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Running a services team on real numbers.

Short, practical articles on timesheets, approvals, leave, payroll, invoicing and attendance, written from the way consulting and agency teams actually work.

Timesheets & approvals

Timesheet reminders that actually get timesheets filled

Why month-end timesheet chasing fails, and three reminder rules that get hours logged the same day: remind on the day, skip off days, one list for approvers.

20 October 2026 5 min read

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Payroll & salary slips

Payroll from approved hours: keeping fixed and hourly pay consistent

How a services team runs payroll from the approved hours it invoices: fixed and hourly pay, pro-rating for joiners and leavers, adjustments and locked months.

20 October 2026 6 min read

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Invoicing

Turning timesheets into an invoice the client will not question

Four things a timesheet-based invoice needs so the client approves it first time: approved hours only, a dated rate card, a line per person and an annexure.

20 October 2026 5 min read

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Attendance

Attendance with GPS and a passkey: office or remote, without a biometric machine

How a services team records attendance from the phone: a geofence round the office, remote check-in outside it, a passkey to confirm the person, a report.

20 October 2026 5 min read

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Leave / PTO

Leave balances and carry-forward: the rules a small services firm needs

Annual, sick and casual leave with yearly balances, half days, carry-forward with a cap, holidays skipped, one approver per person: rules for a fair calendar.

20 October 2026 5 min read

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Timesheets & approvals

A timesheet approval workflow for consultancies: who approves what, and when

A practical approval setup for a consultancy: approvers per client or person, a backup approver, daily bulk approvals, rejection with a reason and a month lock.

20 October 2026 5 min read

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