Act2manage

ABOUT US

WHY?

The labor shortage and high attrition rates have made it inevitable for CEOs and CHROs to put more focus on employees. As fluctuation is a significant cost driver, it has never been more important to retain them than it is today. Despite the enormous efforts HR and mainstream providers have put into improving motivation, recent research on employee engagement has yielded shocking results: only 15% of employees are actively engaged. Studies agree that team leaders have the greatest impact on employee engagement, yet companies often overuse outdated training methods—putting managers in classrooms for days of information overload or relying on lengthy e-learning platforms.

We believe that leadership development is key to unlocking the potential of both individuals and organizations. Our mission is to empower leaders with the practical skills and knowledge they need to create thriving workplaces. As a certified partner of Gallup, we align our approach with world-class, data-driven insights to ensure that our methods are proven and make our sokutions even more impactful.

WHAT?

Our solutions are designed to address the most pressing challenges faced by leaders and organizations. Traditional training and leadership development programs often revolve around a false assumption: if managers know it, they will do it. However, we all know that this isn’t always the case—many fail to bridge the knowing-doing gap. The missing link in turning knowledge into action is supporting managers in changing their behavior.

We make change and transformation sustainable by applying insights from behavioral science, neuroscience, adult learning methodologies, and positive psychology. Our approach helps uncover specific organizational challenges and provides targeted, actionable solutions to drive meaningful improvements in performance and engagement. Not only are our solutions more efficient and effective than traditional methods, but we also measure behavioral change in real-time through our on-the-job app, delivering a far better ROI. Ultimately, the true winners are the employees, who benefit from capable and confident managers that enhance their productivity and engagement.

HOW?

Simplicity and iteration

We move forward in smaller, incremental (agile) steps to ensure that things are get done and changes sustain on the long run.

We build on science

We build on critical thinking, behavioural & neuroscience, positive psychology and strength-based leadership and we constantly improve our solutions with the latest scientific research findings.

We work in job context

We provide solutions for real-life working context instead of explaining lab exercises, simulations, or theories. We conduct development as a several months long process that delivers measurable results.

we innovate

Our gamified leadership development application – Act2Manage – helps managers turn knowledge into action and change their behaviour on-the-job.

Management experience is our USP

We have solid business background – we managed key business projects for our clients, everyone of us are seasoned professionals who have several years hands-on business experience in leadership roles at multinational organisations.

We share and care

We write leadership development blogs and published 7 bestselling e-books (over 190.000 downloads) and take the lead in different organizations (Chairman of HR Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce, Presidency of International Coaching Federation, etc.)

THE TEAM

Robert Dobay
Tamas Cservenyak
Laszo Filep
Sigrun Debaillie
Whisky
Renata Sover
Daniela Kissova
Pluto
Alexandra Mandoki
Tamas Sitkei
Attila Szalay
Patricia Tarczali
Reka Mosonyi

Our Partners

GALLUP

Gallup is a global analytics and advisory company that helps leaders and organizations solve their most pressing problems by providing data-driven insights. Known for its public opinion polls, Gallup also specializes in employee engagement, workplace culture, and leadership development.

REOSS

REOSS has a history of more than 20 years. As a consulting and training company, they offer Lean, Six Sigma and Operational Excellence training and consulting, interim and change management. With their international team of experts, they help their clients worldwide to implement different tools and methodologies to transform their companies.

Lean Enterprise Institute Hungary

In 2011, they joined a network of Lean Enterprise Institute organisations in 32 countries. They support companies in their lean transformation by publishing lean books, running workshops, organising annual conferences with world-renowned lean experts, and drawing on decades of national and international experience to mentor their employees and managers.