To nurture the growth of talented female professionals, this consumer products company’s Colgate Leadership Challenge matches them with senior executives for a nine-day learning session in New York. As they advance, they may enroll in initiatives for developing executives, designed by the Nonprofit Center for Creative Leadership. And when they reach the level of senior manager, they become eligible for nomination to the Colgate Leadership Forum, a program that encourages discussion about the company’s vision and role in current trends.

Chairman, President & CEO: Ian Cook

SVP, Global HR: Daniel Marsili

% of senior managers who are women: 37%

% of corporate executives who are women: 30%

% of promotions to manager, senior manager and corporate executive positions that went to women: 35%

% of the top 10% of the company’s earners who are women: 34%

% of corporate executives with profit-and-loss responsibility who are women: 13%

% of the executives running divisions with revenues of more than a billion dollars who are women: 17%

% of executives who report directly to the CEO who are women: 8%

% of the members of the board of directors who are women: 20%

% of female workforce participating in mentoring: 8%