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.

Mediators should be capable of:

• Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients.
• Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
• Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests.
• Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others.

• Training and supervising religious education instructional staff.
• Developing or directing studying courses or religious education programs within congregations.
• Selecting appropriate curricula or class structures for educational programs.
• Implementing the programs plans by ordering the needed materials, scheduling speakers, reserving spaces, or handling other administrative details.
• Counseling individuals regarding interpersonal, health, financial, or religious problems.
• Analyzing member participation or changes in congregational emphasis for determining needs for religious education.
• Collaborating with other ministry members to establishing goals and objectives for religious education programs or for developing ways for encouraging the participation in those programs.
• Scheduling special events such as camps, conferences, meetings, seminars, or retreats.
• Conferring with clergy members, congregational officials, or congregational organizations for encouraging supporting of or participation in religious education activities.