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 mentor is expected to perform well at:

• Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills.
• Providing guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance.
• Convincing others to accept and idea or to otherwise change their minds or actions in accordance to the companies objectives.
• Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others.

• Evaluating and grading students’ class working, assignments, and papers.
• Maintaining student attendance records, grades, and other required records.
• Preparing and delivering lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as anatomy, therapeutic recreation, and conditioning theory.
• Preparing course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
• Compiling, administering, and grading examinations, or assigning this working to others.
• Maintaining regularly scheduled office hours to advising and assisting students.
• Planning, evaluating, and revising curricula, course content, course materials, and methods of instruction.
• Initiating, facilitating, and moderating classroom discussions.
• Keeping abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences.
• Advising students on academic and vocational curricula and on career issues.