London, UK – 7 May 2025– IRIS Software Group (IRIS), a leading provider of HR, payroll, and accountancy software, today announced a strategic partnership with StaffCircle, the UK-based employee success platform, to bring cutting-edge performance management and employee development capabilities to IRIS customers.
This collaboration is set to benefit the 100,000+ organisations using IRIS solutions globally, including the 7% of the UK workforce currently paid through IRIS payroll. By integrating StaffCircle’s modern performance and development tools into IRIS Cascade, IRIS’s mid-market HRIS, businesses will be able to streamline performance processes, create impactful development plans, and surface real-time people insights—all from a unified, user-friendly platform.
Stephanie Coward, Managing Director for HCM at IRIS, said: “With employee disengagement and retention challenges at an all-time high, businesses need powerful, flexible tools to build and support high-performing teams. Our partnerships with Cornerstone and StaffCircle bring more choice to our HR Marketplace, giving businesses access to cutting-edge workforce management solutions that integrate seamlessly with their existing software. By enabling access to performance and learning platforms in one place, we’re empowering HR leaders to create dynamic environments where employees can grow, contribute and stay.”
StaffCircle’s platform is built for mid-market businesses that need to drive performance, increase retention, and identify and nurture top talent. Features such as AI powered competency frameworks, skills management, career timelines, succession planning, and employee engagement tools—fully accessible via desktop or mobile—make it easy to embed a culture of performance and growth.
This partnership ensures IRIS customers can access StaffCircle directly through IRIS Cascade, with minimal implementation time and a seamless user experience. Organisations will benefit from:
- Skills & Roles mapping through an integrated competency framework
- Real-time employee performance data integrated into dashboards and reports
- Automated 1:1s, reviews, and OKRs aligned to personal, departmental, and company goals
- Bespoke development plans and career pathways to support succession and upskilling
- Unified Training Objectives and Course Database to enable organisations to centralise all of their distributed training content and systems.
- Data-driven insights for HR and leadership to make smarter strategic decisions
Together, IRIS and StaffCircle are redefining what modern performance management looks like—making it more agile, engaging, and impactful for today’s organisations.
