Aviation

CornerStone Strategies is proud to be certified by the National Business Aviation Association [NBAA] as a Professional Development Provider [PDP] On-site classes are held in Houston and Dallas, with other cities coming soon. Email classes begin at any time. Contact Shari for specifics and how you can earn NBAA certificates from the PDP and SPDP Program.

"In today's era of focusing on productivity, management skills are necessary for advancement. NBAA's curriculum for aviation management professional development is designed to fill that need."

" There are a number of potential benefits from this professional development program for the corporate aviation flight department personnel and their companies." *

*Taken from www.nbaa.org/careers. See also www.nbaa.org/pdp/ for more information and a listing of all classes offered.

Course Descriptions

Email Courses:

• More Effective Written Communication (C1)

This course is beneficial to all levels of management and those progressing upwards to a management role. It assists those individuals needing to write clearly and to insure their message is understood. The participants will refine their writing skills to communicate more effectively.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

• Develop an understanding of what is effective written communications
• Practice writing points to be conveyed
• Prepare business letters, reports, e-mails and presentations

• Electronic Technology In The 21ST Century (C6)

Training Courses:

• Persuasive Communications (C2)

This course helps participants feel more at ease standing and speaking, or presenting, before of any size group. It is also beneficial in everyday situations where the individual needs to unexpectedly speak.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

• Practice sessions will be given for delivering a prepared speech and handling questions, and presenting in a meeting environment.
• The integration of PowerPoint, Word, and Excel will be explained to give a more powerful presentation.
• Constructive feedback is critical to the growth of individuals.

• Communicating with Personalities (C4)

This course is designed for aviation professionals that lead teams, work with different levels of people and need to communicate with different personalities in a variety of situations. Communication with others is critical when exchanging information or delegating, but is also vital when relating a problem or bad experience. Do you do it effectively?

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

• Determine which personality type you are and how to interact with others
• Tactics to communicate with peers, with colleagues, with customers
• How different styles act and react to situations and under pressure
• We will also discuss how corporate pilot personalities rated themselves [based on my ERAU graduate research paper, 2003]