What We Love
Working mothers help one another climb the ladder at this New York City–based management consulting firm. A deeply entrenched women’s interests group with 27 chapters boasts more than 5,000 members (nearly half of all female employees), while the national women’s networking group offers a rotating slate of monthly events, including mentoring meet-and-greets, skill-refining seminars and power breakfasts for newly hired or promoted executives. All new employees are assigned a personal career counselor. Consultants who pursue an MBA or other job-related courses are fully reimbursed (average value last year: $67,000). Should your workload require extra hours in the office, parents can turn to the company-sponsored backup-care program and request emergency at-home care for just $2 to $4 per hour; another option is to choose flextime or a compressed schedule.

Chairman & CEO: William D. Green

Director, Work/Life Initiatives: Sharon Klun

Women managers/execs: 34%

Women among top earners: 21%

Women on board of directors: 27%

Women corporate executive hires in 2008: 10%

Women participating in management or leadership training in the past year: 83%

Women who participated in formalized executive succession planning last year: 30%

Women promoted last year who utilized a formal flexible work arrangement: 0%

Formal compensation policies reward managers who help women advance: Yes