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How to decide when off-the-shelf software stops working By Steele Consulting Every business that’s been running for more than a few years has a tool that doesn’t quite work...

In-House, Outsourced, or Hybrid?

How to build a software team without hiring 20 people By Steele Consulting Every growing business eventually hits the same crossroads. The technical work has outgrown what...

Why Most Dashboards Get Ignored

And how to build one people actually use By Steele Consulting Every business has them. A dashboard somebody spent six weeks building, presented in a leadership meeting with...

The Real Cost of an Underbuilt Tech Team

And how to know when it’s time to bring in help By Steele Consulting You can usually tell when a business has outgrown its tech team. Not because anyone complains — they...

What to Look for in a Software Partner When You’re Not Technical Yourself

A practical guide for business owners who are about to hire one By Steele Consulting You’ve decided you need custom software built — or rebuilt, or modernized, or maintained...

The Quiet Cost of Tech Debt

How to Put a Dollar Figure on It for Your Board Steele Consulting The slide that keeps getting cut Every CTO we work with at the mid-market level has had the same...

How to Make Decisions Faster Without Making Worse Ones

By Steele Consulting Speed and quality are not opposites when it comes to decision-making. But most leaders treat them like they are — either moving fast and hoping for the...

Hiring for Culture vs. Hiring for Skill — Getting the Balance Right

By Steele Consulting Few hiring debates are more persistent — or more polarizing — than this one. On one side: hire for culture, train for skill. People who fit the culture...

How to Know If You’re Solving the Right Problem

By Steele Consulting Most businesses aren't short on effort. They're short on direction. Teams work hard, initiatives get launched, consultants get hired, new tools get...

How to Stop Being the Bottleneck in Your Own Business

By Steele Consulting You started the business. You know it better than anyone. You care about quality more than anyone else ever will. And so, without fully meaning to, you...
Making Work Visible

Making Work Visible

Every project manager’s biggest struggle is improving workflow. Strategies, systems, and techniques have been developed in an attempt to alleviate this struggle, but they often don’t expose or address root issues. This is where visible work is needed

Making work visible helps uncover hidden issues that are wasting time and slowing down your workflow.

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Intro to React

Intro to React

Photo by Artem Sapegin What is React? React is a flexible Javascript library created by Facebook in 2011 that handles the View in traditional MVC model apps. React lets you create highly efficient and reusable UI’s known as components that encapsulate logic in its own...

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Steele Outreach Program 2

Steele Outreach Program 2

Steele Consulting is continuing its pursuit to give back to the community, setting our sights on high schools in the local El Paso area by volunteering with Microsoft's Technology, Education, and Literacy in Schools (TEALS) program, a new venture in the TechSpark...

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Building Team Trust

Building Team Trust

Trust is a very important part of your business, and it’s crucial to build trust with your team and your coworkers. This is the second article in our three-part series on the importance of trust.

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The Significance of Trust

The Significance of Trust

There are many variables that affect success. Most business leaders will focus first on areas such as growing a client base and increasing sales. However, while these are important, no part of a business can grow or improve without some foundation of trust. This article will be the first in our series on trust where we’ll cover why trust is important and how to build it in different areas of your business.

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