Feb 12, 2026 · 44 min · 10 segments
What if the most powerful thing you could bring to a boardroom wasn't your expertise but your presence? In this Season 2 premiere of Highest You, Kate King sits down with Sheila Chaiban…
Kate KingHosteverybody you know i don't think you need frameworks for leadership when you talk about humanity it's basic things like the way i using respect in the way i speak to people and the way i treat people it's understanding people's context giving them a little bit of grace creating a say a place where they feel safe to me that is humanity It's knowing that sometimes when you come into the room and we're talking about, I don't know, a deliverable, a project, and I see you and I know that you're not quite there.
asks how you are? And the more senior you get, the lonely, you know, nobody asks a CEO, how are you doing?
Actually, he was saying that he loved his assistant because actually sometimes she would she would be the one who would see how he was.
And if he was if he was overwhelmed or not, you know, just not OK, she would actually bump meetings.
and move people and she'd say I've moved your next meeting and he'd say why and she'd say I think you need a little bit of space and he'd say you know really I do actually and you know and really appreciated the fact that she'd taken the time to notice how he was
yeah just ask how you want really listen to how they are really listen to how they are and pivot if you need to pivot the work will still get done so tell us
what practical leadership lessons that you can share about being authentically um yourself
um listen i can tell you what works for me um firstly i just think i think it's exhausting to when you're not being authentic to who you are.
You know, we spend years trying to create this persona that you think is the right thing to do in a work environment.
For me, practically, there are two things, right? I think telling your story is really important.
everybody you know i don't think you need frameworks for leadership when you talk about humanity it's basic things like the way i using respect in the way i speak to people and the way i treat people it's understanding people's context giving them a little bit of grace creating a say a place where they feel safe to me that is humanity It's knowing that sometimes when you come into the room and we're talking about, I don't know, a deliverable, a project, and I see you and I know that you're not quite there.
asks how you are? And the more senior you get, the lonely, you know, nobody asks a CEO, how are you doing?
Actually, he was saying that he loved his assistant because actually sometimes she would she would be the one who would see how he was.
And if he was if he was overwhelmed or not, you know, just not OK, she would actually bump meetings.
and move people and she'd say I've moved your next meeting and he'd say why and she'd say I think you need a little bit of space and he'd say you know really I do actually and you know and really appreciated the fact that she'd taken the time to notice how he was
yeah just ask how you want really listen to how they are really listen to how they are and pivot if you need to pivot the work will still get done so tell us
what practical leadership lessons that you can share about being authentically um yourself
um listen i can tell you what works for me um firstly i just think i think it's exhausting to when you're not being authentic to who you are.
You know, we spend years trying to create this persona that you think is the right thing to do in a work environment.
For me, practically, there are two things, right? I think telling your story is really important.
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