Kellogg Company received our award last year as the Top Company for Diversity-Management Progress and is on the DiversityInc Top 50 list for the second year in a row. Much of the company’s D&I improvements can be directly attributed to the personal involvement of President and CEO John Bryant, who chairs the Global Diversity Council. He meets with resource groups every quarter and has started to tie executive compensation to D&I metrics and results.

The company’s resource groups made significant progress in 2012. Several events were held, including ones focusing on the difference between mentoring and sponsorship, a personal-finance session, executive-leadership sessions, and an event to stop bullying. The company has seven resource groups, all of which regularly provide insights about product, packaging and marketing decisions. The seventh group, for veterans, was added last year. The groups survey their members each year, and the company’s annual employee survey also is used to measure their success.

The company has a growing mentoring program, including virtual mentoring and programs for new hires. Seventy-five percent of pairings are cross-cultural and mentors and mentees have cultural-awareness training.