This professional services firm has long endorsed the idea that employees’ careers can be tailored to accommodate changes in their personal lives. To support these aims, its Women’s Initiative Network has just worked with 30 managers and senior managers on a new program that brings team leaders and employees together to decide what scheduling arrangements best meet everyone’s needs. Employees might telecommute on Fridays to avoid weekend traffic, for instance, or flex some of their workdays to volunteer, or compress their schedules to take a day off. Workers aren’t judged on the number of hours they are present on key projects but on the percentage of their job hours that emphasize high-value work—an approach that supports flexibility.

CEO Joe Echevarria

Chief Talent Officer Jennifer Steinmann

Women managers/execs 39%

Women hires in 2011 39%

Average weeks of fully paid maternity leave offered 14

Offers paid paternity leave? Yes

Offers paid adoption leave? Yes

Women in affinity groups in 2011 50%

Offers backup child care? Yes

Employees working flexibly 90%