Leading people without formal HR training is a reality many mission-driven leaders quietly navigate. In a recent Tea with Tatyana session, HR consultant Tatyana Sanikovich explored how everyday leadership moments—offering feedback, setting expectations, handling conflict, and making pay decisions—are already acts of HR. A central theme was the distinction between kindness and clarity: while leaders often soften messages to preserve relationships, unclear communication can create confusion, inequity, and burnout. The conversation reframed structure, boundaries, and even clean endings as forms of care, reminding leaders that clarity isn’t harsh—it’s one of the most compassionate and steady skills they can bring to their teams.

Sacred Self-Care: Being Resourced Enough to Stay Switched On is a reminder that care isn’t about escaping the world—it’s about preparing to meet it with clarity and compassion. In the Community Call, Robert reframed self-care as a collective practice that helps us stay steady in uncertain times, introducing NEST (Number, Emotions, Sensations, Thoughts) as a simple way to name our inner state and reduce reactivity. From there comes the deeper question: what does the body actually need, and what small version of that is available now? Care, he emphasized, can come not only from people but also from the more-than-human world and inner practices that restore courage. Sacred self-care, then, is leadership—love with stamina—so we can keep showing up without burning out.

A leadership session by HR and executive coach Tatyana Sanikovich that reframes delegation as an identity shift—from being the indispensable doer to becoming a leader who builds trust, capacity, and sustainable systems for growth.