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    The Thermostat with Jason Barger

    A thermostat is proactive. It sets the temperature in a room. Controls the temperature. Regulates the temperature. But in today’s distracted, fast-paced and digital world, it’s easy for individuals and organizations to act more like thermometers, slipping into reactionary thinking, becoming scattered and inconsistent. The most compelling leaders, teams, organizations, families or collection of humans of any kind operate in thermostat mode. They calibrate their mind and heart to set the temperature for the vision and culture they want to create. Jason Barger, globally celebrated author, keynote speaker and founder of Step Back Leadership Consulting, guides this journey to discover authentic leadership, create compelling cultures and find clarity of mission, vision and values. Learn more at JasonVBarger.com or on social media @jasonvbarger
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    Episodes (221)

    Season 8 Episode 10: Where Trust Wobbles (within teams)

    Season 8 Episode 10: Where Trust Wobbles (within teams)

    Trust is foundational in every relationship, team and culture. How can we begin to overcome the main wobbles of trust we experience within our teams?

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    For full show notes visit https://jasonvbarger.com/podcast/where-trust-wobbles-teams/

    Jason Barger is a husband, father, speaker, and author who is passionate about business leadership and corporate culture. He believes that corporate culture is the "thermostat" of an organization, and that it can be used to drive performance, innovation, and engagement. The show features interviews with business leaders from a variety of industries, as well as solo episodes where Barger shares his own insights and advice.

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    Season 8 Episode 9: Where Trust Wobbles (with every individual)

    Season 8 Episode 9: Where Trust Wobbles (with every individual)

    Trust is foundational in every relationship, team and culture. What are the 3 main drivers that cause our trust to wobble in our individual relationships?

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    For full show notes visit https://jasonvbarger.com/podcast/where-trust-wobbles/

    Jason Barger is a husband, father, speaker, and author who is passionate about business leadership and corporate culture. He believes that corporate culture is the "thermostat" of an organization, and that it can be used to drive performance, innovation, and engagement. The show features interviews with business leaders from a variety of industries, as well as solo episodes where Barger shares his own insights and advice.

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    Season 8 Episode 8: The Decision To Trust

    Season 8 Episode 8: The Decision To Trust

    Trust is foundational in every relationship, team and culture. What situational factors are at play when we make the decision to trust (or not)?

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    Jason Barger is a husband, father, speaker, and author who is passionate about business leadership and corporate culture. He believes that corporate culture is the "thermostat" of an organization, and that it can be used to drive performance, innovation, and engagement. The show features interviews with business leaders from a variety of industries, as well as solo episodes where Barger shares his own insights and advice.

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    The Thermostat with Jason Barger
    en-usFebruary 27, 2024

    Season 8 Episode 7: Leadership Is A Contact Sport

    Season 8 Episode 7: Leadership Is A Contact Sport

    Jason dives into a powerful conversation with a panel of leaders across industries at his ThermostatCulturesLive.com event to discuss the opportunities and challenges of leading in the world today.

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    For full show notes visit https://jasonvbarger.com/podcast/leadership-contact-sport/

    Jason Barger is a husband, father, speaker, and author who is passionate about business leadership and corporate culture. He believes that corporate culture is the "thermostat" of an organization, and that it can be used to drive performance, innovation, and engagement. The show features interviews with business leaders from a variety of industries, as well as solo episodes where Barger shares his own insights and advice.

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    The Thermostat with Jason Barger
    en-usFebruary 20, 2024

    Season 8 Episode 6: 5 Organizational Culture Trends for 2024

    Season 8 Episode 6: 5 Organizational Culture Trends for 2024

    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?

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    For full show notes visit https://jasonvbarger.com/podcast/5-trends-for-2024/

    Jason Barger is a husband, father, speaker, and author who is passionate about business leadership and corporate culture. He believes that corporate culture is the "thermostat" of an organization, and that it can be used to drive performance, innovation, and engagement. The show features interviews with business leaders from a variety of industries, as well as solo episodes where Barger shares his own insights and advice.

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    The Thermostat with Jason Barger
    en-usFebruary 13, 2024

    Season 8 Episode 5: The Chains of Habit

    Season 8 Episode 5: The Chains of Habit

    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?

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    For full show notes visit https://jasonvbarger.com/podcast/the-chains-of-habit/

    Jason Barger is a husband, father, speaker, and author who is passionate about business leadership and corporate culture. He believes that corporate culture is the "thermostat" of an organization, and that it can be used to drive performance, innovation, and engagement. The show features interviews with business leaders from a variety of industries, as well as solo episodes where Barger shares his own insights and advice.

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    The Thermostat with Jason Barger
    en-usFebruary 06, 2024

    Season 8 Episode 4: Toxic Positivity Isn’t Positive

    Season 8 Episode 4: Toxic Positivity Isn’t Positive

    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.

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    For full show notes visit https://jasonvbarger.com/podcast/toxic-positivity-isnt-positive/

    Jason Barger is a husband, father, speaker, and author who is passionate about business leadership and corporate culture. He believes that corporate culture is the "thermostat" of an organization, and that it can be used to drive performance, innovation, and engagement. The show features interviews with business leaders from a variety of industries, as well as solo episodes where Barger shares his own insights and advice.

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    Season 8 Episode 3: 3 Culture Strategies For A New Year

    Season 8 Episode 3: 3 Culture Strategies For A New Year

    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?

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    For full show notes visit https://jasonvbarger.com/podcast/top3-culture-strategies-new-year/

    Jason Barger is a husband, father, speaker, and author who is passionate about business leadership and corporate culture. He believes that corporate culture is the "thermostat" of an organization, and that it can be used to drive performance, innovation, and engagement. The show features interviews with business leaders from a variety of industries, as well as solo episodes where Barger shares his own insights and advice.

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    Season 8 Episode 2: Love Is Stronger Than Hate — chat with Chris Singleton

    Season 8 Episode 2: Love Is Stronger Than Hate — chat with Chris Singleton

    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.”

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    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 about business leadership and corporate culture. He believes that corporate culture is the "thermostat" of an organization, and that it can be used to drive performance, innovation, and engagement. The show features interviews with business leaders from a variety of industries, as well as solo episodes where Barger shares his own insights and advice.

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    Season 8 Episode 1: Daring to begin (again)

    Season 8 Episode 1: Daring 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?

    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?

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    For full show notes visit https://jasonvbarger.com/podcast/daring-to-begin-again/ 

    Jason Barger is a husband, father, speaker, and author who is passionate about business leadership and corporate culture. He believes that corporate culture is the "thermostat" of an organization, and that it can be used to drive performance, innovation, and engagement. The show features interviews with business leaders from a variety of industries, as well as solo episodes where Barger shares his own insights and advice.

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    Season 7 Episode 53: Holiday Bonus Episode: Cultural Fitness

    Season 7 Episode 53: Holiday Bonus Episode: Cultural Fitness

    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?

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    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 about business leadership and corporate culture. He believes that corporate culture is the "thermostat" of an organization, and that it can be used to drive performance, innovation, and engagement. The show features interviews with business leaders from a variety of industries, as well as solo episodes where Barger shares his own insights and advice.

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    Season 7 Episode 52: Holiday Bonus Episode: Empathy

    Season 7 Episode 52: Holiday Bonus Episode: Empathy

    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?

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    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 business leadership and corporate culture. He believes that corporate culture is the "thermostat" of an organization, and that it can be used to drive performance, innovation, and engagement. The show features interviews with business leaders from a variety of industries, as well as solo episodes where Barger shares his own insights and advice.

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    The Thermostat with Jason Barger
    en-usDecember 26, 2023

    Season 7 Episode 51: 2023 Celebration and Recap Episode

    Season 7 Episode 51: 2023 Celebration and Recap Episode

    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.

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    For full show notes visit  https://jasonvbarger.com/podcast/holiday-recap-2023/

    Jason Barger is a husband, father, speaker, and author who is passionate about business leadership and corporate culture. He believes that corporate culture is the "thermostat" of an organization, and that it can be used to drive performance, innovation, and engagement. The show features interviews with business leaders from a variety of industries, as well as solo episodes where Barger shares his own insights and advice.

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    The Thermostat with Jason Barger
    en-usDecember 19, 2023

    Season 7 Episode 50: Presence at Holiday Bonus Time

    Season 7 Episode 50: Presence at Holiday Bonus Time

    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.

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    For full show notes visit https://jasonvbarger.com/podcast/holiday_bonus/

    Jason Barger is a husband, father, speaker, and author who is passionate about business leadership and corporate culture. He believes that corporate culture is the "thermostat" of an organization, and that it can be used to drive performance, innovation, and engagement. The show features interviews with business leaders from a variety of industries, as well as solo episodes where Barger shares his own insights and advice.

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    The Thermostat with Jason Barger
    en-usDecember 12, 2023

    Season 7 Episode 49: Culture of Accountability OR Diffusion of Responsibility

    Season 7 Episode 49: Culture of Accountability OR Diffusion of Responsibility

    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.

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    Jason Barger is a husband, father, speaker, and author who is passionate about business leadership and corporate culture. He believes that corporate culture is the "thermostat" of an organization, and that it can be used to drive performance, innovation, and engagement. The show features interviews with business leaders from a variety of industries, as well as solo episodes where Barger shares his own insights and advice.

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    The Thermostat with Jason Barger
    en-usDecember 05, 2023

    Season 7 Episode 48: The Power of Yet

    Season 7 Episode 48: The Power of Yet

    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.

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    For full show notes visit https://jasonvbarger.com/podcast/power-of-yet/

    Jason Barger is a husband, father, speaker, and author who is passionate about business leadership and corporate culture. He believes that corporate culture is the "thermostat" of an organization, and that it can be used to drive performance, innovation, and engagement. The show features interviews with business leaders from a variety of industries, as well as solo episodes where Barger shares his own insights and advice.

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    The Thermostat with Jason Barger
    en-usNovember 28, 2023

    Season 7 Episode 47: Thanks Giving

    Season 7 Episode 47: Thanks Giving

    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.

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    For full show notes visit https://jasonvbarger.com/podcast/thanks-giving/

    Jason Barger is a husband, father, speaker, and author who is passionate about business leadership and corporate culture. He believes that corporate culture is the "thermostat" of an organization, and that it can be used to drive performance, innovation, and engagement. The show features interviews with business leaders from a variety of industries, as well as solo episodes where Barger shares his own insights and advice.

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    The Thermostat with Jason Barger
    en-usNovember 21, 2023

    Season 7 Episode 46: Why is “Trusting the Process” so hard?

    Season 7 Episode 46: Why is “Trusting the Process” so hard?

    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?

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    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 about business leadership and corporate culture. He believes that corporate culture is the "thermostat" of an organization, and that it can be used to drive performance, innovation, and engagement. The show features interviews with business leaders from a variety of industries, as well as solo episodes where Barger shares his own insights and advice.

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    The Thermostat with Jason Barger
    en-usNovember 14, 2023

    Season 7 Episode 45: Thermostat Cultures LIVE Event Recap

    Season 7 Episode 45: Thermostat Cultures LIVE Event Recap

    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.

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    For full show notes visit  https://jasonvbarger.com/podcast/tclevent2023-recap/

    Jason Barger is a husband, father, speaker, and author who is passionate about business leadership and corporate culture. He believes that corporate culture is the "thermostat" of an organization, and that it can be used to drive performance, innovation, and engagement. The show features interviews with business leaders from a variety of industries, as well as solo episodes where Barger shares his own insights and advice.

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    The Thermostat with Jason Barger
    en-usNovember 07, 2023

    Season 7 Episode 44: 5 Habits of Dysfunctional Cultures

    Season 7 Episode 44: 5 Habits of Dysfunctional Cultures

    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?

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