Andrew McNeill

Andrew McNeill has spent 20 years in senior leadership, most recently as a Director in the UK Civil Service leading and assuring major projects and programmes.

He is also a superb speaker and accredited mindfulness teacher and brought these two worlds together in his 2019 book Organisational Mindfulness – a How-to Guide . The book has now sold in 4 continents. By integrating his leadership experience and also his insights from being a mindfulness teacher, Andrew has developed a method to help leaders and their teams embed mindfulness techniques in their organisation. He has also helped individuals develop their own practice.

In addition, Andrew McNeill is the Workplace and Policy Lead and Projects Advisor for the Mindfulness Initiative, a charity which emerged from the work of the UK Parliament’s All Party Parliamentary Group on Mindfulness. He is also a co-director of BAMBA the UK’s mindfulness accreditation body.

Andrew is the co-founder of LxLeaders and provides tailored solutions for a wide range of organisations, helping individuals and teams to improve their performance and their wellbeing.

Andrew specialises in working with teams enabling them to connect better, listen to each other and develop empathy. His techniques have assisted individuals and teams to navigate very real challenges and communicate with honesty and kindness.

Keynotes for 2024/25

Practice Workplace Mindfulness:

Andrew McNeill talks about the practical application of mindfulness for people in today’s workplace. He explains how this down to earth toolkit of techniques can help you manage stress, improve your communication skills and support your decision making.

Andrew was never interested in mindfulness until he needed something that would help him cope with the effects of working in an extremely high pressure environment. He approached it with deep scepticism but found these well established evidence based methods worked in the modern workplace. It vastly improved his wellbeing and delivered a step change in his performance which is why he studied to become a mindfulness teacher. Andrew now introduces teams and individuals to these life changing, team transforming skills: in practical, down to earth ways.

• techniques to help you perform in high stress moments
• ideas to help you communicate more effectively
• ways to give you more choice in your decision making
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Empathetic Leadership:

Andrew believes in the need for leadership to be more fully human and uninhibited. In this talk, Andrew explains what empathetic leadership is and why it is so urgently needed now, especially with the multiple pressures we currently face. Andrew will discuss how attitudes such as being non-judgmental and showing kindness are essential to modern day leadership.

• Why leadership is so urgently needed now and what a leader needs to be effective today.
• How leaders can create the space they need to see if what they’re doing is right for them
• Andrew will share examples of ethical leadership and the benefits it brings.
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Thriving under Pressure:

Andrew has faced numerous high intensity leadership situations. These include heading up the UK Government’s assurance of the Olympic and Paralympic torches for London 2012. Also being a Director on the Building Safety Programme immediately after the Grenfell Fire tragedy. Here Andrew talks about his own personal journey with pressure. What worked and what didn’t.

In this honest account, Andrew shares numerous suggestions that could make a significant difference to the way you lead. He also outlines ways that will help you thrive under pressure including:

• Advancing the way you thrive under pressure.
• From his own experience Andrew will provide life hacks to help you navigate the challenges of leadership.
• Andrew will share his own special techniques which will help you and your team thrive
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What’s Kindness got to do with it?:

Here we compare some of the traditional archetypes of leadership with the evidence base of what is needed in today’s organisations. Andrew refers to studies made about the value of kindness in the workplace and how it can help your organisation succeed. In this interesting talk Andrew will discuss

• Why kindness is not for the faint hearted
• The difference it will make for your team and the workplace
• How kindness will lead to success
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Finding our Phoenix – Preventing and Recovering from Burnout:

Eleven years ago Andrew McNeill realised he was burnt out. He had to step back from work. Andrew needed 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 mindfulness and other strategies, why he was very sceptical in the beginning and how they have helped transform his life, his leadership and his career.

• Interesting neuro-scientific findings and insights
• An introduction to mindfulness
• Tools to help you integrate these into your life
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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, organizations are more likely to innovate quickly. They can 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 team mindset!

• Andrew will share powerful examples of how psychological safety can avert risks to your business and enable opportunities to be grabbed!
• The key indicators that show whether the workplace is psychologically safe or not.
• He will explain the impact it has on team culture and how it can enable teams to thrive.
• Andrew will give practical tips on how to achieve psychological safety.

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• Change Management Speakers
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• Teamwork & Teambuilding Speakers