Women landed 42% of all promotions to manager, senior manager and executive at this pharmaceutical company in 2011 and made up 75% of those served by its new Global Mentoring pilot, which found top execs advising high-potential, diverse talent for a full year. For leaders, there’s a real benefit to helping women advance, as their compensation is affected by their ability to meet diversity goals. Female managers entering the senior leader pipeline may be selected for the Women’s Leadership Development Program, a collaboration with the Simmons College School of Management, through which they receive exposure to leadership and create
a support network.

CEO & President: Kenneth Frazier

Executive VP, HR: Mirian Graddick-Weir

% of senior managers who are women: 42%

% of corporate executives who are women: 20%

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

% of corporate executives with profit-and-loss responsibility who are women: 20%

% of the executives running divisions with revenues of more than a billion dollars who are women: 33%

% of executives who report directly to the CEO who are women: 15%

% of the members of the board of directors who are women: 17%