This book responds to such searching questions as how exactly do we earn the loyalty, trust and commitment of our people? How do we balance the needs of our organisations to do more with less with the need to create environments in which people can grow, develop and achieve their aspirations? The answers lie within each of those through whom so much can be achieved.The book questions how much of a team’s full potential team leaders actually see. It argues that many simply don’t know. 

As many as seven out of ten signs on roads in rural areas are unnecessary and could be removed, the Institute of Highway Engineers will be told today. They will see the initial findings of an audit carried out in Hampshire and will hear that the Campaign for the Protection of Rural England and the RAC Foundation are joining forces to call on highway authorities to conduct similar exercises. 

Council leaders have been told they will have to begin a mature debate with the local electorate over what care services can continue to be provided without charge, because the forthcoming Comprehensive Spending Review may be tight. Sir Simon Milton, chairman of the Local Government Association, has issued the warning in a letter to senior councillors.