Project Management & Leadership
Hosted by Phill Akinwale, PMP, OPM3
The Project Leadership Institute Podcast is a podcast led by Phill Akinwale that explores how to effectively lead as a project leader and what happens next after PMP and other PM Certifications.
100 episodes · publishes weekly · latest 2026-06-01
Rank
#816
Substance
17.3
/ 100
Scored 2026-06
Updated monthly
Across the index
#816 of 857
Substance
Top 95%
outscores 5% of the index
Why it scores where it does
Project Management & Leadership ranks #816 on The B2B Podcast Index with a substance score of 17.3 out of 100, scored across 3 recent episodes. It scores highest on insight density and specificity & evidence. The episode offers a few concrete salary benchmarks and tool-adoption statistics, but the vast majority of content is generic PM career advice padded with product plugs, job-board screensharing commentary, and motivational filler. Novel, non-obvious claims per minute is very low.
The five-dimension breakdown
Averaged across 3 recently scored episodes, with cited evidence.
Insight Density
4.3 / 20The episode offers a few concrete salary benchmarks and tool-adoption statistics, but the vast majority of content is generic PM career advice padded with product plugs, job-board screensharing commentary, and motivational filler. Novel, non-obvious claims per minute is very low.
“77% of PM organizations are actively exploring these tools right now”
“a single delivery delay can trigger uh, contractual penalties exceeding $50 million”
Originality
3.0 / 20The episode recycles universally known frameworks (risk registers, the iron triangle, black swan events) and even deploys the well-worn Steve Jobs management-vs-leadership quote. The host's own 'dictative approach' is a relabelled version of a standard six-step problem-solving model with nothing novel added.
“Steve Jobs said, management, uh, is making people do what you think they should do, telling them what you want them to do. But leadership is inspiring people”
“The concept of black swan events that you might have heard about, low probability high impact failures”
Guest Caliber
3.3 / 20There is no external guest; this is a solo monologue from a host whose only stated credential is having obtained a PMP and landed six-figure roles through job boards. No verifiable seniority, portfolio scale, or domain authority is demonstrated in the transcript itself.
“When I got PMP certified I started putting my name in a hat for these jobs”
“my co trainer and I, we put together a residency style certification program that you can find@programleadershipinstitute.com”
Specificity & Evidence
4.3 / 20The episode does supply sector salary ranges, a handful of tool-adoption percentages, and a few financial thresholds, which is more concrete than pure hand-waving. However, none of the statistics are sourced, the 'survey' is vaguely self-referenced, and numbers like '21% in cost efficiencies' appear without any evidence base.
“technology and AI the average being around 105 to 145, construction being up to 160, healthcare IT being in the 130 maximum bracket”
“About 95% of project management teams use one of these two or something very similar”
Conversational Craft
2.3 / 20The episode is an uninterrupted solo monologue with no guest, no interviewer, no follow-up questions, and no pushback of any kind. Speaker B appears to be the same person or an editing artifact, not a second participant, so there is no conversational craft to evaluate beyond basic presentation coherence.
“So I've organized this into three parts. Strategy and leadership, technical mastery and operational excellence”
“So my friends, to round this up, if you have any questions, go ahead and put them in the comments below”
Standout episodes
- 24
- 15
- 13
Rank over time
First period on the Index - history builds from here.
Episodes
3 scored on substance · 60 tracked in total.
- 24 / 100
🔥 PMP Alone Is NOT Enough Anymore - 🚀 The Six-Figure Project Manager Blueprint
2026-06-01 · 30 min
- 15 / 100
Program Leadership Cert (JAN 2027) - Program Management Standard Explained in MINUTES!
2026-05-31 · 14 min
- 13 / 100
How People Break Into Project Management Without University #capm #pmp
2026-05-30 · 15 min
Frequently asked
- What is Project Management & Leadership's substance score?
- Project Management & Leadership scores 17.3 out of 100 for substance and ranks #816 on The B2B Podcast Index. That puts it ahead of 5% of the B2B podcasts we rank and #45 of 47 in Ops. The score reflects insight density, originality, guest caliber, specificity and conversational craft across recent episodes - not downloads.
- Is Project Management & Leadership worth listening to?
- Project Management & Leadership is ranked on The B2B Podcast Index with a substance score of 17.3/100. See the five-dimension breakdown above to judge whether it fits what you're after.
- Who hosts Project Management & Leadership?
- Project Management & Leadership is hosted by Phill Akinwale, PMP, OPM3.
- How often does Project Management & Leadership publish?
- Project Management & Leadership publishes weekly, has 100 episodes, released its most recent episode on 2026-06-01.
- Which Project Management & Leadership episode should I start with?
- Our highest-scoring recent episode is "🔥 PMP Alone Is NOT Enough Anymore - 🚀 The Six-Figure Project Manager Blueprint" (24/100) - a good place to start.
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