Pete Hamill
Pete is a consultant, facilitator and coach with an international background in leadership and organisational development. He is interested in leadership and personal development, including the role that conflict plays in organisations and society, and is author of the book, Embodied Leadership: the Somatic Approach to Developing Your Leadership (www.embodiedleadership.net).
Pete has worked for around 13 years in the field of leadership and organisational development, and works with leaders and organisations around the world to help them address business challenges. In addition Pete works as a tutor on the Roffey Park Institute MSc in People and Organisational Development, and their Post-Graduate Certificate in Coaching. Pete has worked with a range of clients from across different sectors, including including KPMG, BP, Barclays Bank, the Equality & Human Rights Commission, the Institute of Cancer Research, the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, Lloyds Banking Group, AXA, Control Risks, University of Reading and Virgin Atlantic.
Pete is passionate about helping people to get to know, and then achieve, what is really important to them in their leadership. He does this through workshops, coaching, facilitation and consultancy work, in order to enable individuals and organisations to move forward.
Pete completed an intensive four-month training internship with Dr. Richard Strozzi-Heckler at the Strozzi Institute for Embodied Leadership. He has been certified as a Master Somatic Coach and has completed a Certificate in Humanistic Counselling with the Gestalt Centre in London. He has an MSc in Change Agent Skills & Strategies at the University of Surrey, where his dissertation focused on conflict in teams, and a BSc (Hons) in Physics & Astrophysics from the Queen’s University of Belfast. In addition Pete is licensed to deliver Barry Oshry’s Organisation Workshop, and to use the FIRO-B and SDI psychometric instruments.
In his international volunteer work Pete has served in executive positions with both the UK and Italian chapters of the youth leadership development charity, AIESEC. He has also acted as an advisor to PeaceDirect, an organisation aimed at conflict resolution and prevention, and been a volunteer coach with troubled young people through the charity Youth at Risk.
Pete practises the martial art of Aikido, reads across a wide range of topics, and enjoys travelling on adventures to various parts of the world. He has published articles in a range of publications, including The Times, HR Magazine, Strategic HR Review, People Management, The Retailer, and Charities Management.