Zoltan Kovacs | Consistent Decisive Leadership

Lessons from the Boardroom

English - December 24, 2020 10:00 - 32 minutes - 33 MB - ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
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On this week’s episode of Lessons From the Boardroom, we speak with Zoltan Kovacs, President of Perram Electric and Lampion Companies since 2009. They are heavy highway electrical contractors specializing in traffic signals, highway lighting, outdoor lighting, and airport lighting all over Ohio and western Pennsylvania and have been in operation since 1986.

Zoltan says, “We do what we say we're going to do, and then we go out and we do it well. Follow through on your commitments and produce not just a great product but a great balance sheet too. It all leads to not compromising on your quality and your commitments, and then not compromising on your prices.”

We chat about being decisive, as well as:

Buying a business in the midst of the 2009 recessionHow running lean operations during the recession was good preparation for the challenges of COVIDParadigm shifts by analyzing sales and raising pricesFinding new hires that align with company core valuesAnd more