General Motors CEO Mary Barra discusses Elevating Women

Were the mentors and the people who were so instrumental in helping you progress through your career? Were they men women a mix? It was a mixture. It was a mixture. I mean clearly, you know, I started in 1980 So as I started my co-op being at General Motors Institute, so there were many men who were mentors But also I would say women in in various different parts of the corporation that had it You know made it part of their role to mentor women and and to and to mentor men and women for that matter But so I think that's something that has been very strong at the company for a long period of time and we have formal mentoring Programs as well as you know, there's also I say sponsorship of when you do a great job for someone They're willing to say hey, let's put this person in this role because they've done a great job here So I think you've earned some of that in your career as well. Okay, so Were there ever moments where you felt like? Because of your gender you were you were not being given the same opportunities Or that that people were not treating you with the same level of respect that that they might give to a man You know, I would say of course there there was times it was a benefit There was times where maybe it was a detriment, but I think overall it balances out and I think that's an issue That's not an issue for women or you know, any diversity group. That's just life I mean there's times where you know, you're what you bring forward is going to be viewed more positively and there's times where it's not