You walk through your own company and realize the standards you set early on have quietly eroded, and no single decision caused it. The cultures that actually hold are built by leaders who hire for values, reward how people get results, and refuse to trade long-term identity for short-term numbers. David Cohen has spent his career proving exactly that. As founder of DS Cohen and Associates and bestselling author of Selecting the Best, he has guided companies like Michelin and Boehringer in building cultures that last, and his own path through ADHD, dyslexia, and cancer gives every lesson real weight. This is how you stop treating culture as something you announce and start building one that holds.

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🔗 CONNECT WITH DAVID COHEN 
🌐 Website: https://sagltd.com/
💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-s-cohen-0b0191/

📚 Leadership Courage Series: Part 1 – Having the Courage to Live Your Values: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/part-one-having-courage-live-your-values-worth-david-s-cohen-ncdqc/

Part 2 – Building the Courage to Live Your Values: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/part-two-building-courage-live-your-values-david-s-cohen-lm7nc/

📩 Email: [email protected]
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You have heard it in every meeting. The millennials want flexibility, the boomers resist change, Gen Z has no work ethic. It feels like useful shorthand for managing people. It is actually one of the fastest ways to misread your team and push your best people toward the door. Because birth year predicts almost nothing about how someone performs, and when you lead by the label instead of the person, the people who do not fit the stereotype stop feeling seen and start looking elsewhere. David Cohen, founder of DS Cohen and Associates and author of Selecting the Best, sits down with Lisa Urbanski to dismantle the generational myth and replace it with what actually drives performance. You will learn why generational labels backfire on the leaders who use them, the difference between traits and behaviors and which one actually predicts results, why life stage tells you far more than birth year ever will, how stereotyping quietly drives out top talent, and why trust and respect are not the same thing even though leaders treat them as interchangeable. Stop managing the decade someone was born in. Start managing the person in front of you.

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🔗 CONNECT WITH DAVID COHEN 
🌐 Website: https://sagltd.com/
💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-s-cohen-0b0191/

📚 Leadership Courage Series: Part 1 – Having the Courage to Live Your Values: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/part-one-having-courage-live-your-values-worth-david-s-cohen-ncdqc/

Part 2 – Building the Courage to Live Your Values: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/part-two-building-courage-live-your-values-david-s-cohen-lm7nc/

📩 Email: [email protected]
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The engagement scores came back strong. On paper, your team looks committed, satisfied, bought in. So why are your best people quietly checking out, doing the minimum, and updating their resumes on the side. Here is the blind spot. Engagement measures how people feel about their work in a moment. Experience is what it actually feels like to work for you every single day, and a high engagement number can sit right on top of a deeply broken experience without ever showing it. David Cohen, an organizational consultant and author, sits down with Lisa Urbanski to separate the two ideas most leaders treat as one, and to explain why confusing them is quietly draining your culture, your retention, and your bottom line. You will learn why strong engagement scores can mask a workforce that is barely holding on, how surveys get gamed and what the numbers are really telling you, the experience pyramid that actually drives loyalty and performance, why this problem belongs to leadership and not HR, how AI is quietly isolating the people on your team, and the five pillars of employee experience you can start applying today. The score is not the truth. The experience is. This episode shows you how to finally see the difference.

📍 Catch David live at SHRM 2026 — Pre-Conference Workshop, Orlando Tuesday, June 16 · 8:00 AM–12:00 PM EDT Register: ⁠https://registration.events.shrm.org/flow/shrm/shrm26/public-catalog/page/catalog/session/1768332959523001Vxhq⁠

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🔗 CONNECT WITH DAVID COHEN 
🌐 Website: https://sagltd.com/
💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-s-cohen-0b0191/

📚 Leadership Courage Series: Part 1 – Having the Courage to Live Your Values: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/part-one-having-courage-live-your-values-worth-david-s-cohen-ncdqc/

Part 2 – Building the Courage to Live Your Values: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/part-two-building-courage-live-your-values-david-s-cohen-lm7nc/

📩 Email: [email protected]
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AI is changing the hiring process fast—but it may also be helping the wrong candidates look perfect on paper.

In this episode, host Lisa Urbanski talks with hiring expert David Cohen about why companies must look beyond resumes to hire people who are aligned with company culture.

You’ll learn:
🧠 Why “can do” does not always mean “will do”

⚠️ How AI-generated resumes can mislead hiring teams

💬 What interview questions reveal real behavior

🤝 Why emotional intelligence matters more than ever

✅ How leaders can avoid costly hiring mistakes

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🔗 CONNECT WITH DAVID COHEN 
🌐 Website: https://sagltd.com/
💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-s-cohen-0b0191/

📚 Leadership Courage Series: Part 1 – Having the Courage to Live Your Values: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/part-one-having-courage-live-your-values-worth-david-s-cohen-ncdqc/

Part 2 – Building the Courage to Live Your Values: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/part-two-building-courage-live-your-values-david-s-cohen-lm7nc/

📩 Email: [email protected]
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Many organizations rely on interview questions that sound good but don’t actually predict job performance.

In this episode, Lisa Urbanski talks with hiring expert and author David Cohen about how behavioral interviewing helps companies make clearer hiring decisions and build stronger teams.

You’ll learn:
🧠 Why traditional interview questions fail
🚀 How behavioral interviewing works
📊 How to evaluate skills and behaviors together
⚡ Ways to reduce bias in hiring decisions
💡 A structured approach to interviewing candidates

These insights will help you improve hiring decisions and build better teams.

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🔗 CONNECT WITH DAVID COHEN 
🌐 Website: https://sagltd.com/
💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-s-cohen-0b0191/

📚 Leadership Courage Series: Part 1 – Having the Courage to Live Your Values: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/part-one-having-courage-live-your-values-worth-david-s-cohen-ncdqc/

Part 2 – Building the Courage to Live Your Values: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/part-two-building-courage-live-your-values-david-s-cohen-lm7nc/

📩 Email: [email protected]
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Performance reviews are supposed to improve performance—but for most teams, they create anxiety, defensiveness, and confusion.

In this episode, host Lisa Urbanski talks with leadership expert David Cohen about modernizing performance reviews.

In this conversation, you’ll learn: 
• Why reviews feel like an ambush (and how surprise kills trust)

• How to switch from feedback to feedforward coaching

• A simple 10-minute check-in structure every 90 days

• How to set clearer goals (ranges, not moving targets)

• Why tying reviews to compensation can backfire

• Why 360 feedback should be used for development—not evaluation

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🔗 CONNECT WITH DAVID COHEN 
🌐 Website: https://sagltd.com/
💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-s-cohen-0b0191/

📚 Leadership Courage Series: Part 1 – Having the Courage to Live Your Values: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/part-one-having-courage-live-your-values-worth-david-s-cohen-ncdqc/

Part 2 – Building the Courage to Live Your Values: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/part-two-building-courage-live-your-values-david-s-cohen-lm7nc/

📩 Email: [email protected]
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If your team is working hard but still feels confused, disengaged, or burned out, the issue might be role clarity... not effort. 

Host Lisa Urbanski talks with David Cohen about how unclear roles create role conflict, role ambiguity, blame, delays, and quiet resentment

You’ll learn:
✨ Why job titles and descriptions don’t create real clarity

✨ The difference between role ambiguity vs. role conflict

✨ How unclear roles quietly cause burnout, blame, and disengagement

✨ The 4-question role clarity exercise that aligns teams fast

✨ How to create clarity without micromanaging

✨ What to do when employees feel unsafe speaking up

✨ How clear roles improve trust, motivation, and performance














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🔗 CONNECT WITH DAVID COHEN 
🌐 Website: https://sagltd.com/
💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-s-cohen-0b0191/

📚 Leadership Courage Series: Part 1 – Having the Courage to Live Your Values: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/part-one-having-courage-live-your-values-worth-david-s-cohen-ncdqc/

Part 2 – Building the Courage to Live Your Values: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/part-two-building-courage-live-your-values-david-s-cohen-lm7nc/

📩 Email: [email protected]
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Burnout isn’t the root problem... It’s a signal.

In this episode, host Lisa Urbanski sits down with leadership strategist David Cohen to break down the real driver behind employee engagement and burnout: the employee experience.

You’ll learn:
🧠 Why burnout is a symptom—not the cause

🧩 How role clarity reduces stress and confusion

🤝 Why manager relationships matter more than benefits

🌱 How growth, development, and recognition boost retention

🗣️ Communication shifts that improve employee experience fast

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🔗 CONNECT WITH DAVID COHEN 
🌐 Website: https://sagltd.com/
💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-s-cohen-0b0191/

📚 Leadership Courage Series: Part 1 – Having the Courage to Live Your Values: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/part-one-having-courage-live-your-values-worth-david-s-cohen-ncdqc/

Part 2 – Building the Courage to Live Your Values: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/part-two-building-courage-live-your-values-david-s-cohen-lm7nc/

📩 Email: [email protected]
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If you’re “managing” but it’s not inspiring trust, this episode will help you shift into real leadership—starting now. Lisa Urbanski sits down with David Cohen to break down leadership vs. management, how integrity and empathy actually work in high-stakes decisions, and why culture and values matter more than motivational posters.

You’ll learn 👇
🧠 The real difference between managing and leading
🧭 What integrity looks like in everyday leadership decisions
🤝 How to use empathy without lowering standards
🌍 How culture changes communication and “respect”
🗣️ How to explain hard decisions in a way people trust
🔁 How future-focused feedback builds better teams

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🔗 CONNECT WITH DAVID COHEN 
🌐 Website: https://sagltd.com/
💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-s-cohen-0b0191/

📚 Leadership Courage Series: Part 1 – Having the Courage to Live Your Values: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/part-one-having-courage-live-your-values-worth-david-s-cohen-ncdqc/

Part 2 – Building the Courage to Live Your Values: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/part-two-building-courage-live-your-values-david-s-cohen-lm7nc/

📩 Email: [email protected]
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What makes company values real—and why do some organizations thrive while others quietly lose trust, talent, and integrity?

Host Lisa Urbanski sits down with David Cohen to break down what authentic company values look like in action, why values must apply to everyone (not just frontline staff), and how “values-based hiring” can dramatically improve retention and workplace culture.

In this conversation, David shares powerful examples—such as Starbucks and Johnson & Johnson—showing how living values can strengthen culture, enhance customer experience, and drive long-term business success.

In this episode, you’ll learn:
✅ How to tell if values are real vs. performative
✅ The behaviors that reveal culture fast
✅ How to hire for values (without hiring “robots”)
✅ How integrity connects to every value you claim

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🔗 CONNECT WITH DAVID COHEN 
🌐 Website: https://sagltd.com/
💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-s-cohen-0b0191/

📚 Leadership Courage Series: Part 1 – Having the Courage to Live Your Values: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/part-one-having-courage-live-your-values-worth-david-s-cohen-ncdqc/

Part 2 – Building the Courage to Live Your Values: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/part-two-building-courage-live-your-values-david-s-cohen-lm7nc/

📩 Email: [email protected]
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