Good leadership can take many forms. In the case of Hugo Zavala, it manifests itself in — among other things — ensuring that his crews have the best solutions to perform their duties. As President and Owner of Zavala Corporation, a Portland, Oregon-based concrete contractor, he has overseen the company’s rise to one of the region’s fastest-growing private companies.
In that position, however, he has also seen that the techniques his crews were using for some key parts of their job were inefficient, labor-intensive, and in need of a serious upgrade. Rather than turn a blind eye to it and maintain the status quo, he researched alternatives to that outdated practice, found what he felt was the best one, and brought it onboard. As a result, his crews can now tackle the layout facet of their job more efficiently and with a fraction of the manpower, freeing personnel up to meet other onsite demands.
