Executive Resilience
Prepared and Presented by Silicon Valley Veteran: Can Coler
Introduction To The Program
- recover quickly from setbacks
- regulate yourself under scrutiny
- lead deeply without losing your soul
- inspire without imposing
- and build a company that truly serves your life and vision.
That’s why we won’t waste time on operational tactics like SMART goals, SPIN selling, Agile playbooks, or Six Sigma principles.
When you cultivate resilience, you recover faster, lead with presence, and make decisions from clarity instead of reactivity. You grow yourself as effectively as you grow your company.
This program was created after years of building, advising, and coaching at Stanford, in Silicon Valley, and around the world — and through my own personal journey of self-development and transformation. It distills what I wish I’d been taught at the start.
Executive Resilience Program Content
This program spans 8 weeks, covering 4 main modules — each explored in depth over 2 weeks.
Module 1:
Boundaries
- Setting clear boundaries with employees, co-leaders, investors, and board members
Protecting your personal space and time — guarding your energy and mental focus from constant interruptions and distractions
Establishing financial boundaries — safeguarding your personal well-being, balancing salary vs. equity, and managing investor expectations
Upholding emotional boundaries — knowing where your emotions end and others’ begin, and when to stop carrying others’ burdens
Respecting informational boundaries — knowing what to share (and what not to) with your team, investors, and stakeholders
Holding the line on your priorities — staying focused and intentional about what you say yes and no to
Maintaining work-life balance — building your company without sacrificing your health, relationships, or personal life
| Week 1 |
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| Tuesday |
| Thursday |
Module 2:
Stress and Emotional Management
Build resilience, recover faster, and lead with clarity
Understanding leadership stress patterns
- Regulate Pressure: Sales pressure, growth demands, time pressure, performance pressure, competitive pressure, self-imposed pressure, family & personal life pressure
- Face Fears: Confrontation, firing, hiring mistakes, running out of money, public failure, negotiating, letting the team down, product rejection, losing key people, burning out, imposter syndrome, legal trouble, losing control of your vision, losing control of the company
Know Your Triggers: Critical feedback, missed targets, lost deals, key employees leaving, perceived disrespect, bad news, investor doubt, peer comparison, loss of control, interpersonal conflict, and ignored directives
- Manage Reactions: Fight, Flight, Fawn, Freeze: anger, withdrawal, avoidance, impulsiveness, people-pleasing, overcompensating, self-blame, deflecting and sarcasm
- Daily, weekly, and emergency tools for emotional regulation and stress release
- Preventing burnout and managing overwhelm proactively
| Week 2 |
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| Tuesday |
| Thursday |
Module 3:
Ego and Identity Management
- Evolve your identity beyond “the doer” — embrace true leadership through vision, delegation, and culture.
- Balance humility and confidence — navigate the tension between self-doubt and healthy self-belief
- Balance vulnerability and authority — know when to share struggles and when to project strength
- Detach your self-worth from company outcomes — separate your personal value from wins and losses in the business
- Master power dynamics — understand how your authority changes relationships, and lead ethically.
- Handle visibility, criticism, and praise — don’t let either tear you down or inflate your ego.
- Know when to step back — and have the courage to ask: “Am I still the right leader for this stage?”
| Week 3 |
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| Tuesday |
| Thursday |
Module 4:
Desire, Purpose and Vision
- Emotional connection to the “why” — don’t lose your soul chasing metrics.
- Permission to dream again — dont become so focused on survival & execution that you stop envisioning and inspiring
- Recognition of evolving desires & identity — What you wanted at the beginning may not be what you want now.
- Clarity of legacy & impact — defining the legacy and impact you want your work to have on the world.
- Integrate your life & work vision — design your business to sustain your health, relationships, and happiness, not just growth.
- Clarify your trade-offs — decide what you’re willing (and unwilling) to sacrifice to reach your goals.
- Reconnect with joy — rediscover the wonder and play that brought you here in the first place.
| Week 4 |
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| Tuesday |
| Thursday |
What You’ll Walk Away With
- The ability to make clear, confident decisions — even under extreme pressure
Tools to recover quickly from setbacks and maintain momentum
Emotional resilience to lead calmly through chaos, conflict, and uncertainty
A personal operating system to regulate stress, avoid burnout, and stay grounded
Clarity on your desires, purpose, and vision — so you can lead with conviction
The confidence to set healthy boundaries without guilt — with investors, employees, and yourself
The presence and authenticity to inspire trust and respect from your team
The courage to face the toughest questions about yourself and your company — and answer them honestly
A company that serves your life and vision — instead of consuming you
What this is NOT
A one-size-fits-all “time management” workshop.
A list of generic productivity tips.
A therapy substitute.
An operational skillset camp teaching SMART goals, SPIN selling, Agile playbooks, or Six Sigma principles.
Program Starts On:
-- No upcoming cohorts at the moment --
Weekly sessions are conducted on Wednesdays live via Zoom and recorded for later access through our private community platform.
| Week | Date |
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| 1 | Tuesday |
| 2 | Tuesday |
| 3 | Tuesday |
| 4 | Tuesday |
Each session includes 2 hours of instruction, activities, and exercises, followed by 45 minutes of open questions and discussion.
| City | Time |
|---|---|
| San Francisco (PDT) | 8:00 AM |
| New York (EDT) | 11:00 AM |
| London (BST) | 4:00 PM |
| Berlin (CEST) | 5:00 PM |
| Istanbul (TRT) | 6:00PM |
| Bengaluru (IST) | 8:30 PM |
