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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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Aug 1, 20122 min read
Olympic Gold – Michael Phelps | The Importance of a Coach
If you are like most Americans, you are likely aware that the Summer Olympics are in full swing in London. For great reason, much...
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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 24, 20124 min read
The prospect of employment in the year 2020 and beyond
In 1990, Charles Handy predicted in his book “The Age of Unreason” that by the year 2000 there would be less than fifty percent in full...
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May 24, 20122 min read
May 24th – After thoughts on my trip down south.
One of the most rewarding things I’ve ever done is to step outside of the United States and to walk amongst the cultures of this planet....
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May 19, 20122 min read
May 19th | Bogota Colombia– Service Learning Update
The conference ended very well. Many great questions and may thanks. There were individuals that traveled from a distance to hear me...
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May 16, 20122 min read
Thoughts before I have thoughts | Bogota Colombia– Service Learning Update
In May 2010, I attended my first doctoral residency at Regent University. Dr. Corné J. Bekker asked “Who am I and what am I here for?” It...
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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 19, 20121 min read
Philip Foster to instruct course in Bogota Columbia
Philip Foster, Regent University GLE doctoral student, will be teaching in Bogota, Colombia on May 17-20. He will instruct a module on...
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Apr 11, 20123 min read
Capitalism is not the problem
Before you think I am getting on some kind of rant, I promise you this is not meant to be such. As a business consultant and small...
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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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Apr 9, 20122 min read
PRESS RELEASE: Maximum Change TV Network Announced
Press Release Maximum Change TV Network Announced Maximum Change, Inc., a leadership coaching and consulting firm announces development...
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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 29, 20122 min read
Leading Cross-Cultural Conflict Resolution
Interpretive misunderstanding is central to cross-cultural conflict resolution. When dealing with Asian culture, for example, Westerners...
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Mar 21, 20123 min read
Sell with your story!
I have come to the conclusion that the best marketing tool a small business can use is their story. I’m not necessarily speaking of your...
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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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