HR Skep

16/07/2025

12/07/2025

Where Did the Cheshire Siscat Come From?

As a child, I was mesmerized by the Cheshire Cat. He never gave answers — only questions that made you pause.

Years later, I realized I was missing her. The quiet one. The intuitive one. The cat who didn’t vanish, but arrived exactly when you needed her.

That’s how the idea of Cheshire Siscat was born — a symbol of intuition, quiet clarity, and deep presence.

She embodies what I’ve come to recognize through years in HR and coaching: Business intuition — the ability to sense what's unspoken, to read intention, to feel timing without needing a blueprint.

This cat isn’t just a metaphor. She’s a reminder that the softest signals often carry the deepest truth. To stay connected — to yourself, to others, to what’s happening beneath the surface.

She doesn’t offer answers — only insights that feel like something you’ve always known.

11/07/2025

🐾 Things You Didn’t Know About the Cheshire Cat
1. 📌 18th century – The phrase “grin like a Cheshire cat” becomes popular in England.
2. 📌 Early 19th century – Cheshire cheese is occasionally molded with smiling cat faces.
3. 📌 1832 – Charles Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) is born in Cheshire.
4. 📌 1865 – Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is published, and the world meets the enigmatic Cheshire Cat.
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The British Shorthair — known for its sturdy build, round face, and famously chubby cheeks — is believed to have inspired the iconic cheese shop mascot, often depicted as a plump, smiling cat.

In 1865, the Cheshire Cat leapt from legend into literature, finding his way into Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. There, he became the most curious creature of all — wiser than the Mad Hatter, more mysterious than the Queen.

The Cat didn’t give answers, he made you think:
“If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will take you there.”

06/07/2025

The Institute of Professional Supervision was originally founded to support practicing psychologists.
Over time, a new branch emerged: supervision for corporate psychologists. In other words, psychologists translate emotional health into business impact.

I saw this intersection firsthand in my role as a senior HR leader, supporting a tech company whose R&D center (70% of staff) was based in Kyiv. The HR people partners were doing outstanding work supporting teams through the crisis. But there was a cost: emotional exhaustion and invisible overload.
That’s when I brought in the Institute of Professional Supervision. Its head, Vladimir Mamko, took on regular supervision for the HR team, not as therapy, but as a framework for emotional sustainability.
Over a year of collaboration, he helped the team:
- Manage emotional surges,
- Avoid internalizing others’ stress,
- Maintain resilience while holding space for others.

We co-designed adaptations to bring clinical supervision tools into the business world, shaping a new, grounded methodology that worked for HR.

Today, it’s a smart tool for rebuilding performance by supporting HR, the people who keep teams strong.

Lena Bars

28/06/2025

We chose the Cheshire Cat as our symbol for a reason.

“That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,” says the Cat...

He doesn’t tell you what to do.
He shows that there is a choice.
He points to the thinking behind it.

And yes, he reminds us: “We’re all mad here.”

Because leadership, growth, insight — none of it happens in straight lines.
Our Cat smirks with that knowing look, not because he has the answers, but because he knows where to look. So let him inspire you, with a smile that branches into thought.

— Olena & Volodymyr

26/06/2025

It started by accident.
I was looking for an old message in one of my chats with Volodymyr Mamko — just a practical thing.
But as I scrolled, I caught myself actually reading.

Not skimming.
Reading.

And what I found surprised me.

Between the work notes, decisions, and routine updates… There were ideas. Sharp, ironic, sometimes brutal — always real. The kind that stays with you long after the chat ends.

I realized I’d been sitting on a quiet archive of insights for years, without even noticing.

That’s when the idea struck:
Why not turn this into a project?
Just a collection of moments that felt true.

That’s how Bars_Mamko was born.
From a chat history to a public journal of crooked smiles and clean truths.

— Olena

23/06/2025

What happens when a psychoanalyst who thinks in paradoxes meets a strategist who reads teams like open books?

You get a journal of sharp thoughts, curious questions, and one very smug cat.

We believe that leadership isn’t about control — it’s about understanding, and magic isn’t in doing — it’s in knowing when not to.

Welcome to the Bars_Mamko Project — a collection of insights from the mind of Volodymyr Mamko, brought to life through visuals and metaphors curated by Olena Terzinova.

💬 Expect paradoxes, dry smiles, and reflections that bite (gently).

Let’s begin.

17/12/2024

From Automation to Empathy: Why Coaching and Psychology Thrive Today

Automation raises questions about the future of specific jobs. While waiting for the Uber Cybercab, we see businesses evolving by focusing on people. As routine tasks are automated, they empower talented individuals to drive innovation and success.

An analysis of job postings top-ranked in Fortune Global 500 tech companies—Amazon, Apple, and Microsoft—reveals a consistent focus on four key areas:
- Creative Freedom
- Initiative in Performance
- Collaboration Skills and Teamwork
- Talent Development and Adaptability

These priorities reflect the companies' values and strategies for attracting and retaining top talent. The shift in the human approach significantly impacts the labor market and business strategies.
Once exclusive to top executives, talent development tools such as soft skills training, coaching, and corporate psychological consultancy are now crucial at all levels. Skills that set humans apart from robots 🤖 are highly valued.

The 19th century saw a massive shift from manual to industrial production. This brought standardization and scalability, favoring large factories over small, private businesses. In those days, many professions vanished, while new ones emerged, but some evolved to entirely new heights ✨.

When the advent of photography challenged fine artists 🎨 they responded by rejecting mere replication and embracing a deeper approach, interpretive aspects of their craft. Artists like Picasso explored inner truths through abstraction, emotion, and imagination—revealing what the naked eye couldn't see. This is how the human approach is trending in fine artists, leading to revolutionary movements like Cubism.

As technology advances, a powerful pattern emerges: human talent adapts and thrives, evolving in the face of change.

For instance, the renowned House of Guerlain, founded by the Guerlain family in 1828, stands as a testament to craftsmanship, that survived the industrial revolution. Pierre-François-Pascal Guerlain used a personalized approach and dedicated his fragrances to the royal nobility. This earned him the prestigious title of “His Majesty's Official Perfumer” at the court of Emperor Napoleon III and later widespread acclaim. Focusing on exceptional quality and a bold spirit of innovation the Guerlain family revolutionized the beauty industry by introducing the world’s first lipstick in a tube💄 in 1870, a modern evolution of the ancient tradition of lip adornment that dates back 5,000 years.

Looking back we can find many other success stories that lead us to the same conclusions - humanity is evolving and the most effective thing was and remains Investing in self-development, finding a calling, and elevating the chosen work to the level of art, which cannot be replaced by machines.

09/10/2021

Для молодого фахівця, який тільки но починає працювати в компанії буває достатньо складно зрозуміти, яким чином можно реалізувати цікаву ідею, яка наприклад може покращити роботу команди. Для реалізації ідеї по-перше треба донести інформацію до потрібних людей.
Як протестувати ідею, як знайти цих людей та яким чином побудувати з ними комунікацію ми розповімо у цьому матеріалі https://hrskep.com/2021/09/20/idei-ta-potribni-liudy/

04/10/2021

Багато хто з нас сконцентрований на бізнесі, сім’ї, на низці інших важливих справ. І ми не завжди знаходимо час на індивідуальні заняття, такі, наприклад, як уроки вокалу. Ба більше, далеко не всі знають, наскільки корисно це хобі може впливати на загальний стан. Перед початком занять вокалом багато хто схильний сумніватися в собі, адже вони ніколи не співали. Сучасний вокал у нашому пострадянському просторі як слід не вивчався. У зв’язку з цим у нас були дуже скупі уявлення про те, як ми можемо розвивати свій голос. Раніше не враховувалося, що крім дихання і голосових зв’язок, які відволікаються на це дихання, є ще й інші м’язи, що відповідають за найважливіше, за що ми боремося, — за резонанс. І дихання тут відіграє не ключову роль.
https://hrskep.com/2021/09/06/vokal-iak-sposib-zniattia-stresu/