Most women were never taught how to say no to non-promotable work. We were taught to be helpful. To jump in. To be the team player who is easier than Google. Saying no to non-promotable work starts with one test: does this move the needle on results that matter, and would a senior leader point […]

Nobody teaches you how to land your next executive role after 15 years at the same company. You can run a $500 million business and present to the board. Then someone says, “Tell me about yourself,” and 20 years has to fit into two minutes. Senior leaders get hired on a clear story, not a […]

You do not build executive capacity by fitting in one more thing. One more meeting. One more committee. One more kid activity. One more person who needs something from you. You tell yourself you will get it done between 11 and midnight. Then life adds ice. The uniform gets forgotten. Your best person quits. A […]

Emotional regulation in senior leadership is the skill that separates the leaders who rise — and stay there — from the ones who burn out on the way up. You’ve probably been told your highs shouldn’t be too high and your lows shouldn’t be too low. And if you’re anything like Shayla King, your first […]

The Career and the Life: You Can Have Both You can have the career and the life — both performance and happiness, both. That’s not a motivational bumper sticker. That’s a belief Shayla King has lived, coached, and built her entire body of work around. And in this solo episode of The 5% Club, she […]

Dual-Career and Exhausted? Here’s Why — And What to Do If you’re dual-career and exhausted, I want you to hear this before anything else: you are not failing. What you’re navigating has genuinely never been done before — not at this scale, not without a roadmap, and not without a massive system working against you. […]

Shayla King’s Performance and Happiness Lab is a real room — and in this episode, she finally pulls back the curtain on what Month 1 actually looks like inside it. What if there was a room where high-achieving women could finally tell the truth? Where a new mom admits she’s been running a doom loop […]

Executive mindset is everything—and if you’ve ever walked out of a high-stakes presentation feeling like you completely blew it, even when you didn’t, this episode is for you. Executive coach Shayla King sits down with two of her clients, Lynn Mulligan and Scott Bender, to unpack the mindset parallels between golf and corporate leadership. And […]

Executive coaching for burnout is not about slowing down.It’s about recalibrating how you think, decide, and lead so your success actually feels sustainable. I see this pattern constantly in high-performing leaders. They are competent, driven, and respected. On paper, everything looks great. But internally, something is off. The work no longer fits. The pressure keeps […]

If you have ever wondered why your brain fights your goals, you are not broken and you are not lacking discipline. You are experiencing normal, predictable neuroscience. High-performing leaders who succeed long-term do not rely on motivation. They learn how to manage their mind so it works for them instead of against them. Why this […]