New Series: 5 Office Must-Haves

If you want to get to know Leggett & Platt, you should get to know our people first. By now you’ve probably seen our Employee Spotlight series, which highlights how individuals across L&P have contributed in exceptional ways. We’re proud to showcase our talented people.

Today we’re starting a new series that will introduce our people in a unique and different way – through their office must-haves! Stay tuned to meet various accountants, engineers, techies, managers, administrative professionals, creatives, and others as they show off items they use in their day-to-day work lives.

To kick off the series, we’d like to introduce ourselves, the Life@Leggett content team, by way of a few of our favorite things.

Justin Kohley, Talent Systems Administrator in Human Resources

Job in a nutshell: Managing the systems and data used to recruit, set goals, review performance, develop employees, and conduct succession planning.

Justin Kohley

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6 Truths About Persuasion

Do you consider yourself persuasive?

Find out how to get people to say yes (ethically) by flipping through our 6 persuasion truths, below.

This is part of our in-house class, Persuading Others, taught by Learning & Development Manager Alissa Owsley. For more learning content like this, check out our 2-part SlideShare series on The Art of Coaching Employees.

Flex-O-Lators Packs a Big Punch

Don’t let the small-town location fool you – Flex-O-Lators in Carthage, Missouri, plays a big role in Leggett & Platt’s operations. That’s because the facility manufactures components used in the company’s own automotive, furniture, and bedding operations, as well as those of outside customers. This vertical integration also takes place on the front end, with Flex-O-Lators purchasing wire and materials from other L&P branches to make those components.

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Employee Spotlight: How an IT Intern Makes His Mark in a Manufacturing Company

For proof that we hire some of the most talented and unique interns around, meet Charlie Kovacs.

By day, Charlie attends Missouri State University, where he’s wrapping up his senior year in a Computer Information Systems and Management program. By night, Charlie plays guitar in a garage punk band called The Scamps, and the ‘60s throwback group recently produced their first record.

On top of a busy college and music schedule, Charlie commutes an hour from Springfield, Missouri several days per week to work as an Information Technology (IT) Intern at Leggett & Platt’s Corporate Office in Carthage. Continue reading

5 Things We Learned in 2015

Happy New Year from Leggett & Platt! As we roll into 2016, we thought we’d recap 2015 with a few of our favorite posts.

Leggett Hires the Biggest Bedding Models in the Business

We learned that a few pictures of modeling elephants can break the Internet. (Almost.)

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The Art of Coaching Employees – Part Two

What can a 19th century Russian princess named Olga teach us about coaching?

To find out, you’ll have to flip through our second of two slide decks on coaching.

Is this your first time hearing about Learning & Development at Leggett & Platt? For an brief look into what we do, read: This is How We Do L&D at L&P.

 

The Art of Coaching Employees – Part One

Coaching, managing, mentoring… it’s all the same right? Wrong.

To be a better coach, you have to understand these roles and how they’re different. Flip through our first of two slide decks to learn more.

This series’ content was adapted from one of our in-house classes taught by Learning & Development Manager, Alissa Owsley. New to L&P’s Learning & Development group? For an brief look at our class development process read: This is How We Do L&D at L&P.