Andrew McNeill

Andrew McNeill – Leadership, Collaboration and Thriving Under Pressure Speaker

Andrew McNeill 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.

Public Speaking: 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.

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.

SPEAKING TOPICS

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 rapidly changing world, Andrew firmly believes that this style of leadership is critical if organisations are going to achieve success.

Andrew will discuss how attitudes, such as being non-judgemental and showing kindness, can unlock modern leadership and drive performance.

Audience Takeaways

• Practical tools to support modern leaders
• Ways to create the space leaders need to make informed choices
• Techniques to support connection by leaders and teams

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 workshops with teams in highly conflicted situations, resulting in a shared sense of purpose, vision and values.

In this talk Andrew discusses his experience of building a collaboration culture with teams, what worked and why some things didn’t work.

Audience Takeaways

• Creating a connection
• Building a shared vision
• Maintaining the ‘one-team’ ethos

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 under pressure.

Audience Takeaways

• Advanced tools to enable you to thrive under pressure
• Life hacks to help you navigate the challenges of leadership
• Techniques to help your team perform

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 team mindset!

Audience Takeaways

• powerful examples of how psychological safety reduces risk and builds opportunities
• key indicators that show whether the workplace is psychologically safe or not
• practical tips on how to achieve psychological safety

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 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.