Faced with leading a diversity, equity, and inclusion program as a white, cisgender man, Robert Kwant, at the time head of legal ops at GM’s Cruise self-driving subsidiary, initially doubted his ability to handle the responsibility.

“I didn’t feel like I had the credibility to lead a DEI program for Cruise or anywhere else,” Kwant said during a webinar this week titled “How to Leverage Legal Operations Excellence to Achieve DEI Program Success.” It was put on by the Corporate Legal Operations Consortium.