Staff Squared Blog

  Lots has been written on the difference between a boss and a leader, and there are very few people capable of performing both roles.  The above comic depicts a boss adding extra weight hindering moving the progress of the business.  The leader, in the bottom half of the comic is not, and pulls their [...]

We have updated your calendar to include a bunch of new features that make managing staff leave easier than ever. Here’s a summary of the new features: Book leave straight from the calendar Your calendar now includes a beautiful new interface to allow you and your team to quickly and easily manage company events and [...]

SquareDoodleDay – I won’t be in today.

SquareDoodleDay – The Keyboard

We’ve been listening to our customer feedback and the one thing that people love most about Staff Squared is the calendar interface.  It synchronises with email clients such as Outlook, offers a ridiculously simple way of managing company events.  So having heard all of that good stuff – we decided to extend the features… Following a [...]

SquareDoodelDay – The night owl.

Richard Branson: “The way you treat your employees is the way they will treat your customers” Original Virgin blog post: http://www.virgin.com/richard-branson/blog/the-way-you-treat-your-employees

Gone are the days when applying for a job was a simple case of drafting a cover letter, enclosing your CV, popping it in the post and crossing your fingers and toes.  Competition in the job market is fiercer than ever, and as a result job applicants are constantly looking for ways to stand out [...]

The HR Question: It’s something that all start-up and expansion-stage companies have to deal with. Founders and CEOs may recognise how central a healthy company culture and recruiting strategy are to growth and success, but when it comes to establishing human resources policies and procedures their eyes tend to glaze over quicker than you can say “compliance”. [...]