About
Hi! I'm Suraiya Kara
Suraiya Kara is a multi-disciplinary HR leadership professional with a passion for creating holistically healthy, beneficial, and thriving workplaces. Suraiya is also a nationally Certified Psychological Health & Safety Advisor for workplaces, and a nationally Certified Mental Health First Aid Instructor. With a background in Social Work, Suraiya tends to take a ‘People’ first approach to support the full HR function and does so utilizing an anti-oppressive, anti-racist, feminist, and equitable lens.
Suraiya brings years of experience building and supporting the full talent function, performance management, compensation analysis and benefits, coaching, workplace investigations, training and development, workplace conflict resolution and mediation, and building out numerous workplace culture and wellness programs and initiatives….just to name a few!
Having a background in utilizing a variety of different counseling techniques allows Suraiya to get to know individuals on deeper levels, thus being able to create strong and complimentary teams in the workplace. Suraiya believes that every individual brings value and expertise in their own dimensions and it is important for this to be recognized and further cultivated.
Suraiya truly believes the best organizations are the ones that acknowledge the differences in society and strive to create equity for their people, because ‘Your People are your Culture, and your Culture is your People’
There is no one else on this planet who has the same combination of skills, education, and wisdom gained from life experience as you. Know that, embrace it and use it to empower yourself!
Topics I Can Help You With
01.
Psychological Health & Safety
Based on the National Standard of Canada for Psychologically Healthy and Safe Workplaces. This Standard consists of 13 Psychosocial factors all Workplaces should be aware of and strive towards.
02.
Vision
What is your ‘People Perspective’? What is your vision for your People holistically? Unsure? I can help. This is a critical component to the longevity of any workplace.
03.
Strategy
Strategy is very much aligned with your Vision. Strategy is the how. How are you going to ensure your business and people strategy complement each other for optimal growth, success, and people satisfaction?
04.
Leadership
Leadership is crucial to creating an environment where businesses and people thrive. Is your leadership leading by example? Are you leading by example? What about your policies? Is there daily action behind the intention of these policies? Holistically Healthy Workplaces truly begin from top down!
05.
Mental Health First Aid
It’s great that you offer Mental Wellness/Health days off! But what are you doing for preventative measures for your people? Mental Health First Aid training further equips employees with a skill set that reaches beyond the workplace and workspace. It’s a lifelong skill set that transcends people, places, and borders.
06.
Emotional Intelligence
What is Emotional Intelligence and why is it important? Again, having a developed sense of EI is important for everyone, but especially important for individuals in leadership positions, whether they have 1 direct report or 100 direct reports. Developing your EI is an important quality because it impacts every relationship in your life; personal, professional and everything in between. Let’s chat about what Emotional Intelligence really is.
07.
Talent
Whether this is recruitment, engagement, development, succession planning, employee relations, or workplace investigations. All of these components fall under your Talent umbrella and I’m here for all of your questions, queries, and concerns.
08.
Policy
As an HR leadership professional, it is very important to me to demonstrate the action behind the intention. This is crucial to implement with your policies – or else what is the point? Policies should be created thoughtfully, with intention aligning with daily action in order to have longevity and purpose.