The Thermostat with Jason Barger

Jason Barger

jason@jasonvbarger.com

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Booking Overview

The Thermostat is a leadership-and-culture show positioning effective organizations as “thermostats” that proactively shape the work environment rather than react to it. It’s a strong fit for PR outreach to executives, HR/people-ops leaders, and renowned authors/researchers who can translate workplace psychology into practical culture and performance outcomes.

Metrics

Episodes: 341

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 5.0/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

YouTube: 729 subscribers

Instagram: 4.6k followers

Contact Information

jason@jasonvbarger.com

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Host

Jason Barger - Founder of Step Back Leadership Consulting and a globally celebrated author and keynote speaker. His work focuses on discovering authentic leadership, creating compelling cultures, and finding clar...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:  
Renowned researchers and best-selling authors with credibility in organizational psychology, strengths/human performance, leadership science, or evidence-based workplace practice (often with widely recognized frameworks or products).
Required Achievements:  
Best-selling author, Known research or co-creation of widely used leadership/team tools (e.g., StrengthsFinder), Keynote/event presence and broad industry recognition

Recent Guest Discussions

Marcus Buckingham - Empirical Case For Operationalizing Love In Organizations; “loveless Enterprise” Pitfalls; J-curve Human Performance; Proactive Thermostat Vs Reactive Thermometer Leadership; Designing Extreme Positive Experiences; Span Of Control And Attention; Genai Risks For Relational Tasks; Framework For Operationalizing Love In Teams.

Recent Topics

Leadership, Organizational Culture, Workplace, Employee Engagement, Human Behavior

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
The Thermostat with Jason Barger
:

Organizational Love with Marcus Buckingham

June 30, 2026

The people in your life, on your team, and within your organization need your love. Jason Barger sits down with researcher and best-selling author, Marcus Buckingham, for a chat about designing love into the human experience. For Full Show Notes Visit: https://www.jasonvbarger.com/podcast/organizational-love-marcus-buckingham/ Jason is joined by world-renowned researcher and best-selling author Marcus Buckingham for a groundbreaking conversation about the empirical business case for operat...

Engaging Gen Z Culturally

June 23, 2026

Every generation in history has experienced stereotypes in the workplace. The best leaders and teams are intentional about how they are engaging with Gen Z in growing their organizational culture.  For Full Show Notes Visit https://www.jasonvbarger.com/podcast/engage-gen-z-culturally/ Jason explores how the best leaders, teams, and organizations are engaging with Gen Z culturally to be better and strengthen their organizations for the future . Please rate and review the podcast to help am...

Culture Stewardship is a Non-Negotiable in Leadership

June 16, 2026

Organizational culture is not an add on. It's everything you do. The best leaders and highest performing teams understand that stewarding the culture is foundational. For Full Show notes visit: https://www.jasonvbarger.com/podcast/culture-stewardship-leadership/ Jason explains why active culture stewardship is a non-negotiable leadership requirement, shifting organizational health from an administrative afterthought into your single greatest competitive advantage . Please rate and review...

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