In running a business there are a number of stakeholders including Customers, Staff, Suppliers, Shareholders and Government Agencies.

What makes it all work is getting the balance right:

This list is not quite in the right order, but the measurements are interrelated and a balance should be sought.

We are driven or motivated by many things.

Have many times had you felt really good after a very satisfying days work only to ask yourself “What have I achieved today to put more cash in my bank?” Then you realise that you were happy for the wrong reasons.

We all love appreciation and are proud of ourselves when we do a good job. Your shareholders and/or employers are happy when you’re happy but they’re happier when you’re making money for the company.

Many people enter their companies or themselves for awards and seek to gain press time when it offers no value to their company’s objectives at all. So why do the do it?

They’re not all wrong reasons, but they may not be valid company reasons.

When you feel good about how you are progressing, then ask yourself is it reflected or recognised in how you are measured in your job?

There’s a saying: “Tell how I’m measured and I’ll tell you how I act?”

I had some initial troubles with dirt under the screen surface of my new Tecra. O’Neill IT replaced it promptly and I am very happy with my choice of machine.

I bought the Toshiba Tecra M7 Tablet PC because of supposedly productivity improvements and I’m simply an early adopter buyer.

Over the past week flying around the US, I got work completed in confined spaces on airplanes. I wouldn’t have had the room or the time otherwise to complete a time critical document. I am getting better at manipulating documents and writing in Tablet mode. The battery life was almost 3 hours. I do need to get a Toshiba Slice Expansion battery.