Off-ramps and on-ramps : keeping talented women on the road to success / Sylvia Ann Hewlett.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-277) and index.

Foreword / by Carolyn Buck Luce -- The challenge -- Why mess with the male competitive model? -- Women's non-linear careers -- Extreme jobs, extreme demands -- The business case for diversity -- Models at the cutting edge -- Establishing flexible work arrangements -- Ernst & Young -- BT Group -- Citigroup -- Creating arc-of-career flexibility -- Booz Allen Hamilton -- Lehman Brothers -- Goldman Sachs -- Reimagining work life -- Citigroup -- Time Warner -- Johnson & Johnson -- Claiming and sustaining ambition -- Johnson & Johnson -- Time Warner -- General Electric -- Tapping into altruism -- Goldman Sachs -- Cisco Systems -- American Express -- Combating stigma and stereotypes -- Lehman Brothers -- Cisco Systems -- Ernst & Young -- Canaries in the coal mine.