Mediators should be capable of:

• Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients.
• Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
• Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests.
• Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others.

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.

• Shop for groceries, clothing, and other items needed for children’s caring.
• Performing first aid or cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) when required.
• Regulating children’s rest periods and nap schedules.
• Meeting regularly with parents for discussing children’s activities and development.
• Helping preparing and serving nutritionally balanced meals and snacks for children.
• Instructing children in safe behavior, such as seeking adult assistance when crossing the street and avoiding contacting or playing with unsafe objects.
• Organizing and conducting age appropriate recreational activities, such as games, arts and crafts, sports, walks, and playing dates.
• Observing children’s behavior for irregularities, taking temperature, transporting children to doctor, or administering medications, as directed, for maintaining children’s health.
• Modeling appropriate social behaviors and encouraging concern for others for cultivating development of interpersonal relationships and communication skills.