Walking clubs provide a sense of community (and a great workout) for employees of First National Bank.

After six generations of ownership by the same family, this financial services organization is nothing if not consistent. Even in a rough and-tumble economy, its solid benefits remain unchanged: The child development center at headquarters is still open weekdays from 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., serving kids from infancy through kindergarten, and parents everywhere continue to enjoy 20 days of subsidized backup care annually. Women anticipating the birth or adoption of a new family member still get 16 job-guaranteed weeks off, including seven partially paid for birth moms and two fully paid for primary adoptive caregivers, with a $3,500 adoption benefit. And employees taking job-related classes can still count on their tuition being paid–up to $3,000 per year.

Chairman Bruce Lauritzen

SVP Mike Foutch

Women managers, senior managers and corporate execs 43%

Women among top earners 33%

Women on board of directors 13%

Women corporate executive hires in 2009 0%

Women participating in management or leadership training in the past year* 0%

Women participating in formalized executive succession planning last year* 0%

Women promoted last year who utilized a formal flexible work arrangement 25%

Do formal compensation policies reward managers who help women advance? No

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

First National Bank’s new parenting seminars—which cover potty training, grocery store tantrums and sibling fights—help moms handle behavioral issues.

Racing to the top floor of company headquarters may not be everyone’s ideal day off, but for moms at this Omaha-based financial services firm, the annual Trek to the Top is just another way in which their employer highlights its commitment to healthy living. Changing lives daily is the myhealthIQ program, which provides employees with medical assessments, wellness exams and customized reports that help stave off or diminish illness; on-site gyms and a 12-week weightloss program further whip them into shape. The impact has been so profound that one third of participants once deemed high-risk for health problems no longer are, while half of all former smokers here have quit. With myhealthIQ’s insight, work/life officers are able to target their health offerings to meet employee needs, leading to the introduction of skin cancer screenings and quarterly mammograms. Also cool: The firm offers subsidized national backup care and on-site child care at its headquarters.

Chairman: Bruce Lauritzen

Senior VP: Mike Foutch

Women managers/execs: 44%

Women among top earners: 27%

Women on board of directors: 13%

Women corporate executive hires in 2008: 33%

Women participating in management or leadership training in the past year: 25%

Women participating in formalized executive succession planning last year: 40%

Women promoted last year who utilized a formal flexible work arrangement: 10%

Formal compensation policies reward managers who help women advance: No