Developing Your Bank’s Leaders with Neil Stevens from Oconee State Bank
Today we sit down with Neil Stevens, CEO of Oconee State Bank in Watkinsville, GA. We discuss his new book, Leading Life on Life, and how he is working to grow and develop the leaders at OSB.
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