Iksula: Relishing a Young, Family & Recognition Oriented Work Culture Date:   Friday , June 26, 2015 Born in 2007 in Mumbai with a workforce of four people, Iksula has today grown into a 650 people strong organization, spread across Mumbai, New York and Singapore. The niche digital commerce company aiding customers with online marketing, technology infrastructure building and KPO services, dwells in a young, family and recognition-oriented work culture. Numerous employees in managerial position today started their corporate journey with Iksula. Every Iksuliteis valued and made aware of the impact of their good work has on the organization, industry and society. Supportive Environment Promising a Challenging & Rewarding Career Iksula\'s five core values - open, transparent, valuing long-term relationships and being fair and ethical in work - are reinforced at all employee engagement, induction and recruitment forums. Expectations are precisely conveyed before recruiting and proper environment& mentorship are provided to fulfil the expectations of Iksula and Iksulites. The company\'s positive work environment, the promises of a challenging & rewarding career and transparency on company\'s future keeps the attrition monster at bay. \"Iksula shaped my future to the fullest extent that I could have ever imagined. While I was given the fullest freedom to bring in my expertise of the online marketing realm and personal experience to the team, I myself learnt a lot about management, client servicing and strategies under the directors themselves. The work culture and the structured approach that I was exposed to, is something that I would be carrying for life.\" says Arun Ashokumar - who is currently working at Iksula as an Account Director Well-Defined HR Policies The company motivates Iksulites to find new productive ways by engaging them in planning and decision making.Apart from 24/7 CCTV surveillance, to ensure women safety, Iksula allocates first preference to women while allocating day shifts. The company\'s well-defined policy framework clearly addresses rights and authorities with clear escalation protocols in case of a probable concern. Iksulites are aligned with organization\'s goals and priorities via IBuzz, weekly Plan Problem Progress updates and quarterly offsites. Iksulite\'s KRAs are documented and defined in its state-of-the-art HRIS tool, which drives the company\'s HR processes and policies. \"We have regular Kit Kat sessions wherein Iksulites share their feedback on managers, processes and the company. Our appraisal policies ensure that Iksulites\' individual goals are aligned with organization goals,\" says HR Head, Iksula. Developing Overall Skills Due to Iksula\'s explosive growth, 40 percent of its population is comprised of freshers from engineering, commerce & marketing backgrounds. Iksula\'s leadership constantly speaks and trains students in seven premium engineering and commerce college campuses and generally hires those students. The company\'s sophisticated sourcing plan attracts top performers who seek compelling opportunity in an environment where the impact of their work is visible. New employees undergo a detailed induction programme to synchronize with Iksula\'s culture. The company has three training programs namelyI University (skills building), I Labs (resource management) and I Talk (leadership thinking), where prominent personalities like Parthiv Patel, Abbas Ali and Dr. Rajat Agarwa lshare real life experiences with Iksulaites. \"We run all training modules via Igetzee, an internal tool encompassing technical, cross functional, communications and managerial training courses to facilitate Iksulites to develop overall skills. Employees attain course material and curriculum for the course they chose to apply,\" explains Samarjeet Singh, Founder & CEO, Iksula. Extending Fun to All Ecosystem Partners Aside from regular monthly parties and Iksula\'s birthday, the company conducts one employee engagement program every quarter akin to Gabbar Cup - a football tournament, Iksula Premier League - an IPL-like tournament and Family Challenge Cup - an exiting Badminton tournament, where employees, ex-employees, clients and vendor partners can participate with their family. The teams also go out on regular biking trips and Expeditions. Iksula\'s management team regularly writes to employees on marquee achievements. The company that recently celebrated becoming a 600 member organization has regular team parties, lunches and parties with clients to celebrate launches and on achievements of targets.Ambitious to be the top preference of talented employees, Iksula envisions being a 2500 plus company, ranked high on people surveys and have ten home-grown employees in.