Credit: syahrir/Adobe Stock Pioneering DEI Program at Cruise Offers Lessons for Other Firms
"Our general counsel didn't just sponsor the program—he was in the meetings, guiding discussions and showing that this was a priority," Kwant said of the DEI program he launched while as head of legal ops at GM's Cruise subsidiary.
September 10, 2024 at 04:28 PM
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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.
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