Family Legacy Building: Adapt to Embrace Your Full Potential with Mahsa Poorak, Southern Electric Company
Why chase a revenue target if quality and experience are not the goal? Mahsa Poorak, CEO and second-generation owner of Southern Electric Company, shares how she moved from public defense into the family business and helped double its revenue. She explains why scalable leadership means reducing dependence on one person, developing talent through apprenticeships and career paths, and pairing technology with field experience and adaptability.
Key Points
- Strong leadership in construction starts with recognizing when a system depends too much on one person and building teams that can operate without constant oversight.
- Investing in people through apprenticeship, benefits, and clear career paths creates more stability, better retention, and stronger long term performance than chasing growth for its own sake.
- Experience in the field matters, because technology and planning tools can help, but real execution still depends on people who can adapt when drawings, conditions, and assumptions do not match reality.
Connect with Mahsa Poorak, CEO - Southern Electric Company
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mahsa-poorak/
Website - https://southernelectriccompany.com/
Email - [email protected]
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We interview successful Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) business leaders to learn how they use people, processes, and technology to scale their businesses.