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FOUNDATIONS OF MANAGEMENT program

Management is a great responsibility, and an even greater opportunity

Are you finding it difficult to step up from a professional position into a managerial one? Does it make you uneasy to lead former peers and colleagues? Wouldn’t it be sometimes easier to accomplish the task yourself rather than managing it through others?

If you are facing similar challenges, come and join our 4-months Foundations of Management journey, where you learn from executives who have done it before. We will help you focus on what really matters: the most important leadership DO-HOWs for greater leadership impact.

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THRIVING AS A MIDDLE MANAGER IS TOUGH .
WE WILL HELP YOU MAKE THIS BIG STEP UP.

SEED MANAGEMENT ESSENTIALS

Throughout your 4-month learning journey, you are guided by senior executives through the three pillars of the program: 

MANAGE YOURSELF, MANAGE YOUR PEOPLE, MANAGE YOUR BUSINESS – and implement the learnings into immediate business applications.

MANAGE YOURSELF

We believe that you must be OK first and foremost, so that your team will be OK and can perform well.

 As a manager you must be able to reflect on yourself, continuously LEARN and DEVELOP, manage your ENERGY, TIME, FOCUS, and BEHAVIOR, in order to lead others effectively.

MANAGE YOUR PEOPLE

Managing and improving performance through others is your key responsibility as a manager. 

You will acquire skills how to effectively do that and how you can foster a workplace atmosphere that ENCOURAGES and INSPIRES.

MANAGE THE BUSINESS

By the end of the program, you will have achieved a high level of proficiency in the areas of setting team GOALS and managing PERFORMANCE, organizing STRUCTURES and PROCESSES, and effectively MANAGING CHANGE.

PARTICIPANT
PROFILE

Managers, who are already supervisors of smaller teams that are typically one layer

DISCOVER THE PROGRAM

1 A UNIQUE 4-MONTH LEARNING JOURNEY

DURING THE JOURNEY

You experience the benefits of an open and a tailored program at the same time:

  • You work together with other ambitious managers coming from various industries, having similar issues yet totally different aspects and practices.
  • You have a dedicated MENTOR and a COACH who supports you in individual sessions

IN THE 2 CAMPS

  • You work in a small team of maximimum 5 people supported by a dedicated MENTOR
  • Short plenary presentations are followed by longer, practical small team discussions
  • At the end of the CAMPS, you formulate your personal COMMITMENTS for the next two-month SPRINT

IN BETWEEN THE CAMPS

  • You are guided and supported by your mentors and coaches in following through and delivering on your personal commitments and applying the learnings to your own, specific situations. You can take part in 4 mentoring and 4 coaching sessions.
  • You will experience that the changes in your behavior and habits are noticed by your team and your supervisor immediately.

2 PRE COURSE

  • 360 degree feedback: SEED’s MANAGEMENT ESSENTIAL survey
  • “VOICE OF THE BOSS” – what does your supervisor expect?
  • “MOTIVATION TO ATTEND” – why did you choose to participate?
  • FIRST SESSION with your coach

3 CAMP 1

You will attend dedicated sessions on

  • Defining the ROLE of the manager
  • SELECTING the right people – looking beyond experience to strengths and potential
  • Why should people FOLLOW YOU? – discovering what really drives motivation
  • Who is doing what in your team – tasks you should and you could DELEGATE
  • How you RECOGNIZE great performance
  • How you support your people’s DEVELOPMENT through providing timely feedback
  • How to manage your ENERGY? – making sure you have the energy to manage your team
Following through commitments, mentoring and coaching

4 CAMP 2

You will attend dedicated sessions on

  • Understand the difference between main managerial tools – developmental feedback, recognition, coaching-type conversations and PERFORMANCE EVALUATION
  • How to develop your people through COACHING-TYPE CONVERSATION
  • Building a GREAT TEAM – by instilling trust and focusing on joint commitment
  • Managing CHANGE – going about bringing change gradually and systematically
  • Developing as a leader by CHANGING YOUR HABITS AND BEHAVIORS – making real commitments that count
Following through commitments, mentoring and coaching

5 AT THE END OF THE PROGRAM

WE REFLECT ON YOUR PROGRESS BY

  • A second 360 degree survey – SEED’s MANAGEMENT ESSENTIALS REFLECTION
  • Another “VOICE OF THE BOSS”
  • Your own self-assessment

You receive the “SEED – FOUNDATION OF MANAGEMENT PROGRAM CERTIFICATE” and become a SEED ALUMNI member.

Dates

FOMP IN HUNGARY SPRING 2025

First 2 days

Second 2 days

Closing half day

28-29 April 2025

17-18 June 2025

4 September 2025

FOMP IN HUNGARY TAVASZ 2025 (in Hungarian)

First 2 days

Second 2 days

Closing half day

28-29 April 2025

17-18 June 2025

4 September 2025

FOMP IN HUNGARY FALL 2025

First 2 days

Second 2 days

Closing half day

16-17 September 2025

11-12 November 2025

22 January 2026

FOMP IN HUNGARY ŐSZ 2025 (in Hungarian)

First 2 days

Second 2 days

Closing half day

16-17 September 2025

11-12 November 2025

22 January 2026

FOMP IN HUNGARY WINTER 2025

First 2 days

Second 2 days

Closing half day

2-3 December 2025

10-11 February 2026

9 April 2026

FOMP IN HUNGARY TÉL 2025 (in Hungarian)

First 2 days

Second 2 days

Closing half day

2-3 December 2025

10-11 February 2026

9 April 2026

FOMP IN ROMANIA SPRING 2025

First 2 days

Second 2 days

Closing half day

15-16 May  2025 

3-4 September 2025

TBA

FOMP IN ROMANIA FALL 2025

First 2 days

Second 2 days

Closing half day

16-17 October 2025 

11-12 November 2025

TBA

Price

EUR 4000*

* The price includes all training days, teaching materials, venue, meals and coffee breaks, all technical cost ensuring the on-site / online / hybrid delivery, measurements and evaluations, 4 mentoring and 4 coaching sessions and lifelong membership in SEED Alumni. The price does not include VAT.

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

WHAT IS THE APPLICATION PROCESS?

For the program application, please click here or find the Apply button (in Price section). The program acceptance is not automatic and your application will be reviewed by our team of program managers to ensure the best fit between applicants and programs.

WILL I HAVE TO DO ANY PREPARATION BEFORE ATTENDING THE PROGRAM?

After your completed application, you’ll receive communication from the program managers. The information we send will direct you to our online learning platform, which will include all the pre-course surveys, and prelimiary tasks and an introduction to your fellow participants.

WHAT ARE THE LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS?

The program is available in English or in Hungarian, which allows the participants to choose our programs in their preferred language. The English and Hungarian programs run on different occasions, for detailed schedule please check out our program dates and calendar.

WHAT IF I HAVE MORE QUESTIONS?

If you have any more questions, please contact us through [email protected].

MORE THAN 2000 EXECUTIVES HAVE TAKEN PART IN THE JOURNEY!
LEARN FROM THEM!

Tamás
Frisch

Data Services Leader

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Borbála
Palotai

Head of Marketing, Communications and Business Development

PwC Hungary

Milan
Terzic

Senior Portfolio Management and Wholesale Expert

MET Group

Gábor
Zborovján

Digital Solutions Presales COE Lead

Magyar Telekom

Mateja
Bistrović

Manager of Logistic Planning & Scheduling

INA Grupa

István
Szabó

Tiszaújváros Site Fire-Chief

FER Tűzoltóság

"The FOMP is unlike any management learning experience I have ever had."

The combination of the instructors' decades of experience and the enjoyable diversity of peers is invaluable. However, the most important factor is the participants themselves, their determination, and openness. I am happy to have been a part of this journey.

Leaders of huge companies were willing to share with us not just their successes, but also the struggles they went through.
It was all about practice.

"The Foundations of Management Program offers an exceptional opportunity to broaden both your professional and personal horizons."

The camps provide hands-on experiences with diverse concepts, offering valuable insights into various approaches and methodologies. Additionally, participants benefit from a supportive community that fosters growth and collaboration.

The program contains an appropriate proportion of theory and practice.
It was also important for me to take away tangible things that I can use in my daily work to make the best of my team.

The program was well-organized and we touched on some very useful topics: it was less theoretical and much more focused on practical application. Working in small groups was great because the mentor had more time to devote to everyone, sharing experiences, tricks, and tips.

The program changed my mindset and completely transformed me. I now believe in myself more than ever before. The program reinforced several techniques I already used, and the coaching techniques were particularly useful. I've gained many new tools to manage changes effectively.

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