There's also the desire and expectation among professional services clients that client service teams reflect the client's customer base. The challenge of recruiting the women who mirror the interests and needs of customers often means overcoming old attitudes and ways of doing business. It also often means a different vision of what an organization wants to be. Today, those traditions are history. Today, in contrast, women are present at the executive level in all operations and functions.
Senior management devotes substantial time to career pathing for high-potential women.
Mentoring programs have also been established. In the past year, two women who have spent their careers at GM were elected vice presidents of the corporation. At a broader level, GM has worked with its unions to address unique needs of working mothers to ensure that they have full opportunity for job satisfaction as well as advancement. The Center is set on a five-acre campus and includes a swimming pool as well as playing fields and nature areas. On top of this, flexible work schedules make it easier for women to balance work and family.