Ira Kukrety

Researcher
DISC Type : Cs

Head Human Resource at Forest Essentials

Delhi, India

Overview

Ira Kukrety is the Chief Human Resources Officer at Forest Essentials, bringing over 17 years of experience in luxury retail and hospitality. She is an alumna of the Indian School of Business and IIM Lucknow, specializing in people-first strategies and HR transformation. Colleagues describe her as competent, calm, passionate, and assertive.

Ira is deeply interested in the human side of business, focusing on conscious leadership and fostering inclusive, high-touch employee experiences. Her certification in Neuro-Linguistics suggests a passion for understanding communication and personal development. She advocates for balancing technology with emotional intelligence to create meaningful connections in the workplace.

Unique fact: Ira is a member of the CII (Confederation of Indian Industry) Western UP HR & IR Panel for 2024-2025.

Personality Overview

Self-Disciplined

Process Focused

Cost Conscious

Being observant comes to them naturally.  They do not like taking risks at all and go for proven options in the end. The only way to convince them is by showing them examples and ample proof.

Topics They Care About

People-First Strategies
Champions translating leadership vision into scalable people strategies that make employees feel heard, valued, and understood, particularly in founder-led organizations.
AI in the Workplace
Questions whether AI is being used to elevate human capability or to outsource thinking, showing a focus on its strategic, human-centric implementation.
Conscious Leadership
A core part of her professional identity, she advocates for leaders who are self-aware and focus on creating a positive impact on people and the business.

Media Appearances

Ira has no verified media appearances

Work History

7-2016
Head Human Resource at Forest Essentials
6-2014 - 7-2016
Head Human Resource at The Claridges Hotels & Resorts
1-2012 - 1-2014
Head Human Resource at The Lodhi New Delhi

Education

8-2024 - 3-2025
Executive Program from Indian School of Business
1-2010 - 2-2011
Human Resource Management from Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow

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Insights For Selling To Ira

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Share a one-off customer success story but keeps the focus on highlighting objective, numerical results
  • When following up with them, expect slowness; use questions to engage them, preferably over email.
  • Preferably use email to follow up with them instead of phone or Linkedin, engage by asking question or opinions

DONT's

  • Don't ask them to move fast, let them take their time and digest all the information
  • Avoid emotional and informal language, stay objective and to the point instead
  • Avoid winging it with them particularly, answer a question only if you know the answer well

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Ira is

  • Proof of usage by others in the industry, case studies showing ROI are likely to work the best with them.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Ira

  • Often, they don't say no, or keep going about it in circles.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Ira move?

  • They are some of the slowest movers and take their time reaching decisions.
  • Can Ira take some risk or not?

  • They have very low acceptance of risk even if they do not say it directly.

You And Ira

Personality Compatibility


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