小约翰•R.斯特安菲德

    公司：保德信金融集团

    《财富》500强排名：29

    斯特安菲德于2008年成为公司CEO。三十年前，他加入保德信金融集团，成为一名投资分析师。虽然他对于自己在这家金融巨头35年的工作经历引以为豪，但他对员工们可不会这么说：“我不希望在职业发展期被聘用的员工认为，职业初期加入公司的那些人比他们更受重视。”他补充道，那些成功的公司，包括保德信金融集团在内，都是既有内部培养的人才，也有外部聘用的精英。他表示，自己之所以一直在保德信工作纯属偶然，并非有意为之：“我评估自己职业的标准一直都是：我喜欢自己正在做的事情吗？我是否能从中学到什么？我喜欢、尊重我的同事吗？我已经在一家公司内从事了一系列不同的职业。而且，我发现在一个领域取得成功可以让你有信心去尝试其他领域。”

John R. Strangfeld, Jr.

    Company: Prudential Financial

    Fortune 500 rank: 29

    Strangfeld became CEO in 2008, three decades after he began his career with Prudential as an investment analyst. While he's proud of his 35 years with the financial giant, it's not a fact he touts to staff: "I don't want mid-career hires to think they are somehow less valued than those who join us earlier in their careers," he says, adding that successful companies—Prudential included— tend to have a mix of internally developed and externally hired talent. He says he became a lifer by accident rather than design: "Evaluating my career, my criteria have always been: Do I like what I am doing? Am I learning? Do I like and respect my colleagues? I feel I have had a series of careers under the umbrella of a single company. And, I find that success in one area can give you the confidence to try another."