Chief People Officer, Axis Capital Holdings
Search every verified Lisa Pariot interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Lisa Pariot, Chief People Officer at Axis Capital Holdings, discussed her perspective on high-performance culture during a September 2024 appearance on the Insurance Coffee House Podcast. She described high performance as involving clear expectations, discretionary effort, and a desire for continuous improvement, while also noting that employees should feel valued and rewarded. Pariot stated that the organization values "diversity of thought" and encourages employees to share "different perspectives" and "contrarian views" to help the company improve. Pariot also emphasized the importance of balancing financial results with efficiency and fostering a "learning mindset" where mistakes are treated as opportunities to learn. She said that Axis Capital aims to attract and retain talent who are comfortable contributing ideas and challenging the status quo.
“We've got great talent at AXIS and we want to continue to foster that and attract that and have people that want to work at this organization that feel comfortable sharing different perspectives, contrarian views that help us get better all the time.”
“High performance to me is people being clear on what's expected of them, delivering that and then some because they want to, and constantly wanting to perpetuate that and feeling valued and rewarded.”
“We have to deliver financial results and profitability but you have to be thinking about the way you can do that most efficiently too.”
“It's about engagement of our people and diversity of thought and integrating all of that.”
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