This pediatric hospital takes great pains to make employees feel involved in the way it’s run: it recruits administrative assistants and nurses to help interview candidates for top positions, solicits ideas from more than 800 staffers on the design of its new building and urges workers to contact president and CEO Patrick Magoon by email. It also supports employees’ ambitions by offering an on-site MBA program, providing $5,000 in annual tuition aid and covering any travel costs or fees incurred by those attending professional conferences. Nurses may take paid sabbaticals of up to three weeks to enhance clinical and leadership skills. Alternative schedules inject flexibility into daily routines.

President & CEO Patrick Magoon

Chief HR Officer Robert Powell

Women managers/execs 71% 

Women among top earners 81% 

Women hires in 2010 76% 

Average weeks of fully paid maternity leave offered 6 

Allows new moms to “phase back” into work with reduced hours? Yes

Offers affinity group for new mothers? Yes

Offers backup childcare? Yes

Employees working flexibly 35%