Leadership: Good News

It's here!

After a long wait, TypeStyler is now available for Mac OS X.

And with this comes a mixed collection of leadership lessons.

First,

1) Persistence.

The folks at Strider Software have been working on this new version for seven years. Through that time they encountered many setbacks, such as changing operating systems and evolving computer technologies. As a result, they had to rewrite parts of the code to accommodate these changes as they appeared.

In addition, Strider Software is a small company with one programmer. It's amazing that they could produce a software product with over a million lines of code in any amount of time.

My Point: They deserve our admiration for completing this task.

2) Priorities.

There are dozens of comments appearing on chat sites complaining about Strider Software for taking too long and for ignoring e-mails asking for (demanding sometimes) information on a completion date.

Let's recognize some realities. No business is going to take longer than necessary to release a product that makes money for them. And spending time responding to all those queries, would have taken time away from working on the software.

My Point: Complaints and criticism slow progress on a project.

3) Support.

I bought the upgrade. I did that to celebrate the fact that Strider Software successfully accomplished their goal. I also now own a cool program that makes incredible text images, which I can use in many ways.

My Point: We need to support those who are doing good things.

Much success,

Steve Kaye

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Author, Speaker, IAF Certified Professional Facilitator

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