Every company has values. They are on the website, in the onboarding deck, maybe framed in the lobby. And in most organizations they have almost nothing to do with how decisions actually get made when things get hard. The gap between stated values and lived values is not just a culture problem — it is a retention problem, a trust problem, and eventually a business problem. David Cohen has spent his career studying what separates organizations where values actually govern behavior from ones where values are performative — and what he shares about how to tell the difference fast, why values must apply to leadership first or they mean nothing, and how values-based hiring changes who stays and who thrives will make you look at your own organization with completely different eyes. Culture is not what you say you believe. It is what you reward, what you tolerate, and what you model when nobody is watching. This episode shows you how to close the gap.

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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 asked for feedback. You got it. And somewhere in that report was something that stopped you cold — a perception of you that does not match how you see yourself at all. That gap between your self-view and how others experience you is not evidence that you are failing. It is the most valuable leadership data you will ever receive — if you know how to read it. David Cohen has spent his career helping leaders move from defensiveness and self-doubt when they receive 360 feedback to the kind of clarity and curiosity that actually drives change. What he shares about why the self-view gap is completely normal, how to respond to tough comments with courage instead of ego, and how feedforward language turns uncomfortable feedback into a practical growth plan will change how you experience every piece of feedback you receive from this point forward. Feedback is not a verdict on who you are. It is a map to who you could become. This episode shows you how to use it.

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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 been optimizing your resume for keywords, formatting it for algorithms, and tailoring every bullet point to match the job description. And you are still getting ghosted. The job search advice most people follow was built for a system that no longer exists — and the candidates getting hired right now are not the ones with the most polished credentials. They are the ones whose resume, LinkedIn, and interview all tell exactly the same honest story about what they actually do and how they actually work. David Cohen has spent his career on both sides of the hiring table — and what he shares about why behaviors beat skills in the first 30 seconds, how values and culture fit outweigh perfect credentials, and the simple follow-up moves that separate serious candidates from the noise will give every job seeker an immediate and genuine advantage. The best thing you can do in today's job market is be completely real. This episode shows you exactly how.

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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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On paper your organization values integrity, collaboration, and excellence. In practice there is a different set of rules — the ones everyone actually follows, the behaviors that actually get rewarded, the shortcuts that actually get tolerated when the quarter is tight. Those are your covert values. And they are running your culture whether you acknowledge them or not. David Cohen has spent his career helping organizations close the gap between the values they claim and the values they live — and what he shares about how to uncover what your organization actually believes, the single interview question that exposes value misalignment before a bad hire happens, and what leaders must understand about AI bias in hiring before they trust the tech will give you a completely honest and actionable picture of the culture you have versus the one you think you have. Authentic leadership is not a philosophy. It is a daily behavioral choice. This episode shows you what making it actually looks like.

🔗 Interested in David’s insights? Dive deeper into his work via his website and on LinkedIn.




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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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