Keynote SpeakersAndrew 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, Andrew brings and applies 20 years of senior leadership experience, most recently serving as a Regional Director in the Private Sector and as a 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 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.
Andrew McNeill Speaking Topics
Empathetic 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 face in the workplace, both internally and externally, and with different generations trying to navigate a rapidly changing world, Andrew firmly believes that this style of leadership is critical if organisations are to achieve success.
Andrew will discuss how attitudes, such as being non-judgmental 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, ready 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 building a culture of collaboration with teams, what worked, and why some things didn’t.
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 leading the UK Government’s assurance of the Olympic and Paralympic torches for London 2012 to serving as 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, organizations are more likely to innovate quickly, unlock the benefits of diversity and adapt well to change.
In this engaging psychological safety 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 the symptoms and how to recover
Eleven years ago, Andrew realised he was suffering from burnout. He had to step back from work to find techniques that would enable 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 at the beginning, and how they have helped transform his life, leadership, and career.
Audience Takeaways
- Interesting neuro-scientific findings and insights.
- An introduction to mindfulness.
- Tools to help you integrate these into your life.
