GRAY STONE ADVISORS' BLOG
7 Ways to Create an Inspiring Vision Statement Your Team Will Rally Around
If you could define the most successful flight department, what would it look like? How would the team act toward each other? Would your executive transportation services be different? Would flight operations change? In our last post, Gray Stone Advisors explained the importance of creating a vision, mission and values for your flight department. In particular, we gave you the 5 steps to organizing a successful offsite planning meeting. The second step in this process is to define your vision. READ MORE
How to Create your Mission, Vision and Values: Start by Organizing an Offsite Planning Meeting
Would your flight department team benefit from improved communication with your parent company? Is your senior staff managing rather than leading? Has your team lost its sense of purpose? Are some of your employees not aligned with the big picture? Do you struggle to speak the language of business? If the answer is a resounding “YES!,” your team will absolutely benefit from creating a set of vision, mission and value statements. And this can easily be done by organizing an offsite planning meeting with your key stakeholders – the members or your flight department. READ MORE
Become a business aviation thought leader by implementing a 4-step metrics process
Most of us in business aviation do an okay job measuring “activity.” Meaning, we generally track our miles flown, gallons fuel burned, hours flown, etc. This is a great start. But it’s never a good idea to drive 80 miles per hour while only looking in the rear-view mirror. What we should be doing a better job of is spending a lot more time talking to our leadership teams and reporting executives about anticipatory things. Put simply, we need to watch where we’re going or we’re likely to get sideswiped. READ MORE