How Much Rework Are You Inviting Into Your Life? And How Four Simple Habits Can Help
Think about the last piece of work you delegated to someone else and ended up redoing yourself. The slide you rewrote on Tuesday night. The report you fixed before it went out. The plan you’d already “approved” and then reworked anyway. Now think back to the conversation that came before it. Chances are, there was […]
When “Yes” Isn’t Leadership: Rethinking Boundaries for Leaders Who Care
Most of the leaders I coach don’t struggle with caring about people. Their ability to build trust, read a room, and lead with empathy is often exactly what got them promoted in the first place. It’s a lovely picture. They connect well and easily with everyone from senior stakeholders to their least experienced team members. […]
Six Month Coaching Circle
January to June 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm. Zoom Meeting Changing life-long patterns takes more than knowing what to do. It takes practice and repetition in a supportive environment. This six-month coaching circle begins with your day-to-day leadership challenges and provides guidance on how to lead with more power and presence, support for making lasting […]
Leadership Presence Under Pressure
November 7, 2026 9:00 am to 4:00 pm Waltham, MA (10 miles outside of Boston) This immersive one-day, in-person workshop will equip you to lean into the strength and gifts of your empathetic leadership without having to soften, absorb, hedge, second-guess or become someone else. Throughout the day, you will develop four essential leadership capacities […]
The Hard Truth About Telling Hard Truths
I once coached a leader I’ll call Marcus. Marcus ran a mid-sized product team, and everyone who worked for him would tell you the same thing: he was the best manager they’d ever had. He remembered what was going on in people’s lives. He made space in one-on-ones for whatever needed to come up, work-related […]
How to Hold Your Vision When Everyone Pulls in Different Directions
If you care deeply about people, making tough decisions can feel uncomfortable. Learn how to hold both connection and direction without losing your heart.
Is This Leadership Strength Holding You Back?
There’s a kind of leader I know well. You might be one of them. You’re the person your team comes to when things fall apart. And I’m not only talking about what happens when a work project goes off the rails. I’m also (and more often) talking about the human parts: the fear, the confusion, […]
Announcing a New Webpage!
I am excited to announce the NEW Iris Bridge Leadership webpage! It is the outward expression of the deeply personal work of claiming my name – and who I am. It all began with a desire to be in right relationship. To be aligned my deepest values and greatest gifts. That decision created a cascade […]
Who Defines You?
This is a personal story. An identity story. And a leadership story. It is about who defines us – and the clarity and groundedness we gain when we write our own definitions. Many relational leaders, especially those attuned to other people’s well-being, become finely calibrated to others and lose parts of themselves. They read the […]
The Gifts of People Pleasers: The Chain That Holds Teams Together
For a long time, I thought my people-pleasing tendencies were a flaw—something I needed to fix if I wanted to be a strong leader. I worried that my desire to keep the peace and make others happy made me weak, that it held me back from making tough decisions or setting firm boundaries. And in […]