66% of the top-tier earners at WellStar Health System are women.

Sometimes moms just need an extra hand to get things done, which is why the launch of a concierge service by this health-care organization made such a big splash in 2009. Employees now have someone who can walk their dogs, pick up kids' school assignments or arrange home repairs, among other things. But that's not the only way the organization has helped moms recently. It started covering in vitro fertilization, opened lactation rooms at all sites, expanded job-guaranteed maternity leave to 36 weeks from 16 and padded out its six partially paid weeks of short-term disability leave with three fully paid days. Adoption aid increased for the third year in a row, rising to $5,000 from $4,000, and business-trip backup care was added, costing just $2 to $4 per hour, up to 80 hours per year. Also new: the Nursing Development Leadership program, which offers training and career counseling to those valuable employees.

Acting President and CEO, Executive Vice President and CFO Jim Budzinski

Executive VP, HR David Anderson

Women managers, senior managers and corporate execs 72%

Women among top earners 75%

Women on board of directors 11%

Women corporate executive hires in 2009 38%

Women participating in management or leadership training in the past year* 22%

Women participating in formalized executive succession planning last year* 1%

Women promoted last year who utilized a formal flexible work arrangement 42%

Do formal compensation policies reward managers who help women advance? Yes

*Percentages reflect number of women participants versus company’s total female workforce.