Our Founder
Bernard Delany
In 2008, Bernard Delany founded HR Initiatives Limited. Prior to starting HR Initiatives, Bernard held senior HR roles both domestically and abroad. Bernard’s 25 years HR and commercial experience within organisations or advising them includes: successfully advising senior management teams and boards on driving transformations and commercial success through leadership initiatives, people processes, risk mitigation, and organisational redesign; applying international HR expertise from various industries founded on having lectured in industrial relations, HRM, employment law and IT for HR. After graduation Bernard won and completed a Masters under the Asahi Study and Scholarship Programme with the University of Limerick (including a 12 month placement in Japan) that has cultivated his interest in the effect of organisational culture on business performance. Bernard’s current interests include how to foster a value creating culture by balancing human learning and digital resources working in tandem in the flow of work. Bernard is a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Personnel and Development, holds an honours BBS and MBS from the University of Limerick and a Diploma in Executive and Business Coaching from University College Dublin. Bernard is a director on the board of Accounting Technicians Ireland.
Our Mission
HR Initiatives champions better workplaces and better work so that our clients and their colleagues can achieve their best results and achieve their goals. We aim to make a lasting contribution both in the short term and the longer term.
Our Values
Curiosity drives innovation and growth. By embracing curiosity, we seek to learn about and understand our clients and new perspectives, challenge assumptions, and discover innovative solutions to complex problems. HR Initiatives fosters contact with a network of consultants and subject matter experts across the range of services with whom the principle has worked previously.
Collaboration is key to achieving meaningful results. This value underscores the importance of working together, sharing knowledge, and leveraging diverse perspectives to create impactful outcomes and make a difference for those we work with andin our community.
Sustainability emphasizes the importance of making decisions and taking actions that ensure the long-term health and well-being of our businesses, society and environment. By prioritizing sustainability, we commit to creating lasting value and fostering a better world for future generations.
Integrity emphasizes the importance of being honest, fair, and consistent in all actions. By upholding integrity, we build a reputation of trustworthiness and respect, ensuring that our actions align with our values.
Agility is about being able to quickly adapt to changes and respond to new challenges with flexibility and speed. By embracing agility, we can proactively improve our processes, deliver value to our clients more efficiently, and stay ahead in a rapidly changing environment.