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.

• Maintaining accurate and thorough student records, and preparing reports on children and activities, as required by laws, district policies, and administrative regulations.
• Teaching socially acceptable behavior, employing techniques such as behavior modification and positive reinforcement.
• Preparing materials and classrooms for class activities.
• Establishing and enforcing rules for behavior and policies and procedures for maintaining order among students.
• Conferring with parents, administrators, testing specialists, social workers, and professionals for developing individual educational plans designed for promoting students’ educational, physical, and social development.
• Instructing through lectures, discussions, and demonstrations in one or more subjects, such as English, mathematics, or social studies.
• Employing special educational strategies and techniques during instruction for improving the development of sensory and perceptual motor skills, language, cognition, and memory.