#30: Chequan Lewis — Chief Equity Officer at Pizza Hut on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Work

“Whether you mean to or not, you're inevitably turning organizations one of two ways: towards equity or inequity.”

This quote comes from today’s guest, Chequan Lewis. On this episode of the pod, 1Huddle’s CEO and Founder Sam Caucci sat down with Chequan Lewis, the Chief Equity Officer at Pizza Hut. In his role, Chequan is in charge of championing, promoting, and guiding Pizza Hut’s equity and inclusion vision, strategy, and initiatives across the entire franchise. Before he stepped into this position, Chequan was the Senior Director of Express and Director of Legal at Pizza Hut. He’s also a Harvard Law School graduate and a former business litigator.

You might be wondering how a former Harvard law grad and litigator came to be an Equity Officer at Pizza Hut, and that’s one of the many things Chequan and Sam talked about on this episode. They also discussed the importance of building a great team, how you can go about creating “the most equitable company on the planet,” why having a continuous equity plan in place is so important, and how you can’t really be equitable if you treat the C-Suite workers differently than the workers who are on the frontlines.

So if you’re ready for one of 1Huddle’s most engaging, timely, and insightful conversations yet, then it’s time to…

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