John Steinmetz - Success Through Values
                     JOHN D. STEINMETZ
The success story 
build upon values
PEOPLE FIRST
THE VALUES
• Be prepared for uncertainty
• Right mentorship is 
transformational
• Accept the challenge
• Acknowledge your weaknesses
• Apply the right approach
• People are the most valuable asset
• Stand by your peers and 
subordinates
WORDS TO REFLECT ON
There is a genuine belief, top to 
bottom, bottom to top, that 
everyone matters.
John D. 
Steinmetz
EXPECT THE ZIGZAG
John Steinmetz chose an 
unpaid internship with the 
UNCERTAINTY white house over a job with 
Bear Stearns, one of the top 
10 investment banks, only to 
encounter a hiring freeze in 
2002. It led him to another 
job, the foundation, for his 
miraculous career in Banking.
FOUNDATION OF THE CAREER
In his first job with PlainsCapital Bank John D. Steinmetz 
had the opportunity to work under the company 
chairman and CEO Alan White. This mentorship played 
a crucial role in his career and proved to be the 
foundation stone for his assignment with Vista Bank.
MENTORSHIP
BEGINNING WITH VISTA 
ACCEPTING 
Steinmetz encouBntAerNedK an 
THE unprecedented challenge when a 
smaller, family-owned bank, 
CHALLENGE headquartered in a town of less than 
2,000 people, VISTA BANK, invited him 
to work with them. He quit this large 
organization only to compete with them 
with only a $950,000 legal lending limit 
in hand. He accepted it.
ACCEPT WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW
John Steinmetz recalling his early days with Vista 
Bank says "We thought we knew everything there 
was to know. At 29, I realized really quick how much 
we didn't know." He accepted where they lagged 
and the vision was more clear about what needs to 
be done.
WEAKNESS
MOVE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION
John D. Steinmetz and his team after realizing the 
challenge before them, collaborated with other banks. 
They also started adding prestigious clients, which 
proved be a turning point in Bank's growth. 
RIGHT 
APPROACH
Steinmetz values how the growth has 
PEOPLE ARE happened than the growth of the bank 
itself. Since John and his team started 
ASSET working for the Vista Bank, the retention 
has been extraordinary with only less 
than 5 employees having quit the 
company.
HELP THEM 
TO 
MOTIVATE THEM
Vista Bank and its leadership holds the 
belief that only motivated employees can 
generate profit. They have set up a  special 
fund to help their peers in need.
THE NUMBERS
5 $40 530%
MILLION 
5 YEARS AS CEO BUSINESS CAPITAL RAISED GROWTH 
TWITTER
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INFORMATION https://www.linkedin.com/in/johndstein
metz
WEBSITE
http://johndsteinmetz.com/