Here’s What to Expect When You Work With Steele Consulting
At any given moment, you can access our website and take a look at our vision for this company: To love, grow, and radically serve our customers, our team, and our community. Our core values are how we implement this vision: being kind, pursuing excellence, expressing...
Why is Custom Software so Expensive?
Let’s face it. Custom software is expensive. (We’re sure you’re very surprised to hear this.) But why is it so expensive? And more importantly, is it actually worth it? If you manage an SMB with ever-growing technical needs, we’re sure you’ve tossed around the idea of...
What to Expect When You’re Expecting…Custom Software.
So, you’ve decided to hire a developer to build custom software for your company. That’s great! (And we don’t just say that because we’re software developers.) (Well, maybe a little.) Whether you’ve already hired a software development company or you’re still looking,...
5 Investments Steele Consulting Implemented to Lower Our Tech Turnover Rate
First, the bad news. LinkedIn discovered that the tech turnover rate is the highest of any industry, at over 13.2%. The highest of any industry. And we’ve seen it much worse in specific technology hubs. As a technology company that’s just as...
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.
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...
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...
Building Trust With Your Customers
Building trust with your customers is a fundamental part of business. Without trust, your customers are not going to feel comfortable with purchasing your services or products.
This is our third and final article in our series on 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.
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.
How to Motivate Your Developer Team
Actions speak louder than words, and your team members are watching how you behave and react. In difficult situations, make sure you are responding with a positive attitude that encourages the team, and do not speak badly about another team, team member or the customer.
Test Driven Development
Test Driven Development (TDD) is the process of writing tests for your code before writing any real code that produces actual functionality for your customer.