Words to lead by – Pete Hamill

Pete Hamill, author of Embodied Leadership shares the best piece of advice he received:

It is very hard to create a relationship with perfection.

“Many of us try to be perfect, we want to get it right, we want to do the right thing. It’s probably embedded in the heroic leadership, all the movies we see where people are great heroic leaders, and acting in wonderful ways.

However when we form a relationship with somebody at any sort of depth, we form our relationship as much with their vulnerability as we do with their brilliance.

It is very hard to form a relationship with perfection. This idea is really important, because I think it eases the pressure of trying to be perfect.

In reality, we’re all human, and therefore, we inherently distrust that perfection we seek in others, and it’s our humanity that bonds us together.”

Find out more about Pete Hamill, his work and thoughts on leadership in our second issue – posted on this site next month.