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Scott Sedam

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Scott Sedam is president of TrueNorth Development, a consulting and training firm that works with builders to improve products, process, and profits. A senior contributing editor to Pro Builder, Scott writes about all aspects of the home building business and won the 2015 Jesse H. Neal Award, business journalism's most prestigious prize, for his commentary in Pro Builder. Scott invites you to join TrueNorth's Lean Building Group on LinkedIn and welcomes your feedback at scott@truen.com or 248.446.1275.

Business Management

Taming the Chaos: Secrets of the Successful Home Builder

Complexity is inherent to home building, but you must manage it or it will manage you

Business Management

An Antidote to the Trade Shortage Epidemic

You don’t have to be at the mercy of trade shortages. Streamlining your scheduling and operations—and paying quickly—can move you to the front of the line

Business Management

Overdue Diligence, Part II: The Builders Speak

Builders respond to Scott Sedam's model detailing all of the critical factors that determine a company's ultimate profitability

Business Management

Overdue Diligence, Part I

An alternative look at land, project, and builder valuation

New-Home Sales

Closing the Sales Fulfillment Gap, Part II: Action Amidst the Angst

Builders weigh in with their own, still-evolving solutions on how best to shepherd customers from contract to closing

New-Home Sales

Closing the Sales Fulfillment Gap: The Missing Link in Lean, Part I

Builders would benefit from proactively shepherding customers from contract to closing more than they would from merely focusing on gaining more sales

Sales

Sales Fulfillment's Missing Link

A builder’s ability to proactively manage a customer from contract through close with every option and selection made on time profoundly impacts the bottom line

Leadership

Home Builders That Show Leadership in Action

These home builders take the responsibilities of leadership seriously, providing great examples of what leadership in our industry looks like today 

Leadership

7 Leadership Examples That Work

It's much more productive and insightful to leave the attributes aside and understand instead what leaders are responsible for doing

Leadership

The 7 Responsibilities of Leadership

What makes a leader? The answer isn't found in rank and privilege. The answer is found by understanding a leader’s responsibilities

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