How much of your job is like playing chess?

Do you ever feel like you are maneuvering pieces on a chessboard or maybe you are one of the pieces being used. How much of your job is like playing chess? Developing a strategy, making offensive and defensive moves. Often times you are playing chess everyday, developing a strategy in which you work with in the culture of you company. Often times you have developed a strategy in how to communicate with your employee or communicate that important issue to your boss. You want to make a change in policy, your playing chess. You want to lead up, your playing chess.

Think about how much of what you need to do, need to communicate, need to lead can be associated with developing and implementing a well thought out plan and strategy.