by Alyssia Trujilo | Jun 8, 2026 | Uncategorized
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 rarely do. Engineers tend to absorb pressure quietly until something breaks. You can tell because...
by Alyssia Trujilo | Jun 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
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 — and you’re about to hire someone to do it. The proposals are stacking up. Everyone you’ve...
by Alyssia Trujilo | May 26, 2026 | Uncategorized
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 experience. Two weeks before the board meeting, finance asks for the engineering deck. The CTO has been...
by Alyssia Trujilo | May 18, 2026 | Uncategorized
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 best, or slowing everything down in pursuit of certainty that never fully arrives. The result...
by Alyssia Trujilo | May 11, 2026 | Uncategorized
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 will grow into the role. Skills can be taught. Values can’t. On the other side: hire the...
by Alyssia Trujilo | May 4, 2026 | Uncategorized
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 implemented — and still, six months later, the original problem is still there....
