Our Purpose
To enable fulfilling workplaces
Our Values
Being Human
We are all human. Compassion, gratitude, respect and fun are all welcome.
Continual Learning
We strive to grow personally and expand our expertise which enables us to provide the best outcomes to our clients.
Trusted Partnership
Trust is built in the small moments that we have with each other and our clients. Openness, collaboration, teamwork and coaching start here.
GSD
We are reliable, take initiative, work ethically and GSD (Get Stuff Done).
Our Team
Karen Kirton
Founder & Managing Director
Elaine Pereira
Principal HR Consultant
Robyn Stopher
Principal HR Consultant
Karen Kirton
Founder & Managing Director
Bachelor of Business (Human Resources and Marketing), Graduate Diploma of Psychology, Certificate IV Training and Assessment. Mentor and Certified Professional member of the Australian Human Resources Institute (AHRI).
Karen is the owner and Managing Director of Amplify HR. She believes strongly that great HR practices can make your business more effective, productive and profitable.
Karen has over 20 years in Human Resources Management roles in various industries across Australia. She has a strong background in partnering with executives and senior leaders to help them achieve higher engagement and productivity within their teams. Karen prides herself on being commercially aware, pragmatic and able to help leaders achieve higher levels of self-awareness to achieve their personal and business goals.
Karen has worked with small, medium and large businesses across Australia, with a focus on improving performance through people. She was a senior leader in a large organisation managing a team of over 20 HR professionals, and has also managed HR functions at medium organisations. Since 2016 Karen has worked as a consultant to small and medium businesses to create & enable people strategies, develop leaders and build positive workplace cultures.
Having coached and mentored many leaders and HR Professionals, Karen also regularly facilitates leadership development sessions. Her experience of working across blue and white-collar industries, and across varying levels of organisations, has enabled Karen to relate to a wide range of leaders and build credibility quickly.
Her areas of specialisation include HR strategy development and plan implementation, leadership development and coaching. Karen is passionate about self-development, reading extensively and continuing her post-graduate studies in psychology.
When not helping your business achieve your goals, she can be found wrangling children, gardening, reading, studying or blogging.
Elaine Pereira
Principal HR Consultant
Diploma in Business, Human Resources Management, Certified Professional member of the Australian Human Resources Institute (AHRI).
Elaine is an experienced HR Advisor and Career Transition Specialist with over 15 years’ experience within HR at large Government and private organisations, before joining the Amplify HR team in 2019. Elaine has led small teams and works collaboratively to deliver trusted people services, solutions and advice.
She has partnered with businesses on:
- advising on a range of people and employment matters, for example, in relation to performance, behaviour, conduct, absenteeism, pay and leave entitlements
- recruiting great employees across a broad range of industries
- coaching for employees and leaders around organisational change
- outplacement support for employees
Robyn Stopher
Principal HR Consultant
Diploma in Business, Human Resources Management
Robyn is an experienced HR Advisor with over 15 years experience across Sydney, London and Singapore. She has worked for a large consulting firm, and also within the private and public sector.
Robyn has led small teams, run a successful volunteer based organisation, and enjoys building relationships and consulting with employees on a range of HR related matters. With a strong sense of compliance in HR legislation and policy matters, she strives to advise employees and a managers in a sensitive and understanding way to ensure matters are solved quickly and concisely.
“Her strategic thinking and foresight really allowed our company to achieve our local objectives.
We managed through many challenges together, and I am not sure I could have done it without her support.”
“Karen worked directly for me for a number of years. Karen was one of the most diligent people I have ever met.”
“Look up resilience in the dictionary and you will find Karen’s photo. She manages ambiguity, complexity and change with a laugh and a smile making it easy for managers and staff to work together with her and her teams.”
“Karen is a wise and an invaluable HR leader.
She reinvented the organisation’s training practices, which led to greater sales, reduced turnover and high employee satisfaction. She also led efforts in key negotiations between employees and management and achieved win-win outcomes, time after time. ”
“Karen’s personable and friendly demeanour are as genuine as her skill. She was an outstanding Head of HR with expert change management and project management skills. I would have no hesitation in recommending her to any business lucky enough to have her.”
