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HR training courses in Ireland

Specialist training courses, delivered by our trusted HR leaders

With over 20 years of HR experience, our team deliver innovative HR training programmes and HR training workshops, using best practice methods that engage your people. This ensures sought-after knowledge, skills and behaviours are transferred effectively, helping you enact change that your people and organisation really see the value of.

What you can expect from NFP’s HR courses

With an approach that truly revolves around helping you create better HR outcomes for your people and business, our interactive HR training courses are designed to be:

  • Flexible and accessible: supporting either online or in-person delivery at a time and place that suits you
  • Outcome-driven: with methods and content that translate to real organisational change
  • Bespoke: to the unique needs of your business and your people

Our most popular HR training courses include:

Performance management training

Helping people managers discover the importance of managing performance and understand the positive effect of feedback on their team performance and morale.

Upon completion of this performance management course, managers will:

  • Understand and be able to implement the law surrounding the probationary period
  • Understand why performance management is critical to organisational success
  • Apply best practice performance review meeting structure
  • Improve essential management practices to maximise their team’s expertise, ideas and skills
  • Develop and learn techniques to give and receive effective feedback through this manager course

Management development programmes

Empowering managers to understand, develop and optimise their management style to help them effectively drive more high-performing, productive, and motivated teams.

By taking this leadership development programme, managers will gain skills such as:

  • Knowing how effective self-regulation and emotion control can benefit your communication and management style
  • Learning tools and techniques to give good feedback and communicate effectively
  • Be able to navigate difficult conversations more seamlessly
  • Improve their management skills to become more effective leaders

Dignity and respect at work training for employees

Providing attendees with an increased understanding of the need for certain policies in the workplace and how to demonstrate a commitment to acceptable workplace conduct.

Throughout this course, learners will:

  • Understand the importance of acceptable behaviours and being respectful in the workplace
  • Gain a greater understanding of the meaning of bullying, harassment, sexual harassment
  • Develop knowledge of legislation surrounding bullying in the workplace
  • Learn about the importance of dignity and respect in the workplace
  • Recall options available under the company policy, should they have an alleged complaint of bullying or harassment

Frequently asked questions

HR training and development is a human resource process used to optimise employee performance. These courses are delivered by HR and training specialists and the training may include onboarding, policy training, diversity and inclusion, and soft skills training, and can take the form of online virtual classroom HR training or in-person training.

You can be trained in HR through HR training courses. It can take many forms, from a degree or diploma to a 2-hour class. You could also take online courses to remain current and compliant with legislation and attain best-practice knowledge and skills, ensuring workplace growth for your organisation. HR training allows you to better manage and measure performance while clearly outlining expectations from employees, leading to increased productivity, motivation, and staff retention.

We have training courses for all levels within your organisation, for example Dignity and Respect, inclusion and Belonging or Time management. That being said, the majority of our courses are aimed at managers and HR-oriented employees.

Our HR training courses are taught through various methods to accommodate different learning styles.

  • In-House Training: This involves conducting training sessions within the company premises. This allows for a more personalised approach, focusing on your organisation’s policies, procedures, and culture.
  • Virtual Training: Virtual training can take the form of webinars, live online classes, or pre-recorded modules. It offers flexibility and convenience, enabling employees to learn at their own pace and reducing the need for travel.
  • Learning Management Systems (LMS): LMS platforms host and manage online courses and resources. Your people can access these courses at their convenience, track their progress, and engage in knowledge checks and assessments. LMS platforms often offer a wide range of courses covering various HR topics, allowing employees to choose based on their needs and interests.