In this episode of the HR Engage Podcast, host Jonathan Mamaril sits down with the incredible Oloff Visser — a people and culture leader whose career spans continents, industries, and transformations.
Oloff takes us on a journey from his beginnings in industrial relations and negotiating wage agreements in South Africa, through leadership roles in New Zealand and Australia across mining, manufacturing, healthcare, and energy. He shares invaluable insights on:
- Building trust with your workforce (and why it starts with showing up)
- Understanding where the business makes money — and why HR needs to know it
- Managing upwards and influencing at board level
- Surviving and thriving through business downturns and major change
- Why HR risks becoming irrelevant without delivering true business value
Whether you’re early in your HR career or a seasoned professional, Oloff’s stories and lessons on leadership, culture-building, and creating impact will leave you inspired and thinking differently.
