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Gone to TexasEpisode 18, Lester Thornhill, CEO of Life's AbundanceWhen they needed a more central location for their company, Texas seemed like the perfect spot. However, finding a place just anywhere in Texas wasn’t going to cut it. After Lester Thornhill, CEO of Life's Abundance, did some research, and when he thought getting closer to Oklahoma may be a better option, one of his co-workers mentioned getting an email from the EDC of Dumas, Texas. Lester looked at the location, called the number on the email, and the rest is history.In this episode of Gone to Texas, Lester joins Dave Quinn to tell his st...
2023-01-0726 min
Greatest Movie Of All-TimeNorth by Northwest (1959) RevisitDana and Tom revisit one of the seminal classics of Alfred Hitchcock, North by Northwest: written by Ernest Lehman; starring Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, and Martin Landau.Plot Summary: Madison Avenue Ad Man, Roger Thornhill (Cary Grant), is mistaken for George Kaplan, a government agent, is kidnapped, and taken to meet a mysterious man Lester Townsend (James Mason). The man wants to know what information he has. Unable to answer, Thornhill is forced to drink excessively and put in a car for a staged accident. While Thornhill is able to escape, he is still...
2022-06-0145 min
Evergreen Journal by Tugboat InstituteWhy We Plant Trees in AfricaLester Thornhill, President and CEO of Life's Abundance, is planting trees in Senegal, Africa. Originally, he was inspired by his desire to find a path to carbon neutrality for his Evergreen® company. But when he discovered the organization Trees for the Future, he realized he could do more. Now he is helping create Forest Gardens, which benefit the earth and the surrounding communities in a great many ways. Listen to Lester's podcast from Tugboat Institute® Summit 2021 and learn more about this initiative and about Forest Gardens.
2022-03-1007 minEvergreen Journal by Tugboat InstituteWhy We Plant Trees in AfricaLester Thornhill, President and CEO of Life's Abundance, is planting trees in Senegal, Africa. Originally, he was inspired by his desire to find a path to carbon neutrality for his Evergreen® company. But when he discovered the organization Trees for the Future, he realized he could do more. Now he is helping create Forest Gardens, which benefit the earth and the surrounding communities in a great many ways. Listen to Lester's podcast from Tugboat Institute® Summit 2021 and learn more about this initiative and about Forest Gardens.
2022-03-1007 min
Evergreen Journal by Tugboat InstituteEmpowering My Team Through Challenging TimesLester Thornhill, CEO of Life's Abundance, approached the challenge of the COVID-19 pandemic with a commitment to continuous improvement. In this talk from Tugboat Institute Gathering of Teams 2021, Lester shares his story of opportunistic innovation through the pandemic, offering a compelling case for seizing upon moments of challenge to strengthen the team and the company for the long term.
2021-07-0817 minEvergreen Journal by Tugboat InstituteEmpowering My Team Through Challenging TimesLester Thornhill, CEO of Life's Abundance, approached the challenge of the COVID-19 pandemic with a commitment to continuous improvement. In this talk from Tugboat Institute Gathering of Teams 2021, Lester shares his story of opportunistic innovation through the pandemic, offering a compelling case for seizing upon moments of challenge to strengthen the team and the company for the long term.
2021-07-0817 min
Speech BubbleJason LapidusJason is a Thornhill, ON. native who always wanted to be a comic artist. He could always draw his classmates under the table, but Thornlea Secondary School was the basis for author Gordon Korman's 1985 novel Don't Care High and the moniker was still true when Lapidus went there.
The vibe killed any enthusiasm he had for institutional education and that buzz kill continued in art school where he just couldn't connect painting on wood block and philosphizing about art with the practical skills he wanted to learn in order to make comics.
Instead, he leaned...
2019-03-041h 08
Growing with PurposeLester Thornhill: The Answer Is Around the CornerIt doesn't happen often, but it happened to Lester Thornhill: his CEO took him out to dinner and asked Lester to leave his role as IT Director and take over as Chief Executive Officer.
Today on the Growing with Purpose podcast, host Paul Spiegelman talks with Lester Thornhill, President and CEO of Life's Abundance, a company that provides healthy products for people, pets, and the planet. Although he comes from an IT background, Lester has leveraged his unique perspective to build a people-driven culture that isn't tethered to traditional workplace practices. Not only is Life's Abundance an ESO...
2018-09-1340 min
InDetailsПо заявкам радиослушателей. Часть 2 (27)1. Scott Joplin - Aunt Dinah has blowed the horn
2. King Oliver - Mule face blues
3. Duke Ellington - It dont mean anything if it aint got that swing
4. Lester Young & Oscar Peterson - Ad lib blues
5. Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie - Relaxin with Lee
6. Donald Lambert - Blue waltz
7. Claude Thornhill - Arab dance
8. Paul Desmond - Take five
9. Stan Kenton - Body and soul
10. John Coltrane - Violets for your furs
11. Lee Morgan - The sidewinder
12. Archie Shepp - If I should lose you
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