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 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.

• Providing information or referring individuals to public or private agencies or community services for assistance.
• Keeping records or preparing reports for owner or management concerning visits with clients.
• Visiting individuals in homes or attending group meetings for providing information on agency services, requirements, or procedures.
• Advising clients regarding food stamps, child caring, food, money management, sanitation, or housekeeping.
• Submitting reports and reviewing reports or problems with superior.
• Interviewing individuals or family members to compiling information on social, educational, criminal, institutional, or drug history.
• Meeting with youth groups to acquaint them with consequences of delinquent acts.
• Transporting and accompanying clients to shopping areas or to appointments, using automobile.
• Explaining rules established by owner or management, such as sanitation or maintenance requirements or parking regulations.