people challenges

Like any other company, Nucleus Software has its own set of people challenges and has its own style of handling these challenges. For Nucleus the major challenge has always been hiring and retention. “I don’t talk about retention in terms of compensation. The major challenge is how we manage the people.” Further adding, he says, “Normally on a project we’ve 7-8 members from project managers to project leaders. The biggest challenge is that apart from the leaders the rest are fresh pass outs with just 1-2 years of experience, so development of these project managers is of utmost importance.”

For a company that finds retention & hiring as a big challenge, then what is it that Nucleus does to be an employer of choice. Verma gushes, “We have to ensure that our employees are well equipped with the technologies and domain knowledge and only then we can be one of the best employers in the country.” The company undertakes many initiatives including the ‘Toyota Way’ which according to Verma is “nothing but a book, which the employees refer to. We have also understood (after reading) that the matter in the book can be implemented not only in the automobile & manufacturing sector, but it can also be done in the IT sector.” The Toyota Way is enabling Nucleus employees to learn quicker and on their own. And who knows by following the book and its learnings to the tee, Nucleus could well be the next Toyota of the IT sector.

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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2008

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