Navigating Conflict in the Workplace with Emotional Safety® As I prepared backstage for my speech to a large group of Chief Learning Officers (CLOs), the challenge of engaging top talent while boosting organizational performance weighed heavily on my mind. My focus...
Insights for Better Leadership
Level Up Your Career: Master Constructive Feedback
Mastering the Art of Receiving Constructive Feedback for Leadership Excellence Recently, I embarked on a journey of self-discovery through a 360 leadership feedback assessment. This process involved soliciting anonymous feedback from colleagues, friends, and family to...
Anger Management Tips & Tricks: Lessons From Apple CEO
Anger Management Insights from Apple CEO Tim Cook It seems that Apple CEO Tim Cook is quite capable of getting angry without getting stupid, which is no small accomplishment. At a recent shareholder’s meeting, Cook was pressed by representatives of a conservative...
5 New Tools for Career Success
When we went out looking for the new skills that can help you succeed in today’s workplace, we figured that technology would play a big role. We didn’t figure it would play the only role. Sure, one of today’s most-valued hard skills is making a computer do your...
5 Business Books You Should Read This Spring
Why? They’re great. And they’ll help you become greater. I promise they’re all good:1. Step Up: Lead in Six Moments That Matter, by Henry Evans and Colm Foster. You lead all day, every day, but some moments really matter, and what you do in those moments makes all the...
Emotional Safety® – 3 rules for knowing when to fight (at work)
[av_video src='https://vimeo.com/360338755' format='16-9' width='16' height='9'] I was backstage about to give a speech to a large group of CLO’s who are seeking new ways to engage top talent while improving organizational performance…a difficult balance to achieve. I...
Emotional Safety®: The Key to Making Smart Decisions
[av_video src='http://vimeo.com/204595926' format='16-9' width='16' height='9'] Informed people make the best decisions, and, as a result, add the most value to their organizations. Whatever job you have and whatever your level of authority, your people are relying on...
Leadership in Balance
Hi, I’m Dr. Colm Foster, Senior Associate at Dynamic Results, and with my colleague Henry Evans, I co-authored Step Up, Lead In Six Moments That Matter. You can stay current with my ideas by following me on Twitter at @DrColmFoster. When working with our clients to...
Attack the Idea, Not the Person
With the successful launch of our new book, “Step Up, Lead In Six Moments That Matter” and with the global success of our best-selling book “Winning With Accountability, The Secret Language of High Performing Organizations" (now with over 100,000 in print), we are...





