György Balázs
Partner
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I have economist degree. Since I have finished University I work as a consultant. I started as an associate of PPL Consulting. Later I managed the Hungarian office of TMI for 7 years. I was asked by the owners of TMI to take part in the management of the international network. I worked 4 years in that position.
I returned to Hungary in 2008 and took over the management of Hewitt’s Budapest office. I led the local business for 5 years. Since that I work as a consultant, I keep on leading development processes, I support organisational development projects and I coach top managers.
My expertise lies in organisational and leadership development, HR system development, small group and large group facilitation in Hungarian and in English. I coach managers and I have appreciative coaching certificate.
Selected references:
Morgan Stanley – Experienced Managers Leadership Development 2015-18
BASF – Leading Yourself and Others – new and experienced managers development 2016-2018
NN – Management development and other programs 2014-2017
With over 10 years of experience designing and delivering leadership programs, facilitating executive team workshops, coaching managers, and assisting cultural change processes, I am dedicated to fostering well being and adaptability within organizations. My expertise lies in leadership development, company culture, and the neuroscience of behavior and communication. However, I am always excited when someone challenges me to explore a new topic. I have worked with individuals, intact teams, and larger groups of up to 300 people, tailoring approaches to meet the specific needs of each setting.
I bring a wide range of experience from multinational and multicultural environments, having lived in seven countries and worked with diverse teams worldwide. This background allows me to connect deeply with varied cultural perspectives and adapt strategies that resonate globally.
After studying Social Sciences, I explored various fields before discovering my passion for learning and development. This journey led me to become an active member of the Flow International Network, where I continue to engage in professional growth and knowledge sharing.
Fluent in six languages, I currently facilitate in English, Portuguese, Spanish, and French, enhancing communication and engagement in diverse settings.
Selected Client References:
With an economist master degree I have been working as a manager, and organization and leadership development consultant for 20 years. After my graduationI worked in different HR and Training and Development roles for several multinational companies like Ernst & Young, Friesland Campina, Pepsico in Hungary. During the last 6 years I worked for Amazon in Spain in different team and program manager roles where I led multicultural and multilocal teams.
I have broad experience in working, managing and supporting multicultural teams. I guide the individuals to grow towards their goals, I help the teams to collaborate efficiently and reach their objectives and I guide the leaders to engage, motivate, develop and support their team members through the continuous changes. Through this we build a constructive corporate culture and develop an organization where both the business and the individual growth objectives are met.
I’m also an accredited Human Synergistics ® (HS) consultant. Depending on the needs I can coach executives, facilitate workshops and design and run training programs. I speak English, Spanish and Hungarian.
Selected personal references
Nestlé: Leadership and corporate culture development program
MAVIR – Hungarian Transmission Operator: Leadership development and cooperation development program
Amazon Spain: Team and Program Manager in Learning and Development, and Localization departments
Leadership and organisational development have been my passion for over 15 years. I have developed and facilitated programmes for groups of 5-350 in Europe, Asia and Africa. I graduated with an MSc in International Relations from Corvinus University. I have a wide range of experiences in multinational and multicultural settings – I lived 7 years abroad and spent over 14 years in international organisations.
I have been a consultant of Flow Group since 2010. I am an accredited TerraNova and Human Synergistics® (HS) consultant. I have worked on cultural development programs, top management workshops, engagement, team development, skills trainings.
Between 2006-2013 I launched cross-sectoral leadership development in Hungary as managing director of Common Purpose Hungary. For my work President László Sólyom awarded me with the Knights’ Cross Order of Merit of the Hungarian Republic in 2010.
Personal references:
Antonio Chanoca
Ian’s talent is translating complexity into simplicity. This applies especially well in his chosen areas of M&A, Leadership, Executive Coaching, Executive Team Alignment, Change Management & Strategy which he performs all over the world. When not up in the air he tries to ensure, as company founder back in 1998, that people continue to remain in flow at Flow. He eats his own cooking. In addition, Ian is co-founder of Flow International as well as GreenLine Conversations© and (in case that wasn’t enough!) for the past 2 decades has penned a weekly column for the Sunday Independent on his other passion – horseracing. He continues meantime to send his wife and young family a regularly updated photo…
I am a qualified economist and have an MBA degree. After 7 years in HR consulting I spent 4 years in senior management positions working for Hungarian and international ICT companies. I returned to consulting in the spring of 2005 as an associate managing director of Creanova; I work as a partner and senior consultant/trainer of the Flow Group.
I am a certified management consultant (CMC), a qualified SIZE Prozess trainer and a trainer of trainers, a facilitator of Action Learning and a Human Synergistics® (HS) consultant.
My priority areas include organization and management development, management of change and running the related small and large group and individual programs in Hungarian and English. I am also into blended learning solutions and graphic facilitation.
Personal references:
I graduated from the University of Economics in 1985. I joined the same university as a junior lecturer and I worked as a personal assistant to the CEO of a large consulting company. I have been working with dynamically growing small and medium sized businesses and medium level managers of large enterprises since 1994 and have done the same as a senior consultant of the Flow Group since 2000.
I am an accredited change management consultant by the Know-How Fund and PricewaterhouseCoopers, a certified Human Synergistics® (HS) and GPOP® consultant and Action Learning facilitator, and also qualified as a Development Dimensions International (DDI) facilitator. I work both in Hungarian and in English.
My priority areas include organizational development and change management: running strategy workshops, action planning and cooperation development. It is as part of this process that I conduct training programs in cooperation, conflict management, management and leadership. I am also involved in corporate culture surveys, and run complex tailor made management development programs.
Selected personal references:
I am the managing director of Let Hungary, an economist and a full time consultant since 1991. Earlier I worked for MALÉV, as a deputy head of department at the commercial policy division, and then I managed the sales functions of TNT Hungary. I have been running training courses and workshops for 25 years and have had the chance to develop the areas within my competence, including management, sales, sales management, CRM systems, strategy, change management, team building, repeatedly as a manager and as a consultant.
Several sectors, mainly insurance, mechanical engineering, banking services, FMCG, pharmaceutical sector, have relied on my training and consulting experience. I conduct management and cooperation development workshops mostly to senior managers in English all over Europe.
As an instructor of Gordon Training International, I also train trainers in Europe to conduct Gordon’s Leader Effectiveness Training sessions.
Selected personal references:
Starting out at the University of Economics and most of all with the priceless experience AIESEC provided to me in as a student, I can now look back on a multifarious, colorful and successful career of 20 years.
I am a co-founder of the Hungarian Organization Development Society (SZMT), Concordia, Időbank (Ad Sidera) and Easy Learning. I worked and learned extensively abroad: a series of connections and projects in Germany, Belgium, Finland and the USA presented opportunities for improving my views, methodological skills and competences. I employ a wide range of professional methods.
I am fundamentally inclined towards organization and management development as a consultant and practice at personal, group and organization level. My basic approach is oriented towards creating natural, creative and cooperating partnerships. My message is a developing, catalytic and delegating style. My personal and professional motto: “Trust the process!”
I graduated from the University of Economics in Budapest. I started my professional career with the international student organization, AIESEC as a Hungarian and foreign service leader (stationed in Brussels for a year) then joined Fotex as marketing manager. I am a founding member of Human Telex (1989) and have been running training courses since 1990. I have supported several management development and culture oriented organization development programs as a consultant and have experience with a wide range of team building, negotiations and sales programs. I have been a member of several professional organizations, including SZMT and IODA, the president of the Training Round Table Association (2007-2011) and the European Training Media Association (2004 -), and the board member of the Consulting Department of the Budapest Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Since 2003, I have co-managed the Flow Group.
Organization Development consultant, facilitator, trainer and founding partner of Hungary’s leading Organization and Management Development Consultancy: The Flow Group, with more than 40 senior full time consultants working on more than 100 projects every year. As the managing partner of Flow International, the international arm of The Flow Group, he leads a number of international projects throughout Europe, he is a regular guest speaker in OD classes in different universities and travels a lot outside of the continent too. For the last 18 years Peter has been leading complex organizational and management development programs. He is training OD and Change Management consultants inside and outside of his company. He is the author of several articles on the subject. As a master trainer and lead consultant in Human Synergistics methodology he regularly builds his projects around cultural assessment tools and concepts. His main fields of interest are cultural change and responsible leadership. Experience: Over 18 years in OD consulting and around 25 years in entrepreneurship, leadership and the training field. In the last 12 years he is concentrating mainly on leading change in large organizations and building effective multicultural top management teams. Major clients include: Intesa CIB Bank, SAB Dreher Breweries, KBC K&H Bank, Oracle EMEA, Hungarian Telekom, Microsoft, the MOL Group, Nestle, Pfizer EUAFME, Red Bull, Raiffeisen Bank Hungary and Raiffeisen Bank International. Style: creative, charismatic, close, supportive and open. Favorite quote: “If we did what we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.” (T. Edison) Strength: Presence, understanding, turning ideas into action