Source: Journal of Accountancy
- Are women included in your succession plans?
- Does your strategic plan include development of women?
- Do important committees in your firm include women?
- Do you have a policy promoting work/life balance? Do you offer individualized flexible work programs?
- Do people in these programs have opportunities for promotion?
- Do you have a mentoring program?
- Do you provide training in leadership and management for people at all levels in the firm?
- Do you offer training on differences between men and women in the work force?
- Do people on family leave have access to training programs, e-mail, etc.?
- Do you offer alternative career paths at various stages of family life?
- Do assignments to client accounts avoid assumptions about gender?
- Does your compensation plan provide for equity between men and women?
From Journal of Accountancy, September 2006 and AICPA. For the complete article, click on the following link and see the appendix: http://www.aicpa.org/download/career/wofi/ What_Women_in_the_Profession_are_Thinking.pdf.
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