Andrew McNeill helps leaders and teams unlock their potential through self-leadership, enhanced collaboration and practical strategies for navigating complex workplace challenges. Drawing on his extensive background of leading teams under intense pressure and the stress that comes with it, Andrew brings and applies 20 years of senior leadership experience, most... Read more
Andrew McNeill helps leaders and teams unlock their potential through self-leadership, enhanced collaboration and practical strategies for navigating complex workplace challenges. Drawing on his extensive background of leading teams under intense pressure and the stress that comes with it, Andrew brings and applies 20 years of senior leadership experience, most recently serving as a Regional Director in the Private Sector and Director in the UK Civil Service where he led multi-billion pound programmes.
Andrew is the author of Organisational Mindfulness: A How-to Guide (2019), a globally recognised book that has reached readers across four continents. Building on the principles within the book, he has developed a practical and accessible methodology that equips individuals and organisations with tools to strengthen self-awareness, increase personal agency and foster high-performing, resilient teams.
As co-founder of Lx Leaders, a leadership consultancy, Andrew partners with organisations to deliver tailored solutions that enhance performance, psychological safety and employee wellbeing. He is particularly known for enabling teams to collaborate more effectively, communicate with clarity and empathy, and manage conflict constructively. His approach provides leaders with a practical toolkit to reduce stress, prevent burnout and create environments where people can thrive.
Andrew’s engaging keynote presentations explore themes such as collaboration and teamwork, leadership and self-agency, psychological safety, burnout prevention and conflict resolution, all through the lens of self-leadership.
His clients include Barts Hospital Trust, Greater London Authority, SOHA, Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, Leeds Building Society and Krystal Alliance. Speaker clients include Dell Technologies, Experian, RSM US, the UK’s National Health Service, the UK’s Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government, NFU Mutual, LexisNexis, Bookiply, Allianz Technology and Ferrero International.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...