Leggett & Platt Helps Raise Awareness for Autism

Autism SpeaksOn January 18, Leggett & Platt co-sponsored the Ante4Autism charity poker tournament in Las Vegas. However, there’s more to this event than corporate sponsorship.

For Karl Glassman, our President & Chief Operating Officer, it’s a deeply personal matter. “Autism affects so many families,” he said. “I’m humbled by how many of our people have gotten involved.” Glassman’s wife Cathi has worked with autistic students for many years as a case manager for the Joplin, Missouri school district. But, he was quick to point out the reason Ante4Autism has been successful. “This event continues to build awareness really because of one man,” he explained.

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Beginner’s Guide to Investing: Amassing A Million Dollars

Beginners Guide to Investing Logo - Amassing a MillionIn the first two articles of this Beginner’s Guide to Investing series, we looked at some fundamental building blocks for investing:

  • Establish a reserve fund for emergencies and pay off your credit cards.
  • Determine how much time you want to spend monitoring your investments, when you will need the money, and how much risk you can live with.

Here’s something that might surprise you: most millionaires in the U.S. are everyday people who followed simple guidelines for saving, spending, and investing (for more on this, check out The Millionaire Next Door by Thomas Stanley and William Danko).

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Beginner’s Guide to Investing: Know Thyself

Beginner's Guide to Investing - Know ThyselfIn my first article in this series, we looked at two simple pre-investing steps to take. Before you begin investing, you must also answer these three questions:

  1. How much are you willing to work on monitoring investments?
  2. When will you need the money?
  3. How much risk can you live with?

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Beginner’s Guide to Investing: Before You Start

Beginner Guide to Investing LogoSo you’ve decided you want to begin investing. Outstanding. Way to go!

This will be the first in a series of five articles to help you get started.

But, before you invest anything at all, there are two pre-investing steps I strongly encourage you to take. Unless you do these things, it will be hard to stay on the investment path.

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Leggett & Platt Executives Take a Pie in the Face for a Good Cause

Leggett & Platt has partnered with United Way for several years — but we don’t just raise funds for a good cause, we have fun while we do it! In 2014 we hosted a community-wide fall festival, held bake sales and raffles, even a dodgeball tournament. However, the highlight this year was when our leadership decided to get in on it; employees participated in an auction for the chance to throw a pie in the face of their favorite executive.

Throwback Thursday: 1980’s B2B Marketing Video

Our team in Creative Services just came across some VHS tapes and found this business-to-business marketing video from the 80’s. We’re proud to say the Mira-Coil is still in production after all these years!

L&P operations cut costs while preserving environment: Fall Eco Initiative Highlights

LP-Ecoiniative-3410-300x134-colorfixedLeggett & Platt employees are committed to protecting and preserving the environment. We’re quite proud of the effort these teams have made through their commitment to the Eco Initiative, a program that provides guidelines for a proactive environmental management system.

We’ve highlighted five stories from the fall edition of “Eco News,” our quarterly internal newsletter, to share with you:

1. Flex-O-Lators improves efficiency and lowers costs through Eco Initiative

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Employee Spotlight: How a Finance Professional Makes Every Day Worthwhile

As my interview with Suzanne Hall wrapped up, I asked her one final question: “What is the one thing you’d like our readers to know about you?”

“I want them to understand how passionate I am about my job. And that I truly care.”

For the past 20 years, Suzanne has proven how passionate she is, pouring her heart and soul into her role as Staff Vice President of Finance and Payments. I recently sat down with Suzanne to hear her story of working at Leggett & Platt: Continue reading

Impress your Boss: 3 Management Styles and 10 Tips that’ll Dazzle ‘em

There are 130-plus employees in Leggett & Platt’s IT department and well over half of them manage either people or projects. As an entry-level IT employee, I get to work with all the management-style combinations you could imagine on a daily basis. It used to make my head spin, so I categorized managers (with the help of trainingmag.com terminology) into 3 main management styles. Then I analyzed the characteristics and came up with ways I could dazzle ‘em all.

 

Directing Management Style IconThe Directing Management Style

Managers who use this style tell employees what to do, how to do it, and when it needs to be done.  They like to poke holes in your arguments, they like to be in full control, and—if we’re all being honest— they can be a little intimidating. They know what they want and they expect no less than their vision (which is often brilliant). Continue reading