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The birth of Bread Loaf Construction Co.'s
Employee of the Month program was certainly inauspicious. Leo Breshnahan, a field worker, had approached executive vice-president John
Leehman at the company's annual meeting for its 160 employees and complained: 'We do all the work out in the field, while people in the office are
just having a good time."
Leehman invited Breshnahan to spend the day seeing how the office crew earns
a living. "It was a real turning point for Breshnahan," says Leehman. "He know where he can go in the system, and so do other employees
who have followed in his footsteps."
Now, every month an employee is chooses to tour Bread Loaf's offices and
construction sites to get a sense of just what other people do in the corporation.
What's more, spending a day with the star employee gives managers of the
Middlebury, Vt., business a chance to get acquainted with the best management candidates in the company.
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