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.

• Greeting and registering guests.
• Answering inquiries pertaining to hotel policies and services, and resolving occupants’ complaints.
• Assigning duties to workers, and scheduling shifts.
• Coordinating front office activities of hotels or motels, and resolving problems.
• Participating in financial activities, such as the setting of room rates, the establishment of budgets, and the allocation of funds to departments.
• Conferring and cooperate with other managers for ensuring coordination of hotel activities.
• Managing and maintaining temporary or permanent lodging facilities.
• Observing and monitoring staff performance for ensuring efficient operations and adherence to facility’s policies and procedures.
• Training staff members.
• Developing and implementing policies and procedures for the operation of a department or establishment.
• Inspecting guest rooms, public areas, and grounds for cleanliness and appearance.
• Preparing required paperwork pertaining to departmental functions.
• Interviewing and hiring applicants.