Any administrator should excel at:

• Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates, as well as communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.
• Maintaining information files and processing paperwork.
• Recruiting, interviewing, selecting, hiring, and promoting employees in an organization, and getting them to work together to accomplish tasks by encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation.

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.

• Preparing, maintaining and updating files and recordings, including land using data and statistics.
• Responding to public inquiries and complaints.
• Researching, compiling, analyzing and organizing information from maps, reports, investigations, and books for using in reports and special projects.
• Preparing, developing and maintaining maps and databases.
• Serving as liaison between planning department and other departments and agencies.
• Preparing reports, using statistics, charts, and graphs, to illustrate planning studies in areas such as population, land using, or zoning.
• Providing and processing zoning and project permits and applications.
• Conducting interviews, surveys and site inspections concerning factors that affect land usage, such as zoning, traffic flow and housing.
• Inspecting sites and reviewing plans for minor development permit applications.