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Keynote SpeakerAndrew McNeill

Author, specialising in the practical application of mindfulness, performance improvement and ethical leadership

Andrew is an accomplished senior leader with over 20 years’ experience in heading up major programmes. He excels in building integrated collaborative cultures with clients, and multi-disciplinary and organisational teams to achieve rapid delivery. Andrew trains teams and leaders to thrive under pressure, maximising their potential and teaching them how... Read more

Biography

Andrew is an accomplished senior leader with over 20 years’ experience in heading up major programmes. He excels in building integrated collaborative cultures with clients, and multi-disciplinary and organisational teams to achieve rapid delivery. Andrew trains teams and leaders to thrive under pressure, maximising their potential and teaching them how to look after their wellbeing.

Andrew is the co-founder of LX Leaders, a consultancy delivering senior leadership coaching and training, embedding a collaborative culture for organisations, teams, and individuals. Andrew is also an author, he published ‘Organisational Mindfulness a How to Guide’ in 2018, which has sold internationally.

His experience includes creating collaborative implementation plans, facilitating senior team away-days, preparing teams for assessment centres as well as designing and leading bespoke workshops for executive teams. Andrew’s work builds lasting legacies and capabilities for everyone. Clients include, Barts Hospital Trust, GLA, SOHA, Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea and Leeds Building Society.

Andrew uses a data-led approach; measuring maturity, outcomes and engendering continuous improvement. He has also created and delivered innovative Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Training for Krystal Alliance and other organisations.

Andrew is a skilled presenter and keynote speaker who has captivated audiences with his insights on leadership, collaboration and thriving under pressure. His ability to connect with and instruct listeners on these vital elements of professional growth and organisational culture is significant.

Andrew’s clients include: Dell Technologies, Experian, RSM US, UK’s National Health Service, UK’s Ministry of Housing Communities & Local Government, NFU Mutual, Lexis Nexis, Bookiply, Allianz Technology and Ferrero International S.A.

“Overall, I thought Andrew’s presentation was unusual for our team because he was asking us to slow down! But his message of being mindful and recognizing that the concept of ambiguity is and has always been with all of us in our lives was a key point that maybe we all don't realize, but should. I think the team welcomed the invitation to slow down and be in the moment. In the times we're in, the topic was "spot on" to quote one of the team members.”
“We’ve finally had our first keynote of our development program hosted by Andrew McNeill and I wanted to share with you the positive feedback that we received from our participants.”
“It was a very lovely keynote, inspiring and easy going. Some of them really appreciated the opportunity to have mindfulness practices as a part of the keynote and were able to relax and calm themselves.”
“Andrew was very flexible with all the logistic and briefing preparation, and so nice and kind with our participants. Overall, it was a success!”
“It was a pleasure to have him in our program”

Popular Talks by Andrew McNeill

  • Empathic Leadership

    The key to leadership is connecting with the people we lead. In this talk, Andrew explains how skilful communication, clarity and empathy can make a significant difference.  With the pressures people are facing in the workplace both internally and externally, and for those different generations trying to navigate a...

  • Collaboration is Key

    Andrew has led complex, multi-disciplinary and multi-organisational teams. He successfully created and implemented a ‘One-Team’ culture in a £5bn national programme which involved ten delivery organisations. Andrew has coached leadership teams from traditionally rival businesses to become a single team in readiness for assessment centres. He has facilitated...

  • Thriving under Pressure

    Andrew has faced numerous high intensity leadership situations, from heading up the UK Government’s assurance of the Olympic and Paralympic torches for London 2012 to being a Director on the Building Safety Programme immediately after the Grenfell Fire tragedy.  Here Andrew talks about his own personal journey of working...

  • Psychological Safety – Why it Matters to You and Your Team

    When employees feel comfortable asking for help, sharing suggestions informally or challenging the status-quo without fear, organisations are more likely to innovate quickly, unlock the benefits of diversity and adapt well to change.  In this engaging keynote, Andrew uses evidence-based examples to give leaders reasons to want this transformative...

  • Burnout – How to recognise and how to recover from burnout

    Eleven years ago Andrew realised he was suffering from burnout. He had to step back from work to find techniques that enabled him to move from being overwhelmed, to being able to thrive in high pressure environments. In this talk, Andrew shares his experience of being introduced to...