How to track annual leave for a small team
What to decide before the first leave request lands: the leave year, allowances, carry-over, joiners, half days and public holidays. For teams of 3 to 15.
4 November 2026Leave tracking tools for small teams, compared
A spreadsheet, a shared calendar, Timetastic, Calamari, BambooHR and ToDoing: what each does well, what it costs, and which kind of team it suits.
2 November 2026How to work out pro-rata holiday for a new starter
Two ways to pro-rate annual leave for someone who joins mid-year, worked examples with a 21-day allowance, how to round, and part-timers. With a free calculator.
27 October 2026A leave approval process nobody has to chase
Who approves, who covers when they're away, which leave needs no approval, and what an approver should see before saying yes. A simple process for small teams.
22 September 2026Put the team's leave where the work is planned
A separate vacation tracker knows who is away, and the plan usually doesn't. Why time off belongs on the same calendar as the work, and what changes when it is.
23 July 2026The weekly review, but for your whole team
GTD gave individuals the weekly review. Teams deserve the same reset. A practical 30-minute Monday shape for a team weekly review, clear last week's residue, put work on real days, check the milestones, and name the trade-offs.
23 July 2026Who's working on what? Answering it without a meeting
Answering "who's working on what" costs most teams a standup, a Slack round-trip, or guesswork. When every task lives on a person and a day, it costs a glance.
20 July 2026Plan the week, not the backlog
Backlogs grow for free and stop meaning anything. Why weekly planning works better for small teams, agencies and studios, and how ToDoing is built around it.
16 July 2026Weavy is now ToDoing
We renamed our work planner from Weavy to ToDoing and moved to todoing.co. Here is what changed, what didn't, and what to do if you use the app.