In this episode of Manager Lab, Greg Gillum explains why clarifying your personal core values improves decision-making, builds trust, and guides leaders through complex trade-offs.

Learn a four-step process—reflect on pivotal stories, distill recurring themes, test your values, and make them visible—and five practical actions you can try this week: journal, run a values mirror meeting, frame trade-offs, anchor performance conversations, and run values retrospectives.

Lead with clarity and act with intention: use your values as a compass to make consistent, credible choices that compound trust over time.