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.

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.

• Reading specifications, such as blueprints, for determining construction requirements or for planning procedures.
• Estimating material or worker requirements for completing jobs.
• Supervising, coordinating, or scheduling the activities of construction or extractive workers.
• Conferring with managerial or technical personnel, other departments, or contractors for resolving problems or for coordinating activities.
• Coordinating working activities with other construction project activities.
• Ordering or requisitioning materials or supplies.
• Locating, measuring, and marking site locations or placement of structures or equipment, using measuring and marking equipment.
• Recording information such as personnel, production, or operational data on specified forms or reports.
• Assigning working to employees, based on material or worker requirements of specific jobs.
• Providing assistance to workers engaged in construction or extraction activities, using hand tools or other equipment.