When they make it to the top, leaders at this accounting firm don’t forget about those on their way up—they help them climb the ladder, too. As part of a unique program, 689 managers, senior managers and partners have undergone special training to become career advisors and now act as coaches and mentors for junior employees in their own practice areas. Prominent female leaders in the firm’s Forum_W women’s group also show emerging talent how to network for success and broker valuable introductions to key figures in the industry. To increase the odds that senior managers will be promoted to partner, the firm’s Boot Camp leadership development program expands their insight into high-level business strategies and fills in any gaps in their career education; women made up 35% of the most recent group of participants.

CEO Rick Anderson

Managing Director, HR Tammy Young

Women managers/execs 44% 

Women hires in 2011 45%

Average weeks of fully paid maternity leave offered 9

Offers paid paternity leave? Yes

Offers paid adoption leave? Yes

Women in affinity groups in 2011 80%

Offers backup child care? Yes

Employees working flexibly 70%