BHS402 Leadership & Management in Healthcare

The Political Frame

Identify and describe four key political skills that leaders need to master.

The four key political skills that leaders need to master are:

Social Astuteness

Politically, it means that they have the ability to observe other people and accurately understand them.

Interpersonal influence

The ability to socially influence groups, members, and forcing conformity while discouraging, and possibly punishing.

Networking Ability

This role concentrates on people engaging amongst themselves and interacting and establishing relationships towards peers.

Apparent sincerity

This role is important for leaders to master because you have to be transparent and honest with their team or peers. Leaders who follow this role usually create a bond with peers for keeping their word which keeps a good impression towards management and peers.

What is power and what makes power a key organizational resource?

Power is having the ability to be in control and do something or act in a way. Power has different definitions because Power can mean anything in anyone’s definition. Organizations are made up of different aspects of how they look at power and how they use it within the group or community. The authority of someone has against an organization can dictate who has more knowledge or specialized experience. Some people experience power through interpersonal relationships or the way their personality is set up.