McKinsey’s Mom’s Leaders Network, staffed by senior women, counsels and supports female employees before, during and after maternity leave.

Women who consult for this globally renowned firm tend to have a hand in structuring the way their assignments develop and regularly work off-site with their clients. To limit business trips, employees can log on to a videoconferencing system at the office or through their home computers and hold virtual meetings with clients. But consultants (who make up roughly half the staff) aren’t the only ones taking advantage of flexibility: In 2008, 95% of employees of this New York City–based firm worked from a remote location.

Managing Director: Ian Davis

Senior Manager, Diversity initiatives: Paulette Gerkovich

Women managers/execs: 30%

Women among top earners: 14%

Women on board of directors: 7%

Women corporate executive hires in 2008: 0%

Women participating in management or leadership training in the past year: 100%

Women participating in formalized executive succession planning last year: N/A

Women promoted last year who utilized a formal flexible work arrangement: 5%

Formal compensation policies reward managers who help women advance: No