You’re a senior leader. You’ve navigated complex decisions, built teams, delivered results. Yet something holds you back: not skill or knowledge, but unconscious patterns that limit even the most capable leaders.
I call them the Masks of Leadership. The Perfectionist Mask keeps you redoing work your team completed. The Overbearing Mask struggles to delegate. The People-Pleaser Mask avoids difficult conversations. The Defensive Mask reacts before reflecting.
These patterns work automatically, but they’re limitations. They’re driven by fear, not clarity. They’re unconscious. You can’t see them, yet you experience the consequences. Delayed decisions. Team frustration. Exhaustion. Self-doubt.
The Role of Leadership Coaching
Leadership coaching at senior levels isn’t about learning new skills. It’s about recognising the patterns holding you back and responding differently. My approach uses the 3Rs Framework: Realise when the Mask is in control. Reject its authority: you’re not the Mask. Respond consciously from your true leadership identity.
I work with CEOs, founders, and senior executives across Scotland who want to lead with authentic confidence, not performance driven by fear. This includes one-to-one coaching tailored to your challenges, and The Forum, cross-sector peer groups with integrated leadership coaching.
I’m Gavin Bryce, leadership coach, and author of Unmask the Confident Leader Within. My work helps leaders move from self-doubt to clarity, from isolated decision-making to collective wisdom.
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Book a confidential discovery call: constantprogression.uk
