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.

• Performing risk assessments for developing response strategies.
• Monitoring the performance of project team members, providing and documenting performance feedback.
• Conferring with project personnel for identifying and resolving problems.
• Assessing current or future customer needs and priorities by communicating directly with customers, conducting surveys, or other methods.
• Scheduling and facilitating meetings related to information technology projects.
• Negotiating with project stakeholders or suppliers for obtaining resources or materials.
• Initiating, reviewing, or approving modifications to project plans.
• Identifying, reviewing, or selecting vendors or consultants to meet project needs.
• Establishing and executing project communication plans.
• Identifying need for initial or supplemental project resources.
• Directing or coordinating activities of project personnel.
• Developing implementation plans that include analyses such as cost benefit or return on investment (ROI).