• Why HR Gets Blamed For Bad Management
    2026/11/11
    Cutting leadership development to save money is like walking away from compound interest.

    David Cohen sits down with Greg Holsworth, whose nearly 25 years in HR span banking, freight rail, broadcasting, oil and gas, and petrochemicals. Greg explains how CHROs build credibility by learning finance, operations, and the company’s own vernacular.

    He unpacks the gap between the values leaders state above the table and the behavior that shows up below it. He also makes the case that values only matter when someone is bold enough to say a decision just violated them.

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    💼 LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/greg-holsworth-120bb9/⁠
    📧 Contact: Greg.Holsworth@interpipeline.com
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    🌐 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/

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  • HR Is A Business Driver, Not A Support Function
    2026/11/02
    A seat at the table only counts if HR shows up with options, consequences, and clarity.

    David Cohen talks with global CHRO Christine Deputy, whose career has spanned some of the world’s most recognized brands across technology, retail, financial services, hospitality, and travel. Together they discuss why values fail when they stay as slogans on a wall.

    She also makes the case for letting frontline employees shape the behaviors they are asked to live, and names the real reason some HR functions are quietly losing ground as AI reshapes work.

    📲 CONNECT WITH CHRISTINE DEPUTY: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/christinedeputy/⁠

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    🌐 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/

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  • Why HR Always Gets Blamed And How To Change It
    2026/09/02
    Culture does not break because HR is weak. It breaks the moment leaders are allowed to ignore the values everyone else is expected to live.

    Rosie Allan, CHRO at Eurasia Group, argues for a tougher version of HR, one that speaks business instead of process and stays visible enough to be believed.

    She unpacks with David Cohen how to address bad behavior with a CEO in a way that actually lands, why the best CHROs keep a running log of concerns, and how to handle leaders who call values touchy-feely.

    📩 Contact Rosie Allan: rrallan@zoho.com • 301-266-2188 • LinkedIn



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    🌐 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/

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  • Why HR Loses Trust And How To Earn It Back
    2026/08/19
    A seat at the table means nothing if nobody trusts what you say at it.

    David Cohen hosts HR leadership veteran Fernando Vescio, whose career spans commerce, finance, boards, CEOs, public and private companies, and even some rock & roll! He explains how HR earns credibility rather than assuming it.

    Fernando walks through how to stay visible and accessible while protecting confidentiality, how attrition, retention, surveys, and focus groups surface problems long before they surface on their own, and how to tell a senior leader the truth when they treat the company values as aspirational.
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    💼 LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/fernando-vescio-41ba607/⁠

    📧 Contact: fernandovescio@gmail.com

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    🌐 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/

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  • The Hidden Cost of Celebrating Results Over Character in Organizations
    2026/07/03
    Discover how rewarding high performers can damage organizational culture.

    Leadership expert David Cohen reveals why confidence and results can be misleading, masking toxic behaviors that erode trust. Learn strategies to align actions with core values for sustainable success.

    Tune in to protect your organization's future.

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    🌐 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/

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  • Skill Got Them Hired. Values Got Them Fired.
    2026/06/19
    You did not make one big mistake. You made a hundred small ones that felt reasonable at the time — the hire who hit the numbers the wrong way, the behavior you overlooked because the quarter was tight, the standard you let slide once and never quite recovered. Culture does not collapse. It erodes. And by the time you notice it the people who cared most are already gone. David Cohen has spent his career helping companies like Michelin and Boehringer build cultures that actually hold — and his own path through ADHD, dyslexia, and cancer gives every lesson the weight of someone who has fought for what matters. What he shares about hiring for values, rewarding how people get results, and refusing to trade long-term identity for short-term numbers is the most important leadership conversation you are not having loudly enough inside your organization. Culture is not what you announce. It is what you allow. This episode shows you the difference.

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    🌐 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/

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  • Managing Your Team by Generation Is Driving Out Your Best People
    2026/06/05
    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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    🌐 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/

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  • Your Engagement Scores Look Great and Your Team Is Quietly Burning Out
    2026/05/25
    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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    🌐 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: david@sagltd.com
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    37 分