Our Connection Workshops: Step one. For solopreneurs and start-ups, SMEs or large enterprises, empowering connection of who you are, what you do, and what it is like to work with you.
Our Talent Masterclasses: Step two, and recurring. End-to-end talent management training on latest research and current best practice attracting & hiring, managing & developing, and engaging & retaining.
Our Leadership Support: Step three. Ongoing or periodic HR, talent management and communications collaboration, interim HR leadership, and other organizational initiatives.
Our Alicanection Advisory: Anytime. Joining the dots around hosted meetings, team building and relocation support in the affordable, safe and sunniest-in-Europe Alicante City. #BringYourTeam.
All solutions can be achieved either in-person (Alicante, Cork, elsewhere), online, or a blended approach of both.


Solopreneur or startup culture and strategy:
CREATE
Workshop
Opportunity: Preparing for growth or team expansion, merging cultures and strategies in acquisition, other
Goal: Creation of your vision (ultimate aim), mission (what you do) & purpose (why), and values (how you work) going forward, plus strategy business themes for the year ahead, with initial plan to include branding
Scope: Discovery and follow-up 0.5 days, workshop 0.5 days
Testimonials: SCRI-IS Technologies, Activities International, anewmum, BabyBoo.ie, Cork Entrepreneurs Network, Feen Code, Rezoomo
Small to medium enterprise culture and strategy:
CONNECT
Workshop
Opportunity: Transitioning business owner to CEO role, managing both different and diverse teams, other
Goal: Connection of your company vision, mission & purpose, and values going forward, and strategy business themes for the year ahead, with initial plan to include branding
Scope: Discovery and follow-up 0.5 days, workshop 0.5 days
Testimonials: Induchem Group, SimoTech, South Coast Sales, Anne Sullivan Centre, Ballymaloe, Coolgrey, Costa Weflen Group, Fervor+Hue, Himalaya Yoga Valley, Ikon Cork, Johnson & Perrott Motor Group, JRAP O'Meara Solicitors, Leigh Gillen Events, Mackin Professional Services, Matchbook, Oaktree Financial, Real Insights, The Shine Centre, SurePlan Financial
Large enterprise culture and strategy:
COMMUNICATE
Workshop
Opportunity: Establishing a new function or department, connecting remote teams or blended workforce, other
Goal: COMPASS (Culture, Operational, Marketing, People, Alliances, Strategy, Sustainability) communication of your company vision, mission & purpose, and values, and strategy business themes for the year ahead, with initial plan
Scope: Discovery and follow-up 0.5 days, workshop 0.5 days
Testimonials: Induchem Group, SCRI-IS Technologies, Cork City Council, Department of Defence
Ongoing or periodic HR, talent management and comms
Support
Goal: A monthly or occasional model of continuous joining the dots through scheduled leadership team connects, manager 1:1s incorporating HR coaching, developmental training including our innovative 321 performance programme, and COMPASS communications
Scope: To be agreed with client
Testimonials: Induchem Group (Ireland, UK, ALLSAFE, Tredwell Electrical, Insteco), SCRI-IS Technologies
The talent calendar and employee team
Support
Goal: In tandem with continued brand and hiring, an increased strategic focus on both managing and developing and engaging and retaining in more a 'programme' way, steered by a tangible annual calendar of critical activities and a diverse team from across the business driving
Scope: To be agreed with client, including customized development, launch, and team support
Testimonials: Currently being piloted...
Gatekeeper or other interim HR leadership
Support
Goal: To be defined between client and Dave A. Barry
Scope: To be agreed with client
Previous OD initiatives around performance and change
Support
Including, but not limited to:
- Diversity equity inclusion across talent management
Testimonials: Janssen Biologics, DePuy Synthes
- Senior role talent acquisition selection support
Testimonials: Induchem Group, SCRI-IS Technologies, Outsource Recruitment
- Induction approach to drive speedier productivity
Testimonials: BioMarin, Johnson & Johnson
- Employee engagement events that truly connect (with Leigh Gillen)
Testimonial: Crowleys Opticians
- Wellbeing, ESG or other strategy design
Testimonials: Induchem Group, SCRI-IS Technologies
- Compassionate leadership actioning redundancies or separations
Testimonials: Confidential
Goal: For both experienced and early career people managers or HR, and very much targeted towards the current era of generative artificial intelligence and more, deeper talent management understanding and practical strategy training around:
Latest attracting and hiring, 'embracing' AI
Accelerate speedier productivity
Masterclass
- Brand (employer and talent)
- Recruitment (organization and role)
- Onboarding (what and how)
Scope: Discovery and follow-up 0.2 days, masterclass 0.3 days
Testimonials: Induchem Group (recurring), SCRI-IS Technologies (recurring), SimoTech, VelocityEHS, Ballymaloe, Johnson & Perrott Motor Group (recurring)
Latest managing and developing, 'embracing' AI
Achieve optimized business, create flexible capability
Masterclass
- Leadership (and management)
- Performance (team maximization)
- Diversity Equity Inclusion (including neuro)
- Development (experiences and outcomes)
- Rotation (around the organization)
- Succession (ready, near, not)
Scope: Discovery and follow-up 0.2 days, masterclass 0.3 days
Testimonials: Induchem Group (recurring), SCRI-IS Technologies (recurring), SimoTech, VelocityEHS, Ballymaloe, Johnson & Perrott Motor Group (recurring)
Latest engaging and retaining, 'embracing' AI
Drive increased productivity, ensure reduced turnover
Masterclass
- Communication (monthly plan)
- Events (quarterly calendar)
- Wellbeing (six types)
- Reward (everything monetary)
- Recognition (criteria and guidelines)
- Exit (employee experiences)
Scope: Discovery and follow-up 0.2 days, masterclass 0.3 days
Testimonials: Induchem Group (recurring), SCRI-IS Technologies (recurring), SimoTech, VelocityEHS, Ballymaloe, Johnson & Perrott Motor Group (recurring)