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.

Innovators will usually have four main goals:

• Developing or creating new applications, relationships, systems, or products.
• Providing creative ideas or artistic contributions.
• Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
• Benchmarking, experimenting and testing novel approaches to solving problems.

• Evaluating hearing or speech and language testing results, barium swallow results, or medical or background information for diagnosing and planning treatment for speech, language, fluency, voice, or swallowing disorders.
• Writing reports and maintaining proper documentation of information, such as client Medicaid or billing records or caseload activities, including the initial evaluation, treatment, progress, and discharge of clients.
• Developing individual or group activities or programs in schools for dealing with behavior, speech, language, or swallowing problems.
• Participating in and writing reports for meetings regarding patients’ progress, such as individualized educational planning (IEP) meetings, in service meetings, or intervention assistance team meetings.
• Completing administrative responsibilities, such as coordinating paperwork, scheduling case management activities, or writing lesson plans.
• Educating patients and family members about various topics, such as communication techniques or strategies for coping with or for avoiding personal misunderstandings.