Typically, when a rising executive at a major financial services company develops strategic plans, the default approach is to create comprehensive three- to five-year roadmaps with detailed long-term projections. However, for Joe Varnas at S&P Global, traditional...

Lee Doyle was perfectly content being an individual contributor. After eight years of successful sales in the power industry at Vaisala, selling sophisticated products to electric utilities, he'd found his professional sweet spot. The mechanical engineer from Camden...