In Good Company - Women and Leadership - Newsweek - MSNBC.com

In Good Company - Women and Leadership - Newsweek - MSNBC.com: "Her status as a female officer would make her a rarity at many companies, but not at Xerox. The $15.7 billion document-management company is one of only nine in the Fortune 500 with a female CEO, but its gender diversity extends far beyond the corner office. Of Xerox's 32 corporate officers, eight are women. So are 800 of its middle managers, more than 30 percent of the total. The company is routinely ranked among the best places for women to work. Inside its Connecticut headquarters, female employees describe a culture where no one hesitates to reschedule a meeting to take a child to the pediatrician. Managers are judged—and compensated—on meeting diversity goals. At Xerox, 'people really believe this—this is not cosmetic,' says David Nadler, chairman of Mercer Delta Consulting, who worked with Xerox for 20 years. 'They don't see diversity as somehow in conflict with meritocracy.'"