Chief Human Resources Officer, Siriuspoint
Search every verified Karen Caddick interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. In a September 2024 podcast appearance, Karen Caddick, Chief Human Resources Officer at Siriuspoint, discussed the company's focus on building a high-performance culture during a turnaround. Caddick stated that CEO Scott Eagan made this a top executive leadership team priority, describing it as "not an HR task, it's our top leadership task." She said that upon joining the business, she prioritized improving the culture and establishing values that "really mean something to our people and turn into results." Caddick said the company developed a clear view of the desired culture and created accountability around it. She emphasized the importance of integrity, stating that "if there's any mismatch between what we say and what we're doing, people lose trust very quickly." She added that the company prioritized transparency and delivering on commitments. Caddick expressed the belief that "culture can be built if you really focus on clarifying what you are building," but also noted that "culture can also be damaged in nanoseconds if you don't have integrity."
“Scott Eagan, our CEO, has made building a high performance culture one of our top executive leadership team priorities, so it's not an HR task, it's our top leadership task.”
“When I joined the business, I personally prioritized improving the culture, establishing values that really mean something to our people and turn into results.”
“We've developed a really clear view of the culture we feel we need to deliver our goals, spelling it out in a lot of detail and making it really clear what the culture is and what we want it to look and feel like.”
“The key to really making sure that culture change sticks is integrity; if there's any mismatch between what we say and what we're doing, people lose trust very quickly.”
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