Ep 76: Leadership Manifesto: Principle #19 - Schedule What’s Important

Ep 76: Leadership Manifesto: Principle #19 - Schedule What’s Important

From Leadership In Chaos by Ian McClean

April 8, 2026 · 22 min · Season 6 · Episode 76

About this episode

This episode discusses the importance of scheduling what is important in leadership, highlighting the challenges of prioritizing amidst urgent demands.

This episode marks a return. After a pause to reset and refocus, Leadership In Chaos is back. The upcoming episodes are grounded in the Leadership Manifesto. A set of principles for leading and managing in a world that rarely sits still. In this episode, we explore Principle #19: Schedule What’s Important. It sounds simple. But it’s one of the most consistently violated principles in leadership. Because the reality is this: The urgent shouts. The important whispers. Deadlines, emails, notific...

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Host: Ian McClean

Topics covered

  • leadership
  • management
  • time management
  • prioritization
  • productivity

Keywords

  • leadership manifesto
  • principle 19
  • schedule
  • important tasks
  • urgent vs important

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