Introducing Current State Assessment CSA+™ for Business Aviation

Oct. 19, 2009 - PRLog -- Knoxville, TN - Business aviation advisory firm, Gray Stone Advisors (GSA) will introduce its new Current State Assessment CSA+™ Service at The National Business Aviation Association’s (NBAA’s) 62nd annual meeting and convention in Orlando, Florida, October 20 -22, 2009.

CSA+™ is part of GSA's ‘The Business of Business Aviation Series’™, and provides a 7-step program aimed at transforming Personal, Business and Commercial Aviation operations into top performing entities by optimizing operational efficiencies, maximizing value creation and sustaining best-in-class business practices.  The seven-step CSA+™ process includes alignment with the host organization, internal leadership development, financial reporting tools, forward looking and predictive metrics, process management, multi-year fleet planning and benchmarking of peer group organizations.  On-site evaluations, audits and mapping of various business processes, along with an independent and objective assessment, provide a detailed report that is measured against industry best practices.  Recommendations are also given with respect to gap closure and opportunities for overall organizational effectiveness.

About Gray Stone Advisors (GSA)
Gray Stone Advisors provides ‘hands on’ management advisory services to a wide range of domestic and international organizations. The firm specializes in operational improvement, change management, executive leadership and training and general management advisory services to companies whose business practices involve business aviation, capital formation, labor relations, specialty retail and distribution/logistics.  
Gray Stone Advisors is a member of the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA), Georgia Business Aviation Association (GBAA), Air Safety Foundation (AOPA), Turnaround Management Association (TMA), Access Alliance and holds Leadership and Team Development certifications in Kolbe Assessments™  and The Birkman Method®. The firm's headquarters is located in Knoxville, Tennessee, with regional offices in Atlanta, Georgia and Columbus Ohio.  For additional information about Gray Stone Advisors, visit http://www.graystoneadvisors.com or call the company’s headquarters at +865.357.5077.

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Gray Stone Advisors provides advisory services to the business aviation, capital formation, labor relations, specialty retail and distribution/logistics sectors - operational improvement, change management, executive leadership & training, custom service.