conflict and discomfort from time to time. The best leaders and teams develop skills to identify avoidance and then move forward with courageous conversations. Please rate and review the podcast to help amplify these messages to others! For full show notes visit https://jasonvbarger.com/podcast/top5-reasons-avoid-conflict/ Subscribe to our channel: https://www.youtub...

The most compelling cultures in the world today are not only developing and practicing self-care, but are cultivating a spirit of care for the culture as a whole. Please rate and review the podcast to help amplify these messages to others! For full show notes visit   https://jasonvbarger.com/podcast/self-careculture-care/ Subscribe to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/@JasonVBarger Make Your 20...

In a world of rapid change, what lessons can we learn from the BlackBerry story that helps us stimulate progress and innovation 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/blackberry-lessons/ Subscribe to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/@JasonVBarger Make Your 2023 Effective!  Book...

What is the powerful ThermostatCulturesLIVE.com hybrid event on 11.3.23? Jason previews this year's powerful day of development and the voices joining him. Please rate and review the podcast to help amplify these messages to others! For full show notes visit  https://jasonvbarger.com/podcast/tcl-2023-preview/ Subscribe to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/@JasonVBarger Make Your 2023 Effective!...

What is the Return On Investment (ROI) of all this developing leaders and culture stuff? Massive. Jason dives into research that reminds us that culture drives positive business outcomes. Please rate and review the podcast to help amplify these messages to others! For full show notes visit https://jasonvbarger.com/podcast/culture_improves_performance Subscribe to our channel: https://www.youtube.c...