Podcasts are great way to learn while you’re multitasking. You can use your commute time wisely and keep learning. And we’ve put together a list of the top Project Management Podcasts that can help you grow within your industry.
Check out the top 10 Project Management Podcasts you should start listening to, and have bookmarked.
Projectified™ with PMI Podcast!
If you’re a PMI follower and is looking to learn more on your spare time, this podcast offers a wider range of lively and progressive topics including insight from senior and rising project managers, business leaders from fortune 500 companies and more. Learn about proofing infrastructure, landing your dream job, maximizing potential, risks and more.
The People and Projects Podcast
This podcast is hosted by Any Kaufman and published interviews with experts on various topics such as leadership, productivity, meetings, how to handle stakeholders, higher new talent and more. His podcast is geared towards connecting people and projects on a more practical level. With 200+ episodes and counting, this is one to bookmark.
The Digital Project Management podcast
For the skinny on project management theories and best practices this podcast may be exactly what you’re looking for. Hosted by Ben Aston, he conducts interviews with experts on topics like Agile, leadership, how to save your project, how to handle a new project, boost project success, how to be a great manager, productivity and more.You’ll find some great project management hacks here.
Project Management Insight
The Project Management Insight podcast is associated with PMI and covers topics that aren’t necessarily found in project management training. This podcast is hosted by Karen Munro and is gear towards growing your skills as a PM, a leader and manager. With 80+ episodes and counting, listen to some of these episodes on how to deal with potential problems on your project, how to effectively communicate with your team, how to speak up and more.
The Sensible Project Manager Podcast
If you’re looking for practical ways to manage your project, team and personal life this podcast hosted by Mark Phillipy should be bookmarked. Applying life lessons, Mark doesn’t simply focus on steps and techniques on how to best manage your project and/or team, but he also focuses on personal growth, goals and principles to help guide project managers in a more practical sense.
PM for the Masses
Hosted by Cesar Abeid, a certified project management professional, the PM for the masses podcast is great if you’re looking to become a project manager or just need some help with work-life balance. Cesar interviews gurus in the productivity and project management arena. With 100+ interviews, listeners can get some good advice on how to keep up with your projects and be stress-free from project managers who’ve been there.
Project Management Paradise
Hosted by Johnny B, he’s put together a well-rounded podcast which focuses on real life insights into project management from experts and authors all around the world. With 90 + episodes, check out his podcast if you’re interested in PMO, Prince2, Project Management for NGOs, Politics at work, PM Education, project prioritization and much more.
Project Management Happy Hours
The PM Happy Hour podcast covers obstacles that mangers face and can face in the project management world today. There are real-life examples, horror stories and practical advice that come along with it all.Hosted by a PMI registered education provider, this an up front and honest podcast that will get you thinking.
Project Management Debate
If you’re into debates and playing devils advocate this podcast will keep you on your toes. The project management debate podcast is hosted weekly and discusses not only project management, but also strategies, leadership and more. These episodes are 20-25 minutes in length and the debates are between Philip and Mary Elizabeth Diab.
Manage This – The Project Management Podcast
Hosted by Andy Crowe and Bill Yates, the Manage This – The Project Management Podcast is broadcasted on the first and third Tuesday of each month. With Over 60+ episodes covering certification, advice for those who have just entered the Project Management arena, leadership tips, how to manage expected and unexpected events and more; these are all brought to you from a large network of industry experts.If you’re a PMP or on your way to becoming certified, you might want to have a listen to the Manage This – The Project Management Podcast for some real advice.
The Project Chatter Podcast
Hosted by Dale Foong and Val Matthews, who together have over 35 years of project management, finance, controls and PMO roles experience.The Project Chatter Podcast offer a blog and a community that is focused on helping project professionals through pre-recorded shows every week on various topics by interviewing industry leaders.
The mission of this show is to create an online archive of knowledge to help others.
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