ST. JOSEPH, MO

John Joe Insurance Agency

Guided by Purpose. Defined by Standards.

At John Joe Insurance Agency, we are setting a higher standard in insurance through strategic guidance, personalized coverage, and enduring relationships built on trust.

We are intentionally building a culture marked by compassion, trust, encouragement, authenticity, service, integrity, and empowerment. We want to provide knowledgeable guidance, lead by example, and help people protect what matters most.

This is the culture we are building—and we’re looking for people who want to build it with us.

OUR 3D JOURNEY

From Conversation to Culture

Culture exists in every organization, but it can either emerge by accident or be intentionally architected. Intentional culture takes shape when leaders create space to confront real issues, ask difficult questions, and have meaningful conversations about the future they want to build. From there, they turn that shared vision into a common leadership language expressed through clear behaviors, intentional strategies, and shared accountability.

Through the 3D Journey, the John Joe Insurance Agency team clarified their identity, established their purpose, and began building the culture they want every staff member and person they serve to experience.

6 members of the John Joe Insurance’s leaders have completed the 3D Journey together to date, creating a shared foundation for the organization.

OUR IDENTITY

Defining What Defines Us

During the 3D Journey, John Joe Insurance Agency teammates reflected on the values, character traits, and behaviors that define who they are and who they aspire to become. As those individual voices came together, a shared language of identity began to emerge.

The word cloud captures that collective voice and serves as a set of identity anchors—helping keep the team connected to the purpose, values, and identity shaping its leadership and culture.

Identity answers the question, "Who are we?"
Purpose answers the question, "Why are we here?"

OUR PURPOSE

Building a Foundation, Together

Purpose begins with people.

Through the 3D Journey, each John Joe Insurance Agency teammate first clarified his or her individual purpose. Those personal purpose statements became the building blocks from which the team’s shared foundational purpose emerged.

Like individual bricks laid together to form a strong foundation, each leader contributed his or her own language about why they serve in the organization. Together, those individual voices were synthesized into a single foundational purpose statement that now guides the department’s leadership, culture, and future.

6 Individual Purpose Statements
One Shared Foundational Purpose
“To lead with Compassion, understand others through Empathy, serve with Generosity, and build Trust through Honesty, Loyalty, and Encouragement so people receive knowledgeable guidance, protect what matters most, and move forward with confidence.”

OUR CULTURE

John Joe Insurance Agency's “It” Factor

With identity clarified and a foundation of purpose established, the John Joe Insurance Agency Team began defining the culture it intends to build.

The organization’s seven Cultural Distinctives express what makes their team uniquely them. Created from the voices of its own people, they provide a shared leadership language and a practical blueprint for how the team leads, serves, and works together every day.

SEVEN CULTURAL DISTINCTIVES
01
Compassion Leades the Way
We are caring people who notice needs, listen without judgment, and respond generously.
02
Earn Trust Daily
We are caring people who notice needs, listen without judgment, and respond generously.
03
Encourage People Forward
We are encouraging Leaders who bring Joy to the journey and help people move forward.
04
Keep it Real
We are authentic people who build relationships like Family and allow Faith to shape how we live and work.
05
Serve With Respect
We are respectful servants who meet real needs and bring Peace through calm, thoughtful care.
06
Demonstrate Integrity Together
We are dedicated teammates who align our words with our actions, follow through, and do what is right together.
07
Empower Creativity
We are empowering people who create safety for others to use their voice, contribute ideas, and make positive change.

Together, these seven Cultural Distinctives articulate the John Joe Insurance Agency’s purpose-based identity  guide the leadership behaviors its people live out every day.

Become part of a compassionate team committed to earning trust, serving people with respect, and empowering one another to protect what matters most and move forward with confidence.

Altec’s Supply Chain Team is a Partner in Purpose of The Joseph Company’s St. Joseph Chapter—a coalition of organizations striving together to build better leaders, stronger teams, and a life-giving community culture that benefits all.