Essential Leadership Skills for Team and Organizational Success

This report provides an in-depth analysis of essential leadership skills crucial for effective team management, partnerships, and integrated organizations, particularly within the health and social care sector. It highlights the importance of communication skills, emphasizing the ability to assign tasks effectively and foster collaboration. The report underscores the value of listening and learning skills for building strong teams, promoting flexibility to adapt to challenges, and developing clear planning and vision. Honesty, innovation, and awareness are also identified as key traits for successful leaders. The report emphasizes how these skills contribute to organizational efficiency, goal attainment, and the ability to navigate complexities within the health and social care environment, fostering a culture of trust and continuous improvement.

LO: 3 Provide an appreciation of the key skills necessary to effectively lead
and manage teams, partnerships and integrated organisations.
The key and skills that are needed to be an effective leader in an organization
Leadership generally creates the difference between an efficient team and a team that fails to
succeed in business. Being the leader in the set of skills in a unique organization is needed in
leadership. In addition, the leader can help the team to be more efficient. The following are
the skills needed by a leader in an organization:
Communication skill: This is being considered as one of the essential skill which is
needed for a manager or a leader to have while working in an organisation of Health and
Social Care Sector. On an individual basis, communication is also important. The leader
should see that if a member of the team faces difficulties in certain matters, the leader should
spend time to help his abilities (leadership skills, 2018). In the same way, if a member
demands discipline, the situation will be treated positively. Some people react effectively to
general tactics, while there may be cases where a difficult approach is needed.
In addition, good communication also requires an efficient command and knowledge
of the use of technology to contribute to the efficiency and effectiveness of the organization.
If an individual is filled with this skill, it is may be possible that person would become much
more capable of leading the team in much more effective manner. This could be understood
with an example, where a short term goal like quality of services needs to be improved by 2%
in 15 days. As a leader it will be required to assign tasks based on the requirements and
capabilities of individuals of team. Here, communicational skill would aid in assigning tasks
to team members and making them understand about what exactly they are needed to perform
in order to attain new goal.
Along with this, if it is talked about partnership, than effective communication skills
among two different partners of a business organisation may lead to grab a good position in
marketplace. Discussing over different problems and then taking decisions based on each
other's views may aid in reaching to new heights in specific time frame. Away with this,
integrated organisations among health and social case sector where the owner controls more
than one part of distribution process. Thus, having effective communication skills would help
in taking right determinations right on time.

Listening and learning skills: Listening is the most important part of
communication, but it must also be mentioned because of its importance in advancing the
team. The leader of an organization should be humble to listen to other thoughts and the use
of open door policy can also be developed in an environment where everyone is very
comfortable to talk about. Further, the leader should develop the space for day-to-day
education. It may include analysing the latest journals or communicating with people in the
same field. It is important for managers and leaders to work effectively and achieve
organisational goals and objectives. Leaders who are humble and listens to their subordinates
helps in managing and developing teams in the organisation. If team leader is friendly with
team members it is helpful for him to clarify jobs and tasks to employees and in this way
productivity of organisation is increased. Partnerships and integrated organisations also
require good listening and learning skills of leaders and managers. Those managers who keep
on learning and motivating their subordinates will help in integrated organisations in helping
them to achieve goals and tasks of company.
Flexibility: Another skill which is basically much more important in health and social
care sector, Being a leader, he should be prepared to cope with any kind of problems. The
leader's concept should be very flexible and is always willing to take any type of complex
problem solving. For example, the leader will be diligent in acquiring knowledge for using
the latest electronic and computer records on health issues). Flexibility is particularly
important in the crisis phase. If the team member does not work properly or if the team
workload is difficult at a given time, the leader should also prioritize the delegation of
activities so that the issues are resolved in time. In present time, health and social care sector
consist with a range of teams and these are required to be managed much more effectively.
Flexibility skill could help individuals in managing the teams that are working in emergency
department of a hospital. Flexibility is the skill which is helpful in leading and managing all
team members through making effective communication with them. These are two aspects
which assist team in lead towards gaining accurate results and outcomes. Apart from this, the
main role of partnership and flexibility is increasing the coherence and development in
relation between producer and customers in the large market place. Flexibility help in
integrating whole organisation through developing innovative, creative and unique type of
team which organised all work and reach with desired goals and targets in effective manner.
Flexibility is essential for an organisation because this will help them in performing work
together and make flexible environment where all employees are feel motivated and

encouraged while doing work. This will assist in evaluating company success and identify
various ways for gaining higher success.
Planning and vision: Efficient leaders should always have clear vision for success
over a certain period of time. The leader should know how to plan, develop communication
and properly target implementation. They should always assume the greatness and always
look ahead, so that the challenges can be overcome through the vision. Moreover, leaders of
an organization should examine the goals and then divide them into small calculated goals
that can be supportive and with which the team will also be on the right track (leadership
skills, 2018). A leader need to plan in advanced regarding their strategies, policies and tactics
which are helpful in reaching with set organisational goals and targets. With the help of
planning, they can easily identify their team roles and divide all work in equal manner.
Planning and vision can lead and manage all team members towards meet with desired goals
and objectives. At the time of partnership, a leader required to plan about future goals,
strategies and policies which are developed with them. Planning help company in distributing
major strategies and policies that can be used for managing and maintaining all business
operations and its functions. This will assist in reaching with potential goals and targets in
order to motivate employees in better manner.
The leader should always be ready for multiple ideas if he does not work, the second
should be done immediately. The enthusiasm of the leader should remain consistent and the
leader will also be surprised that the team will also meet the goals.
Honestly: working leaders working in an organization should always be honest and
show integrity to the success of their business in the service of social services. If the leader is
honest, the team and its members will also be honest. The reason is that members move
according to leadership guidance to meet business goals. Moreover, there may be chances
that the team will not always enjoy the leader's opinions or decisions, but if communication is
honest, they will make efforts and motivate the knowledge of truth instead of lies and excuses
made by employees. This is why the leader should have the ability to speak diplomatically
about the tough truth so that caregivers do not become estranged.
Innovation: The leader must be very innovative and should address changes that can
improve the pressure if they are present in the organization. In organizing, if the plans are
well-prepared, the business process is also good and will continue to overcome the obstacle
encounter. The creative leader also has responsibility for the obstacles and develops the way
to bring the targets to expectations again.

Awareness: An efficient leader will keep an eye on the process of the operation to
find out which ideas work positively or negatively. In this sense, leadership is based on the
ability to review with learning the organization. If the teams are not efficient, they should be
able to address the reason and resolve them properly. In the same way, the leader should
always be active over the technological changes of operations with time and while any
industry innovation can have an impact on operations