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.

• Applying continuous improvement methods such as lean manufacturing for enhancing manufacturing quality, reliability, or cost effectiveness.
• Designing layout of equipment or workspaces for achieving maximum efficiency.
• Communicating manufacturing capabilities, production schedules, or other information for facilitating production processes.
• Designing, installing, or troubleshooting manufacturing equipment.
• Estimating costs, production times, or staffing requirements for new designs.
• Evaluating manufactured products according to specifications and quality standards.
• Investigating or resolving operational problems, such as material using variances or bottlenecks.
• Preparing documentation for new manufacturing processes or engineering procedures.
• Purchasing equipment, materials, or parts.
• Reviewing product designs for manufacturability or completeness.
• Troubleshooting new or existing product problems involving designs, materials, or processes.