The Work-Life Balance: Here’s How Ai Painting Plus Does It

Back in January 2024, we got this year started with a fun overview of how our team fosters employee engagement and nurtures leadership skills. We talked a little bit about how we focus on that work/life balance, which most companies talk about with mystical, far-out-there references.  

But as we approach the end of 2024, and during this special season of gratitude, we want to highlight some of the stories and interests to demonstrate how important work and life are to the Ai Painting Plus team. Giving back to the community and giving back to yourself by investing time and resources into the interests that bring you joy and make you complete are just a couple of the important values that are part of our business DNA.  

For instance:  

• Cameron Naugle, our project manager, puts creativity and time into model making and painting, as well as metalworking and forging. The top of his wish list? “Camping, fishing, and spending time with my wife and five cats.”  

• Trevor Judkins is our trainer and field supervisor. His interests closely resemble Cameron’s: making bows, camping, fishing, and spending time with his wife and dogs.   

• Team leader Austin Isley is into golf, working out, camping, playing banjo and other instruments, and spending time with his wife Lacie, their two kids, three dogs, and a cat.  

• Lacie Isley is all about building the team and energizing Ai Painting Plus, but she also carves out ample time for gardening, making sourdough bread, working out, cooking, camping, and spending time with family.  

• The team’s chief color coordinator, Jaclyn Rogers, is all about working out, supporting Mizzou sports, and hanging out with her husband, son Zane, and pug Tank.  

Let’s take this a step further and shine a quick light on how Austin, Lacie, and Jaclyn also invest in the Columbia community. Austin is on the Marick Dance board of directors, and Lacie is on the boards of the Better Business Bureau and Homebuyers Association. Jaclyn rounds out the list of civic involvement with leadership roles in BNI, the Women’s Network, and as a member of ACA.  

Now for a brief recap of how company culture paints a grand canvas of employee success:  

• The Ai Painting Plus vision is to be a place where people love to work with people they love working with while providing the highest level of customer service possible.   

• As our company grows, we want to provide our team members with a path to growth — professionally and personally. Our goal for growth isn’t just increased profits and sales, but more opportunities for our team members.   

• We encourage our employees to paint a picture of what their future looks like. (Pun intended!) A lot of times, people don’t typically see past today, this week, or next week. But what does your future look like?  

We’ve already said it, but it really does come down to this: When you invest in and care about people — when you do those things right because it’s just how you do business — your business will flourish. And so will all of your team members. 

Jaclyn Rogers
Sales Representative

Jaclyn Rogers, sales representative at Ai Painting Plus, sees paint as more valuable than simply being an accent in a home. “We are painting joy into people’s homes,” she says. Jaclyn is certified as a Psychological Color Expert, which means she has demonstrated mastery in specifying interior paint in residential applications. 

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