Executive Coaching for Corporate Leaders: The 5% Club

Shayla King
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I’m Shayla King, a former C-suite executive turned Performance + Happiness Coach. This is the podcast for leaders who want it all: the promotions, the paychecks, and luxurious amounts of time for what matters most. Each week, I’ll teach you the mindset, skillset, and systems from my proven Performance + Happiness Formula to help you rise to the top without burnout or overwhelm. Work less, make more, and design a life you love—that’s exactly what we do in the 5% Club. Let’s Go, or Let's evolve together!

  1. 5d ago

    When Success Has Cost You Too Much: How High-Performing Women Can Have More Without Doing More with Rowsha LaBranche-Thompson

    What if getting everything you want in your career didn’t require sacrificing everything you love about your life? In this episode, I sit down with my client Rowsha LaBranche-Thompson, a corporate development executive, wife, and mom of two, who found herself on the path to partnership while working 70+ hour weeks and realizing she had nothing left to give. Rowsha shares what happened when she stopped following the career path she thought she should want and started asking what she actually wanted instead. We talk about building a career around your real priorities, making extraordinary money without accepting miserable conditions, letting go of the pressure to do everything yourself, and creating a life where your ambition, family, health, and happiness no longer have to compete. If you’ve ever wondered whether wanting more success and more life is asking for too much, this conversation is for you. In This Episode, You Will Learn The career “trade-off” high-achieving women have been taught to accept The question successful women are afraid to ask that you should be asking (it changes everything) The surprising truth about making great money and having boundaries The sign that the career path you worked so hard for might not be the one you actually want (and what to do about it) The success metric that could be pushing you toward burnout instead of your best life What becomes possible when you stop believing you have to “do it all” The non-negotiables every ambitious woman should define before making her next career move How to create more time for your family without shrinking your professional goals The belief about high-paying jobs that could be keeping you trapped in a career you’ve outgrown What opens up when you stop living by everyone else’s definition of success The permission ambitious women need to want more from their careers and their lives Why the next level of your career might look completely different than you expected Resources + Links Want the promotion, the pay, AND the freedom to enjoy your life? Join the Happiness + Performance Lab NOW! Doors close September 2nd. Watch on YouTube HERE! Find more resources on our website shaylaking.com Follow Shayla on LinkedIn: @shaylamking Shayla on Instagram: @shayla_king_executive_coach Follow LaBranch Family Foundation on LinkedIn

  2. Aug 25

    Protect the Asset: Why Buying Back Your Time Is the Smartest Investment You'll Make

    You are the asset. So why are you the only thing in your life nobody's maintaining? In part two of the Promotion + Happiness Method, Shayla King closes out the three-shift system with Shift 3: Protect the Asset. This is the episode for the woman doing two full-time jobs in one 24-hour day and calling her exhaustion a personal failure. It isn't. What you'll learn: Why buying back your time is good economics, not extravaganceThe real math behind the dual-career household, and why what you're carrying has never been done before at this scaleHow to buy back time through money or through community, whichever lever is actually available to youWhy sleep, movement, and regulation are performance strategy, not self-careHow Shayla builds 10 epic, non-negotiable adventures into her year, on purposePerformance and happiness are not opposites. You can have the career and the life. Both. Catch up on part one if you missed it, then hit play here. Register for the FREE Promotion + Happiness Method Live Masterclass at ⁠shaylaking.com/2026-promotion-playbook. ⁠ The Performance + Happiness Lab is open for enrollment now at ⁠shaylaking.com/phlab.⁠ Book your decision call ⁠here⁠.

  3. Aug 18

    Burn the Broken Playbook: The Real Executive Skill That Gets You Promoted

    Work like you don't have kids. Parent like you don't have a job. Today, we're burning that playbook. In this episode, Shayla King teaches the first two shifts of her Performance + Happiness Method, the framework built for senior female leaders who refuse to choose between the promotion and the life. Why your exhaustion is a design flaw, not a personal failureThe one-page exercise to find what you're carrying that nobody actually assignedWhy regulation, not hustle, is the promotion skill nobody put in your job descriptionThree real scenes for staying powerful under pressure, from the meeting where someone talks over you to the 3am spiral that won't let you sleepHow to press stop on the doom loop and choose where your brain goes nextDo the one-page exercise. Circle your three. Then come back next week for Shift Three: Protect the Asset. Register for the FREE Promotion + Happiness Method Live Masterclass at shaylaking.com/2026-promotion-playbook. The Performance + Happiness Lab is open for enrollment now at shaylaking.com/phlab. Book your decision call here.

  4. Aug 11

    How I Lost 35 Pounds: My Health & Wellness Routine from Hot Mess Mom to Strong, Fit & Happy

    I didn't lose 35 pounds by finding the perfect diet. I lost it by deciding who I was first. In this episode, executive coach Shayla King shares her actual health and wellness routine, the one behind her transformation from "hot mess mom" to strong, fit, and calm while leading a high-powered career. Here's what she covers: Why identity work has to come before any workout or eating plan for it to stickHow she built a consistent workout habit while relearning to walk after her comaHer simple, high-protein food philosophy (dessert included)The micro-breaks she uses to reset her energy between meetings and callsWhy managing her inner dialogue changed her life more than anything else on this listWhat's actually in her green water, morning and afternoon What's In My Green Water: Every morning before the gym, Shayla mixes creatine, Perfect Aminos, and Amino Energy in green apple. The creatine and Perfect Aminos support muscle. The Amino Energy is her pre-workout, that's where the caffeine lives. In the afternoon, she repeats the creatine and Perfect Aminos, minus the caffeine. In addition to building muscle, new studies have shown that creatine is great for brain support. Shayla use it twice a day and it keeps her mentally sharp in the afternoon. → Perfect Aminos (BodyHealth): https://www.bodyhealthaffiliates.com/72HLHTR/3QQG7/→ Creatine Monohydrate (Naked Nutrition): https://nakednutrition.com/products/creatine-monohydrate-powder→ Amino Energy, Green Apple (Optimum Nutrition): https://www.optimumnutrition.com/en-us/products/essential-amino-energy-pre-workout-powder Some links above are affiliate links, which means Shayla may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. This is not a diet episode. It's a design episode. Performance and happiness are not opposites, and neither are ambition and health. Ready to build your own plan? Join the Performance + Happiness Lab at shaylaking.com/phlab

  5. Aug 11

    How I Lost 35 Pounds: My Health & Wellness Routine from Hot Mess Mom to Strong, Fit & Happy

    Shayla King, executive coach and founder of Evolve Coaching, has never talked about this in depth on the podcast before: her actual health and wellness routine. How did she lose 35 pounds and keep it off for years while managing four autoimmune diseases and a demanding executive career? What does she actually eat? How does she train? And what changed first, the body or the belief? In this episode of The 5% Club Podcast, Shayla walks through the real plan behind her transformation from "hot mess mom," exhausted and running on stress and coffee, to strong, fit, and genuinely happy. She explains why identity work always comes before behavior change, how she rebuilt her workout habit from the ground up after relearning to walk following a coma, and the simple, high-protein food approach that keeps her energy steady without obsessing over food. She also shares how she resets her physical and emotional energy between meetings, and why managing her inner dialogue has done more for her performance than any workout ever has. This is not a universal plan to copy. It's a demonstration of what it looks like to treat yourself as the asset, protecting your energy, your body, and your mind with the same intention you'd bring to any high-stakes goal. Every morning before the gym, Shayla mixes three things into her water: creatine, Perfect Aminos, and Amino Energy in green apple. The creatine and the Perfect Aminos support muscle. The Amino Energy is her pre-workout, that's where the caffeine lives. In the afternoon, she repeats the creatine and Perfect Aminos, minus the caffeine. In addition to building muscle, new studies have shown that creatine is great for brain support. Shayla use it twice a day and it keeps her mentally sharp in the afternoon. Perfect Aminos (BodyHealth): https://www.bodyhealthaffiliates.com/72HLHTR/3QQG7/ Creatine Monohydrate (Naked Nutrition): https://nakednutrition.com/products/creatine-monohydrate-powder Amino Energy, Green Apple (Optimum Nutrition): https://www.optimumnutrition.com/en-us/products/essential-amino-energy-pre-workout-powder Some links are affiliate links, which means Shayla may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. Learn more about Shayla and the Performance + Happiness Lab at shaylaking.com.

    How I Lost 35 Pounds: My Health & Wellness Routine from Hot Mess Mom to Strong, Fit & Happy

  6. Aug 4

    Almost 30's Krista Williams: Why the World Loves a Suffering Woman (Female Friendship + Nervous System Work) | Part 2

    "The world loves a suffering woman." A line that opens one of the deepest episodes yet. Part two with Krista Williams (author, speaker, host of Almost 30) goes deep. Real deep. What we get into: Why the world doesn't always know what to do with a happy, thriving, confident woman, and the "suffer to deserve it" programming behind itWhy success makes men more likable and women less likable at work, and how to catch yourself doing it to other womenMoving from volume-based friendships to depth, and why outgrowing people is part of growth, not a red flag about youSetting a boundary with a parent, and why "family" doesn't mean you don't get a choiceKrista's story about her dad, a Jaguar, a smashed mailbox, and the kind of love that becomes a generational gemIf you've ever felt smaller for being confident or unsure what to do with a friendship that no longer fits, hit play. Join the Performance + Happiness Lab: shaylaking.com/phlabMore from Shayla: shaylaking.comMore from Krista Williams: itskrista.com | Almost 30: almost30.com

  7. Jul 14

    The Proof: “You Can’t Have It All at Once” Is a Lie

    Everyone says you can have it all, just not at once. Lynn didn't listen. She wasn't looking for a new job. She found one anyway, at a company whose culture she actually loves. She started dating again as a single mom. She golfs, does Pilates, takes real trips, and has actual fun with her actual friends. Not someday. Now. All of it. At once. Lynn Mulligan, PH+ Lab graduate, walks through how she built a life where performance and happiness stopped competing with each other, and what changed when she stopped treating fun like something she had to earn first. What we get into: Why the best opportunities show up when you stop chasing themDating, single motherhood, and refusing to shrinkThe executive communication skill that got her called out by a senior leader mid-interviewWhat it actually looks like to build fun into the operating systemHow emotional regulation shows up in job interviews, dating, and parenting simultaneouslyWhat the PH+ Lab peer room feels like from the insideThe shift that made everything else possible If you've been told the "not at once" line one too many times, this one is for you. Ready to build your own version? Join the PH+ Lab: shaylaking.com/phlab Learn how to work with Shayla at www.ShaylaKing.com

  8. Jul 7

    Villains, Victims, and Your Happiness: How Corporate Women Give Away Their Power (And How to Take It Back)

    If there's a villain in your story, you're in the victim seat. And the victim seat is the most expensive place you can live. Shayla King breaks down the one habit that quietly costs high-performing women their power, peace, and happiness: the villain story. You probably don't know you're running it. Most women don't. This episode shows you exactly how to spot it and get out. What we get into: The single question that reveals whether you're in victim mode right nowThe three villain story types: active, passive, and emotionalWhy the language shift from "I am angry" to "I notice anger" changes everythingHow to redirect a low-frequency conversation without lecturing anyoneThe weekly practice that starts taking your power back todayPlus a personal update on intentional spending, the new pool, and the Resourcing Workshop coming soon. Ready to do this work inside a room built for women at your level? Join the PH+ Lab at shaylaking.com/phlab. And be the first to know when the Resourcing Workshop drops: https://shaylaking.kit.com/ec64d55e8f Learn More at shaylaking.com

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I’m Shayla King, a former C-suite executive turned Performance + Happiness Coach. This is the podcast for leaders who want it all: the promotions, the paychecks, and luxurious amounts of time for what matters most. Each week, I’ll teach you the mindset, skillset, and systems from my proven Performance + Happiness Formula to help you rise to the top without burnout or overwhelm. Work less, make more, and design a life you love—that’s exactly what we do in the 5% Club. Let’s Go, or Let's evolve together!

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