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The Founders Blog
Welcome to The Founders Blog by Dr. Phil Foster. This blog is your go-to resource for insights into building a thriving online membership business, drawing from my extensive journey in launching and mentoring successful ventures. Each post is crafted to inspire, guide, and empower you, whether you're just starting out or scaling up. Your future as a successful online membership business owner begins here.
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Jun 6, 20162 min read
The Open Organization – 2nd Edition
Nearly a year after my book was published, Jim Whitehurst CEO or Red Hat published his book The Open Organization. Igniting Passion and...
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Dec 19, 20131 min read
4 Steps to Success in 2014
4 Steps to Organizational Success in 2014 | http://www.maximumchange.com #2014 #business #communication #Consulting #BusinessConsulting...
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Jul 24, 20131 min read
From Massive Losses to 36% in Profit in Only 49-days
——————– #Leadership #PhilipAFoster #Consulting #culturalassessment #Administration #culture #assessments #HR #management #Losses...
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Jul 22, 20131 min read
When Not Knowing Can Hurt Your Organization
We, as leaders, must understand that focusing on what is in front of us is only half the process of leading. We must be aware of the...
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Jun 22, 20122 min read
Majoring on the Minors | Perpetuating religious schisms of the past
Tickle (2008) argues religion is a social construct as well as an individual way of being and understanding (p 33). Language, customs,...
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May 14, 20121 min read
May 14, 2012 | Bogota Colombia – Service Learning Update
Final preparations are under way for my trip to Bogota. Tickets in hand, boarding passes will be printed tomorrow and by Wednesday I will...
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May 2, 20122 min read
Preparations | Bogota Colombia
A lot can happen in just 24 hours! April 12 I received an email from Dr. Sergio Matviuk, Executive Director of Global Affairs at Regent...
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Apr 9, 20122 min read
Connecting with Culture | What leaders need to know.
As cross-cultural matters become calibrated to a deeper understanding of how important communication and conflict resolution are to a...
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Mar 29, 20122 min read
Cultural Conflict Management Styles
Several conflict styles are used to manage conflicts: factual-inductive, axiomatic-deductive, and affective-intuitive (Gudykunst & Kim,...
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Mar 29, 20122 min read
Developing a Cultural Hermeneutic to Conflict Resolution
In dealing with conflict, leaders should develop a cultural hermeneutics that assist the leader and organization to function successfully...
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Mar 29, 20122 min read
Cross-Cultural Conflict Avoidance
While avoiding allows conflict to go unresolved or projects responsibility on to others for solving the problem (Fletcher, 2012), it does...
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Mar 21, 20122 min read
Interpreting culture and its impact on conflict resolution
To interpret the culture and its impact on conflict we must begin to understand inquisitiveness is at the core of effective global...
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Mar 16, 20125 min read
Considering high-context vs. low-context cultures and its impact on cross-cultural leadership commun
The Global Communicator Communicating in your own native language is difficult enough. Add to this the nuances of differing cultures and...
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Mar 14, 20122 min read
Managing Cross-Cultural Conflicts – Expressive or Instrumental
Understanding the nature of conflict is important to its management. Gudykunst and Kim (2003) argue conflicts are inevitable and...
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Mar 14, 20122 min read
Shame Leadership – Communicating Across Cultural Boundaries
Understanding culture and its values aids the communicator in dealing with conflict resolution. Elmer (1993) posits there are ways we can...
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Mar 7, 20127 min read
Developing the Key Attributes of Global Leadership: An Ideological Texture Analysis of the Book of T
By Philip A Foster, MA Global Leadership Understanding and developing attributes of global leadership are likely one of the clearest...
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Mar 6, 20122 min read
Lost in Translations
According to Oster (2012), cross-cultural communication is challenge enough. Add to this challenge effective translation of material into...
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Mar 6, 20122 min read
Cross-Cultural Communication and Change.
Hackman and Johnson (2000) state that cultures change over time and older groupings within a given culture may not be the same as newer...
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Feb 25, 20122 min read
High- and Low-Context Cultures and Power Distances
Literature provides argument that cross-cultural communication is a complex matter. Edward Hall argued much of the human communication is...
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Feb 21, 20122 min read
Relationships are the new wealth of the global economy.
Literature reveals certain barriers to consider in cross-cultural communication. Zweifel (2003) reminds us a global leader already...
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