Andrew McNeill
Build resilient, mindful leaders with Andrew McNeill, speaker and organisational mindfulness expert. Andrew works with global organisations to enhance leadership effectiveness, workplace wellbeing, and team performance, delivering proven strategies for Bloomberg, Dell Technologies, and UK Civil Service.
London, United Kingdom
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Andrew authored Organisational Mindfulness: A How-to Guide, which has sold across four continents, and served as Workplace and Policy Lead for the Mindfulness Initiative charity. His credentials include being a trained and qualified mindfulness teacher and co-founder of LxLeaders consultancy, where he delivers tailored solutions for clients, including Bloomberg, Dell Technologies, and the UK Civil Service.
Andrew specialises in helping leaders and teams navigate high-intensity environments by integrating advanced awareness and collaboration techniques with practical leadership strategies. His methods improve team communication, enhance listening skills, and develop empathy, creating psychologically safe workplaces where innovation flourishes. His approach addresses modern workplace challenges by teaching leaders to respond intentionally rather than react habitually, ultimately improving decision-making and team dynamics.
Audiences leave Andrew's presentations with practical tools for thriving under pressure, techniques for building collaborative team cultures, and strategies for creating inclusive workplaces where people perform at their best while maintaining wellbeing.
Book Andrew to transform how your leaders navigate pressure while building the connected, empathic teams essential for today's business challenges.
Topics, Sessions And Talks
Andrew McNeill explores how empathy, kindness, and clarity can transform modern leadership. Drawing on his experience leading complex teams under pressure, he shows how leaders who listen and connect authentically inspire trust and unlock potential. This session unpacks the practical tools needed to create psychological safety, encourage open dialogue, and make informed decisions, helping organisations build resilient teams that perform and communicate with purpose.
Through real-world examples from national programmes and diverse leadership teams, Andrew McNeill demonstrates how collaboration can unite competing interests into shared success. He explores how to build trust, develop a collective vision, and sustain a one-team ethos across organisations. This keynote blends strategic insight with relatable case studies, offering practical guidance on creating connected, high-performing teams that thrive on cooperation rather than competition.
Andrew McNeill shares insights from two decades of leading in high-stakes environments, including government and global corporations. He reveals how mindfulness and emotional regulation can enable leaders to remain calm, decisive, and focused when challenges escalate. Using practical tools and lived experience, he shows how to navigate stress, enhance team resilience, and maintain performance without sacrificing wellbeing or clarity of purpose.
Psychological safety is the foundation of effective, innovative teams. In this evidence-based session, Andrew McNeill explores how environments where people feel safe to speak up, question, and collaborate drive creativity and reduce risk. He identifies behavioural indicators of safety and shares clear, actionable methods for fostering it across teams and organisations. The result is a practical roadmap to greater inclusion, agility, and trust at work.
Drawing on personal experience and years of coaching leaders, Andrew McNeill examines how burnout develops and what can be done to prevent and recover from it. He introduces mindfulness-based approaches supported by neuroscience to help leaders manage stress and regain balance. His relatable and compassionate style makes this session a powerful guide to rediscovering focus, wellbeing, and sustainable performance in demanding environments.
Looking for a custom keynote or workshop designed around your company’s goals and culture? The expert will create a tailored, interactive session that aligns with your objectives, values, and strategic priorities. From leadership and innovation to wellbeing and collaboration, each experience is built from the ground up to deliver measurable impact and lasting change.
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