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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.


The Rise of the Remote Workforce
“We live in a time of unprecedented globalism. Businesses, people, and economies are tied together in ways we could not have imagined 40...
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Mar 23, 20163 min read
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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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Dec 19, 20131 min read
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3 Reasons Your Org Chart is Worthless
First – org charts represent a structure that bottle-necks decision making and limits agility. If you want to see where the problems are...
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Aug 21, 20133 min read
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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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Jul 22, 20131 min read
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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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Apr 9, 20122 min read
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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
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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 29, 20122 min read
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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 21, 20122 min read
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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 16, 20125 min read
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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 14, 20122 min read
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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
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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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Mar 6, 20122 min read
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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 25, 20122 min read
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