Organizational Development and Change Management Training

This eight-month program is for HR leaders, managers, trainers and career changers who want to lead and support organizational transformations independently. Working on your own project, on real case studies and with the toolkit of the CAFE framework, we prepare you for the consultant role.

When does it start?: from November 2026
Participation fee: On request

Length 8 months, 18 days

Development format training program

How it works Group, in-person training program with blended learning support

Sessions 2–3 training days per month on average

Venue GROW Training Room

What is the program about?

18 in-person training days in 7 modules, 2–3 days a month over 8 months, built on the CAFE framework, with Thod learning support.

Organizational development doesn't start with choosing a training; it starts with someone understanding what is happening in the organization and being able to turn it into a development concept. This program prepares you for exactly that: we train independent, systems-minded organizational development consultants who can carry a process all the way from diagnosis through designing interventions to measuring the results.

What you take away from the program: the theoretical frameworks and practical toolkit of organizational development, applying the CAFE framework; consulting experience gained on your own project, with feedback from the trainers and the group; reflections on how you work as a consultant.

Built on Change Agility Framework (CAFE) Thod

Who is the program for?

For HR leaders and HR experts who want to lead internal organizational development processes; for leaders who want to develop their own organization with an OD mindset or who are responsible for change processes; for career changers moving toward a consulting career; for trainers and coaches who want to build a consulting toolkit; and for “hard” consultants who are opening up to a behavioral science perspective.

When is it worth starting?

If you want to master the professional foundations of organizational development
If you want to develop your consulting competencies
If you want to better understand organizational change and complex development processes
If you want to become capable of leading and supporting such processes
If you want to try yourself out in organizational development situations through your own project, while the program is still running

How we work

Before applying, every prospective participant has a personal interview with Lőrincz Orsolya, the program's professional director, who is a GROW Board Member and senior consultant. Together you discuss exactly how the program works, what it prepares you for and how it fits your personal goals. After that you can confirm your intention to apply and start the contracting process.

Program structure

Over the 17+1 in-person training days of the seven core modules, participants:

learn the theoretical background of organizational development and the main practical steps of organizational development processes
master the most important organizational development and change management models, tools and methodologies
try out these tools while working on real case studies
through independent project work, practice the skills needed to manage processes and projects successfully and to work in partnership with clients
continuously develop how they work in the consultant role, building on individual and group self-reflection.

Program topics

OD perspectives and theoretical frameworks, applying the tools
identifying the steps of the development process, a process mindset
organizational diagnosis and feedback techniques
developing a complex development concept for clients
identifying the focus of organizational development interventions and designing them
applying consulting skills in a development role
applying the toolkit of the CAFE framework
measuring the results of the OD process
reflecting on your own consulting practice and on the whole development process.

Participants receive a certificate on completing the program.

Venue and contact

Venue: GROW Training Room, 1037 Budapest, Montevideo u. 3/A.

For detailed information on the program schedule, content, timing and pricing, contact our colleague Vrabecz József: +36 70 945 4471, vrabecz.jozsef@grow-group.com

Participation fee

Our contact person will give you detailed information about the participation fee. Before you apply, we invite you to a personal conversation with the program's professional director; financial commitment only comes after that.