Jason Barger Featured Author of "Thermostat Cultures" and named Top 200 Global Thought Leader

This keynote experience is based on the globally celebrated book "Thermostat Cultures" and speaks to the power of creating compelling cultures within our teams and organizations.

The best leaders and groups of any kind engage the minds and hearts of their people and proactively shape the culture for HOW they move, together. Thermostat Cultures is about the proactive process the best leaders and teams lead in order to inspire and engage the people around them. What temperature will you set with the people in your life and career? This engaging session showcases the process iconic brands and teams use to intentionally shape the culture they want for tomorrow! 

A thermometer is stuck in reactionary mode. A thermostat is proactive and sets the temperature. The best teams follow the 6A process for leading change to set a compelling temperature on their team. We know that success is not just defined by WHAT we do, but more importantly, HOW we do it. How each of our people show up, lead, serve, and follow through on the work every day. Is your team setting the temperature for how you want to Think, Act and Interact? This inspiring experience draws on stories of how global brands have engaged the minds and hearts of their people, and in doing so, have created ambassadors for the very best of the culture they are trying to create. This interactive keynote will deliver inspiring stories, new ideas, and actionable items that leaders can leverage to immediately begin strengthening their culture and accountability.

Learning Outcomes:

• Defining "Culture" and the Temperature You Set
• Examples of how to proactively shape the culture you desire
• The 6A Process for Leading Change
• Changing from Reactive to a Proactive Mindset

Welcome to the future and the participatory world of leadership. Power has shifted and it no longer sits in the top down style of leadership. Hierarchy has been put on the shelf and tribes of influence are being deployed. The future of leadership and the effectiveness of teams and organizations lie in the hands of those who engage the minds and hearts of their people with a participatory style—connected to a compelling mission and movement. From global brands to one office shops, this leadership revolution is here to stay. In this session you will learn about the profound leadership styles influencing people in the world today and strategies to bring your people into the creation of your culture. 

This keynote is about naming what compelling leadership looks like in today's world and will introduce actionable content to elevate your leaders, employees and even customers. It's no secret that we live in a fast-changing, global world. The generational shift is happening even as we speak. We're adjusting to differing economic climates and styles of communication are evolving as rapidly as ever. The path ahead requires specific skills that haven't always been developed. 7 key attributes of 21st Century Leadership are needed in order to thrive in the future. Are you a Servant Leader, Storyteller, Collaborator, Innovator, Daredevil, Adaptable, Global Citizen? The very best leaders, teams, and organizations infuse 21st Century Leadership throughout their DNA. This interactive keynote will provide inspiring examples of leadership and leave participants motivated and prepared to elevate their own leadership practice.

Learning Outcomes:

• Intro to the 7 Key Attributes of 21st Century Leadership
• Reclaiming the hijacked term of "Leadership" by defining authentic leadership
• Communication tools to lead in a participatory world

There are some people that breathe oxygen into a room and others who take the oxygen from the room. In a world of disruptions, division, and disconnections, the most effective leaders breathe good oxygen into their own mindset in order to breathe oxygen into their team members. They inhale 6 positive mindsets that give life to themself and others and exhale toxic air of negativity, blame, and gossip. The air we breathe is everything! Based on Jason's new book Breathing Oxygen:  How Positive Leadership Gives Life to Winning Cultures (2022).

Learning Outcomes:

• Identifying the Toxic Air Around You and Your Team
• Defining the 6 Mindsets that Deliver Good Air (Clarity, Inclusivity, Agility, Grit, Rest, and Ownership)
• Tools to Give Life to Your Culture

Technology and the world as a whole are changing rapidly every day. You must have a philosophy for how you and your team will approach the change. What was here to stay yesterday is already gone today. In times of constant change, leaders must have a mindset that visions for the future, but embraces agile thinking in their plans. They preserve the core and stimulate progress at the same time. The best leaders, teams and organizations teach their people to utilize the 6 A process for leading change in order to effectively navigate their way through times of change. This session gives a thought-provoking look at the change we all are experiencing and equips you with a framework to move forward. 

This Jason Barger keynote is all about what gets our focus on a day to day and moment to moment basis. Inspired by his globally celebrated book "ReMember," this keynote is thought-provoking and illuminating on what we give our focus to each day. We have never lived in more distracted, cluttered and “busy” times. Studies reveal that the modern worker today shifts their focus and attention between 300-500 times in an average day. What separates the good leaders from the great leaders, the good teams from the great teams, the good businesses from the great businesses, is the ability to give their eyes, hearts, and focus to their highest priorities. It has never been more important to Remember the purpose of our mission and then proactively ReMember—renew and recommit to the people, projects and passions that create positive impact. This interactive keynote will paint a colorful image of the frenzy culture of today and provide the roadmap for coming alive as leaders with focus and passion. Are you busy or effective? Perhaps you need to be reminded that where you look is where you go!

Learning Outcomes:

• Identifying Busyness vs. Effectiveness
• How clarity of priorities impacts daily performance
• The process to ReMember that leads individual and organizational change

What does Sky Mall magazine, Heinz 57 Ketchup, the Pop-a-Shot arcade game, a British grocery store chain, and Pike’s Place Fish Market all have in common? Why was Dunkin’ Donuts able to expand their growth globally while Winchell’s Donuts growth inched along? How do innovative thinkers think and how is it impacting our world in the age of Amazon, Airbnb, Netflix and Uber? In a world that is changing so rapidly, the best leaders, teams and organizations must learn to practice innovation in small ways in their operations, keep their eyes open for big moves, and agile enough to keep their mission alive. In this fascinating session, participants minds will be flung open and at the same time delivered tangible questions to lead the next innovations along their path.  

This keynote is a fun and thought-provoking look at creativity and innovation. It offers compelling examples of how disrupting the status quo leads to small improvements that have huge impact on a brand, business, and approach. One of the biggest challenges all leaders, teams, and organizations face is being able to see their work with new eyes. In the fast-paced, do more with less, “create on demand” world we live in today, it sometimes seems easiest to do things the same way we did them yesterday. In reality, when we cling too tightly to the status quo, we squelch new ideas, possibilities, and solutions. Seeing with new eyes is a practice that infuses participants with creativity and empowers them to dwell in possibility. This interactive keynote challenges people to think differently and discover how new ways of thinking can propel their work forward. Thinking creatively is a skill meant to be practiced. This experience will not only deliver laughs and memorable stories, but tangible resources for every leader to take with them on their creative journey.

Learning Outcomes:

• Examples of disruption that have changed "the way we've always done it"
• Questions of innovation that lead to individual and organizational breakthroughs
• How the 6A Process for Leading Change stimulates progress

If you think we live in a transactional world, you're wrong. Welcome to the experience economy. Our lives and daily existence is created by a string of experiences that we participate in. Is the experience you are creating for others EPIC? 

The idea is not just to attract a customer, but to delight a loyal follower and co-creator in your experience. The best brands in the world delight their customers from the moment they step foot on their property and woo them with delight through the five senses and authentic engagement. 

How does Chipotle, Starbucks, Fantasy Football and Waze invite you into participating in the creation of your own experience? 

How does Wendy's, Southwest Airlines, AirBnb, and Pike's Place Fish Market differentiate their experience through delight? 

Delighting your customers begins with a mindset and follows through with intentional action. How will you and your team delight today? 

Learning Outcomes:

• Examples from global brands about specific adjustments they made to shift the mindset and behavior of their employees.
• 3 key elements to creating an epic experience that delights.
• Motivation for turning your transactional interactions into transformational experiences. 

This Jason Barger keynote is highly engaging and is based on the globally celebrated book "Step Back from the Baggage Claim" and the power of the individual to positively impact their environment even in the midst of rapid change. Every individual, team, and organization needs to Step Back from the Baggage Claim once in awhile to revisit where they're traveling and why. In the fast-paced global world we live in today, it is easy to find ourselves rushing from task to task, project to project, and meeting to meeting. In our haste to identify what we're trying to accomplish, we often lose sight of our mission and vision, and disrupt our organizational culture along the way. Stepping Back from the Baggage Claim is about gaining new perspective as individual leaders and powerful teams. When we take the time to Step Back, we are able to move forward with excellence and lead through times of change. This interactive keynote will leave participants laughing, reflecting, and more passionate about the purpose of their work.

Learning Outcomes:

• An inspiring return to your Mission & Purpose
• Stepping Back to see new perspectives and opportunities
• Examples of how small actions create positive change in leaders and teams