About | Iris Bridge Leadership

THE FOUNDER

Rebecca Gay, PhD, PCC

Founder of Iris Bridge Leadership, Rebecca partners with senior leaders and organizations to strengthen collaboration, deepen trust, and build the relational capacity for sustainable performance.

Education

Coaching Credentials

CPCC, Co-Active Training Institute
PCC, International Coaching Federation
Growth Edge Coaching, Cultivating Leadership
Leadership Circle
Predictive Index
x360

Affiliations

Helping leaders hold the tensions that define senior leadership.

Rebecca Gay, PhD, PCC is an executive coach and organizational consultant who helps senior leaders hold the tensions that define senior leadership—clarity and collaboration, accountability and trust, decisiveness and inclusion—so organizations can perform without losing what makes people want to follow. She works with organizations facing growth, change, and increasing complexity, where leaders must make difficult decisions, lead through uncertainty, and deliver results without sacrificing relationships.

Rebecca’s work sits at the intersection of leadership, organizational dynamics, negotiation, and adult development. Beginning her career as a mediator, she is steeped in the interest-based negotiation and difficult conversations frameworks developed through Harvard’s Program on Negotiation. Her approach helps leaders move beyond surface-level behavior change to shift the assumptions, patterns, and relational dynamics that shape how they lead, enabling them to navigate competing demands with greater clarity, steadiness, and influence when the stakes are high and the answers are not obvious.

Sustainable change, even under pressure.

Rebecca partners with organizations through executive coaching, leadership development, facilitation, and organizational climate assessments. Whether working with an individual executive, a leadership team, or an entire organization, Rebeccas methods are firmly rooted in time-tested theory, while also being highly applicable. Her warm and engaging style, along with her sense of humor, puts people and groups at ease which facilitates meaningful conversations about tough topics.

Evidence-Based Leadership Development

Rebecca is certified in the Leadership Circle Profile®, a widely respected leadership assessment designed to help leaders understand the relationship between their internal assumptions and their external leadership effectiveness.

The assessment supports leaders in developing the creative competencies that drive stronger leadership performance and organizational impact.

Trusted expertise.

Organizations I’ve worked with:

UMass Boston Graduate Program in Conflict Resolution
Vantage Partners
The Mediation Group
Mobius Executive Leadership
Leadership-Link
The Center for Collaborative Leadership at UMass Boston
MIT Leadership Center, Sloan Shool of Management

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Testimonials

What Leaders Experience

"In short time, Amy Rebecca delivered a fascinating conceptual overview and practical, actionable guidance to negotiating everything from dinner to compensation packages."

“I absolutely loved working with Amy Rebecca and would recommend her to anyone.”

“Amy Rebecca opened up new ways of seeing things that were empowering and expansive. I enjoyed our time together and highly recommend her as a coach.”

“Professionally, Amy Rebecca has helped me to grow as a leader, and even more importantly become more confident as a leader.”

“Amy Rebecca was great. I kept hearing others say they never really thought about trust, that it was just a given. Once we dug into it, I learned how complex the whole process is. Really enjoyed Amy Rebecca and the subject matter.”

“Our coaching was one of the most meaningful professional development experiences - if not the most meaningful - I’ve had in my career. I want to say, “You are so unbelievably good at what you do, Amy!” but that doesn’t really convey how wonderful it was working with you. Thank you again more than a year later!”

"Amy Rebecca has been an absolutely wonderful trainer for our community. She is kind, warm, and compassionate and very clearly knows her stuff! Her sessions were really interactive and gave our members the chance to connect and delve into the practical application of the techniques she presented. I greatly appreciate how responsive she is to the specific learning goals of our group. I highly recommend Amy Rebecca."

When what has worked is no longer enough.

Let’s evolve your leadership

Every leader and organization reaches an inflection point – where what worked starts to fall short. That’s not a bad thing. It’s a sign of growth.