Denis McCormack, who worked in marketing at St George Bank for 20 years until 1995, wrote the following recollections shortly after hearing about the death of Jim Wills:It's true to say that Jim's spirit lives on, not only in those he loves, but in thousands of people he inspired with his simple yet caring philosophy on who we are and why we are all here. "Never forget," he used to say, "about the people we're here to help." A typical morning at St George was waiting for that chat with Jim as he made his long rounds across every floor of the building, spending 10 minutes (or sometimes hours) with each of us."Managing by walking about" it's called. And boy, was Jim good at it. After every chat, you really felt you'd learned something very special, even when Jim decided it was your turn for a bit of a stirring. We used to think it would be wonderful to get a bit of peace when he finally retired. But the very first day after his retirement, we all missed his little visits so much.Thirty years later, every day, I still use the little things he taught me in those chats. We continued to miss him immensely and we all loved him, not just as an inspiring boss, but as a great mate who we knew, deep down, was trying to do everything possible to teach us all to contribute something to the world. It seemed like the whole of St George lost a very special sparkle the day Jim retired.I often tell the story about him having his secretary Sharon call me."Mr. Wills wants to see you in his office immediately and he doesn't sound very happy!" she said. That lift ride from the ground floor to his office on the 6th floor was the longest in my life. I kept asking myself, what have I done this time? He told Sharon to make me wait outside until he was ready. For 20 minutes I sweated outside his office door - until he yelled, "Come in here Denis!" - sounding very cranky indeed. "Sit there" he said abruptly, pointing to a chair and shaking his head. He slowly reached for something I was sure was my pink slip. He then said, "Thought you might like to try a bit of the apple strudel I made at cooking class last night," with a huge grin covering his face.That was typical Jim Wills - always bluffing us with that stern poker face while he had his latest prank up his sleeve. His high pitched laugh would light up the whole place.Sadly, there aren't enough 'Willsies' in this world. If there were more, there would be lots more happiness, lots more vision and inspiration, lots more compassion, and lots more little chats where we could become better human beings by just talking, arguing, laughing, or dreaming with him. He was a remarkable man who achieved so much for so many by always encouraging