Fiona is the People Executive Lead at OZ Minerals after joining the forward-thinking mining company in February 2019, and she believes the focus on corporate culture can no longer be seen as an optional extra.   

For the past two decades, Fiona has worked with organisations to help build cultures that create value for all stakeholders. With a Masters in Org Psych, an MBA and 20+yrs multinational corporate HR experience Fiona is passionate about evidence-based practices to help leaders build the cultures they need. Its through her experience, she knows for certain that In toxic cultures engagement drops, turnover increases and market values decrease. 
 

Fiona began her career with Shell in the UK before establishing the HR function for Bausch and Lomb UK’s manufacturing division. After moving to Australia to complete her MBA, Fiona joined Lion Nathan as HR Director Wines and Spirits, followed by a series of roles in corporate strategy and capability. Across all of these roles, Fiona’s passion has been the development of high performing cultures through the application of evidence-based practices.  

Most recently, Fiona ran her own leadership development consultancy supporting leaders to drive culture change through a focus on their mindsets and behaviours. 

Fiona is a Fellow of the Australian HR Institute, an accredited coach with the International Coaching Federation and a member of the Australian Adaptive Leadership Institute’s advisory committee. 

In this episode,  Fiona and I touch on her journey today from backpacking all over the world to unpacking her experiences through her corporate career. We deep dive into systems, symbols, behaviours and the mindset required for high performing cultures. 

We also spend we spent a lot of time talking about the innovative ways OZ Minerals manage their workforce, inclusion and diversity, to how they are positioning themselves for the future of work.

Books mentioned in this podcast:

My Year Of Living Vulnerably By Rick Morton
An Everyone Culture - Becoming a Deliberately Developmental Organization

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