With at least 8,200 international members, the Women in Search of Excellence network run by this information and technology services company provides more than just a place to commune with colleagues and share work experiences. Its Top Floor Coaching program, offered to promising midlevel managers, helps them identify their strengths and weaknesses and clarify their personal brands, and its useful workshops and coaching sessions increase their knowledge of and exposure to senior leaders. Across all employee resource groups, women may also be nominated for the six-month Leadership Experience Series, which helps them to develop their presentation skills and facilitates introductions to key executives.

Chairman & CEO: Michael Dell

Senior VP, HR: Steve Price

% of senior managers who are women: 20%

% of corporate executives who are women: 20%

% of the top 10% of the company’s earners who are women: 16%

% 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: 0%

% of executives who report directly to the CEO who are women: 9%

% of the members of the board of directors who are women: 15%