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.

• Developing manufacturing methods, labor utilization standards, and cost analysis systems for promoting efficient staff and facility utilization.
• Recommending methods for improving utilization of personnel, material, and utilities.
• Planning and establishing sequence of operations for fabricating and assembling parts or products and for promoting efficient utilization.
• Applying statistical methods and performing mathematical calculations for determining manufacturing processes, staff requirements, and production standards.
• Drafting and design layout of equipment, materials, and workspace to illustrate maximum efficiency using drafting tools and computer.
• Reviewing production schedules, engineering specifications, orders, and related information for obtaining knowledge of manufacturing methods, procedures, and activities.
• Communicating with management and user personnel for developing production and design standards.