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.

• Using computers for various applications, such as database management or word processing.
• Creating, maintaining, and entering information into databases.
• Setting up and managing paper or electronic filing systems, recording information, updating paperwork, or maintaining documents, such as attendance records, correspondence, or other material.
• Operating office equipment, such as fax machines, copiers, or phone systems and arranging for repairs when equipment malfunctions.
• Composing, typing, and distributing meeting notes, routine correspondence, or reports, such as presentations or expense, statistical, or monthly reports.
• Performing payroll functions, such as maintaining timekeeping information and processing and submitting payroll.
• Collecting and depositing money into accounts, disbursing funds from cash accounts to paying bills or invoices, keep records of collections and disbursements, and ensuring accounts are balanced.
• Coordinating conferences, meetings, or special events, such as luncheons or graduation ceremonies.