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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 […]

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 […]

Are Your People-Pleasing Tendencies Getting in the Way of Leading?

Leadership requires balance—between being approachable and setting boundaries, between collaboration and decisiveness, and between empathy and accountability. But for leaders with people-pleasing tendencies, this balance can be difficult to maintain. The desire to keep everyone happy can undermine your ability to make tough decisions, hold others accountable, and drive necessary change. If you’re unsure whether […]

Is Too Much Diplomacy Killing Your Team?

Diplomacy is often seen as a virtue in leadership—keeping the peace, ensuring everyone gets along, and avoiding unnecessary conflict. But what if I told you that too much diplomacy might actually be the thing that’s killing your team’s performance, engagement, and innovation? Many leaders believe that a harmonious workplace is the key to success. They […]