Andrew McNeill has enjoyed a long and varied career in leadership, during which he has held a number of high-pressure and prestigious roles including being 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, is Co-Director of BAMBA, the UK’s mindfulness accreditation body, helped establish the Building Safety programme after the Grenfell Fire tragedy, was Change Director for the Ministry of Justice and was Lead for the UK Government for the Olympic and Paralympic Torches in 2012.

Andrew is the co-founder of LXLeaders (www.lxleaders.com) which offers a range of bespoke personal and professional development services, in addition to the LX Leaders Core Programme. The latter introduces a practical application of mindfulness and other proven techniques to enhance core leadership capabilities by increasing presence, clarity of thought, compassion, and emotional intelligence. Their pragmatic approach has had a proven impact both at a human and organisational level.

Andrew’s most important message is that leadership needs to change and adapt. With multiple pressures teams face, from the rise of living cost  to emerging from the COVID-19 Pandemic, he sees that organisations will only thrive if their leaders can guide with inclusion, compassion and awareness.

Andrew specialises in working with teams to help them connect, hear each other and develop their empathy. His techniques have helped individuals and teams navigate very real challenges and communicate with honesty and kindness.

A Chat with Andrew McNeill. 

As part of our ‘Chat with…’ series at Great British Speakers, our director Jane Farnham, sat down with Andrew to discuss his work, from mindfulness to leadership, stress, wellbeing and more… watch the full interview HERE.

If you’d like to book Andrew McNeill to speak about his personal experience with burnout, and to share some of his techniques to enhance performance and wellbeing in the workplace, please get in touch at +44 1753 439 289 or email Great British Speakers now.

SPEAKING TOPICS

Practice Workplace Mindfulness

Andrew 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 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.

From this talk you will takeaway:

– 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

Ethical Leadership

Andrew believes in the need for leadership to be more human, compassionate and uninhibited. In this inspiring talk, you will discover what ethical leadership is, why it is needed particularly in these times when change is the only constant, and why attitudes like non-judgment and kindness are so essential in modern day leadership.

Psychological Safety – Why It Matters To You and Your Team

Organisations are more likely to innovate quickly, unlock the benefits of diversity and adapt well to change when their employees feel comfortable asking for help, sharing suggestions informally and not being afraid to challenge the status-quo. During this engaging talk, Andrew uses evidence based examples which will give your leaders plenty of reasons to want adopt this transformative team mindset. He will also share powerful examples of how psychological safety can avert risks to your business and enable opportunities to be grabbed. Andrew will discuss the impact it has on team culture, how it can enable teams to thrive under pressure and will give practical tips on how to achieve psychological safety.

Organisational Mindfulness

When he was a Civil Service Director, Andrew was frustrated by a lack of guidance for those trying to embed mindfulness at a leadership level. So, drawing on his own experience and understanding of mindfulness, he wrote his own successful guidebook. In this talk, Andrew explores how mindfulness can be introduced to processes, products and people.

How to Lead Under Pressure

In his many years of service, Andrew has faced a number of high-intensity leadership situations, from heading up the UK Government’s assurance of the Olympic/Paralympic torches for London 2012, to working on building safety immediately after the Grenfell Fire. In this talk, Andrew talks about his own experience of pressure when leading, what has worked and what hasn’t. Andrew is honest about his successes and his failings, and he shares numerous suggestions that  could make a significant improvement to the way you lead and the way you can thrive under pressure.

What’s Kindness Got to do With It?

In this talk, Andrew compares some traditional standards of leadership with the evidence base of what is needed in today’s organisations. He refers to studies about the value of kindness in the workplace and how it can help your company succeed.

Finding Your Phoenix – Preventing and Recovering From Burnout

Eleven years ago Andrew realised he was burnt out. 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.

WHY SHOULD YOU BOOK MINDFULNESS SPEAKER ANDREW McNEILL?

– Andrew believes that leadership needs to become more human

– Andrew is a man full of experience

– Andrew’s keynotes are grounded in research and evidence

Call +44 1753 439 289 or email Great British Speakers now to book motivational speaker Andrew McNeill for your corporate event.

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