I was a 30 year-old intern.
I know, right?
But that’s not a bad thing. My internship in the DOORS program at Leggett & Platt was a game-changer.
Interns at Leggett don’t fetch coffee and aren’t expected to just hang around and learn by watching others work. Instead, DOORS connects students with opportunities to develop as professionals in the real world. DOORS lets interns do, y’know, actual work. They get to work on projects that are making a difference for the company.
Be it to peers or upper management, in-person or online, professional presentations can be scary. At least, they are for those who suffer from speech anxiety, including yours truly. However, I’ve found from experience that properly preparing for a presentation and avoiding the list below will help calm those speech-day jitters.
We’ve covered a lot of ground in the Beginner’s Guide to Investing series. However, sometimes the most difficult step is the first one: knowing where to start. In this fifth and final article, I’ll explain an effective, but simple, way to begin investing. Here are the steps we’ll take: Continue reading
Recently, Leggett’s two new bedding models paid a little visit to our IDEA Center. Actually, there was nothing “little” about it: Cindy and Betty weigh in at 8,500 and 9,000 pounds respectively. The elephants will be featured in upcoming promotional materials for a new bedding product line.
Stocks are risky because they can be highly volatile in the short term. Individual stocks and entire markets can become “bearish”, meaning they can decline significantly in value for a period of months or even years. It’s important to fully understand that risk and appropriately manage it. I’d like to expand on my brief overview of stocks from earlier in this series by examining both the risk and reward of this type of investment.
On 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.
In the first two articles of this Beginner’s Guide to Investing series, we looked at some fundamental building blocks for investing:
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).
In 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:
So 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.
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.
