Most strategists should excel at:

• Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them.
• Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
• Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
• Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.

Any supervisor should excel at:

• Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment.
• Detecting or assessing problems whether real or potential.
• Monitoring and controlling resources and overseeing the spending of money.

• Reviewing and analyzing legislation, laws, or public policy and recommending changes for promoting or supporting the interests of the general population or special groups.
• Directing or coordinating an organization’s financial or budgeting activities for funding operations, maximizing investments, or increasing efficiency.
• Conferring with board members, organization officials, or staff members for discussing issues, coordinating activities, or resolving problems.
• Analyzing operations for evaluating performance of a company or its staff in meeting objectives, or for determining areas of potential cost reduction, programs improvement, or policy changes.
• Directing, planning, or implementing policies, objectives, or activities of organizations or businesses for ensuring continuing operations, for maximizing returns on investments, or for increasing productivity.
• Preparing budgets for approval, including those for funding or implementing programs.
• Directing or coordinating activities of businesses or departments concerned with production, pricing, sales, or distribution of products.