community of SEVEN

community of SEVEN has two divisions: 
CORPORATE TRAINING
C7 helps our corporate clients train their team's at-scale. We help your team realize its hidden potential. Custom, onsite, in-person, and online training. No matter your need, C7 can help you realize the full potential of your team through our micro learnings and curriculum focused on transforming the mindset of current and future leaders. Through our proprietary training methodology, we can help transform your organization and your people: 
- Engage virtually
- Create communities of belongingness
- Train dispersed teams
- Retain talent
- Strengthen culture

MEMBERSHIP
C7 CORE is a selective, invite-only membership initiative for purpose-driven leaders looking to change the world. Our members are leaders in their industry, activists looking to change the world, founders in the C-suite, or rapidly approaching it. Their decision to align purpose with core values will shape the future of their organizations, their industries, and society. Through the community of SEVEN programs, members thrive as individuals and grow as leaders.

C7's Supporter Membership is open to everyone with a thirst for hunger and learning. Membership is only $99/year and includes access to Microlearning,  Members-Only content, and Coaching Circles. 
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Founder, Chief Community Builder

C7 CORE is a selective, invite-only membership initiative for purpose-driven leaders looking to change the world. Our members are leaders in their industry, activists looking to change the world, founders in the C-suite, or rapidly approaching it. Their decision to align purpose with core values will shape the future of their organizations, their industries, and society. Through the community of SEVEN programs, members thrive as individuals and grow as leaders.

Founding Core Member

Oasis Consortium

Provide industry expertise, leadership and direction for all major initiatives, including establishing trust and safety standards, implementing industry-wide guidelines, developing universal brand safety certifications, increasing platform transparency and advocating for brand and user safety.

Oasis Consortium brings together key stakeholders across digital platforms to create a shared foundation for brand safety; defining and promoting meaningful standards and guidelines. We are dedicated to the O.A.S.I.S. Principles for brand safety: Openness, Accountability, Security, Innovation, and Sustainability.

Founding Advisor

Fortune Magazine

Recruited by Alan Murray, the CEO of Fortune, to join the executive team and develop and lead a startup within Fortune Magazine with full P&L ownership. The venture, Fortune Connect, is built around a subscription/membership model focused on C-suite and high potential executives. The mission of Fortune Connect is to equip professionals with the essential intelligence and tools they need to better lead their industries, grow their businesses, advance their careers, and help make business better. As the Head of Fortune Connect, I served  as the CEO of this start-up with ownership of the P&L. In my role, I helped build Fortune Connect from the ground up: product development, staffing the entire team from the ground-up, R&D, branding, pricing and product launch strategy.

Chief Membership and Community Officer

eSSENTIAL Accessibility

Served as the Interim Chief Brand and Networking Officer for SaaS start-up. Reporting into the CEO, I represented eA as Chief Networking Officer at industry events and with leading executives. Worked on branding and community strategy for eA. 

eSSENTIAL ACCESSIBILITY is a comprehensive digital accessibility platform. eA help organizations create inclusive web, mobile, and product experiences through digital accessibility testing, evaluation and remediation. Organizations can then enhance the digital experience for people with disabilities, comply with regulatory and statutory accessibility standards, and project an inclusive and disability-friendly presence.

eSSENTIAL ACCESSIBILITY delivers instant impact by virtue of its rapid accessibility statement creation process and assistive technology application, a suite of keyboard, mouse and touch replacement tools designed to make the digital world accessible to people with physical disabilities.

Interim Chief Brand and Networking Officer

#SeeHer

I served as the General Manager for SeeHer, the gender equality initiative for the advertising industry. SeeHer has been instrumental in creating a new advertising discipline around gender equality, equipping the CMOs of the world's most prominent brands with a framework to eliminate unconscious bias in their messaging and improve ROI. In my role, I worked with leading CMOs, changeagents, NGOs, goverment leaders and networks in advancing gender equality on all screens. I also worked with the  SeeHer team to ensure we were meeting the needs of our members and the movement, every single day. My role is centered around the operational excellence and fiscal management of SeeHer which includes ownership of the P&L, development of product lines and hiring & retention strategy.

General Manager

Association of National Advertisers

I'm on the CMO Initiatives team at the Association of National Advertisers.  Our goal is simple: to bring the global CMO community together to influence change in the entire marketing ecosystem and hopefully, along the way, use its collective power to change the world for the better.

Senior Vice President, CMO Practice & Industry Leadership 

The ANA is the premier marketing and advertising organization, serving the changing needs of corporate marketers and those who help brands grow and thrive. ANA connects and leads the marketing community and provide invaluable corporate membership benefits for over 750 member companies, 15,000+ brands and 40,000 marketers who collectively spend more than $250 billion on marketing and advertising each year. 

As the Senior Vice President, Member Relations, I am tasked to lead a cross-functional team to identify and integrate unaddressed client needs at the individual and corporate level. In my role, I am responsible for driving member engagement and satisfaction of Fortune 500 companies.

Senior Vice President, Member Relations

The ANA leads the marketing community by providing its members with insights, collaboration, and leadership initiatives. The ANA strives to communicate marketing best practices, lead industry initiatives, influence industry practices, manage industry affairs, and advance, promote, and protect all advertisers and marketers.

Vice President, Member Relations

Independent

As a freelance marketing consultant, I worked with some of the top global agencies and brands.

Select Agencies: Wieden+Kennedy, McCann World Group, Momentum, Modernista, IRIS, US Concepts, MKTG.

Select Clients: GAP, Nike, Adidas, Puma, John Deere, Diesel, MySpace, Del Monte Foods, SF Fashion Week, Sony, Capital Records, ABS-CBN, Blockbuster.

Account Director/Marketing Consultant

Ignited

Client: United States Army
Client: United States Olympic Committee

Ignited is one of the largest independent agencies in Los Angeles, offering clients a complete range of marketing and branding services, including advertising, interactive, event management, strategic planning, promotions, graphic design and media planning and buying. Clients have included Sony Electronics, EA Mobile, NBC/Universal and the U.S. Army.

Management Supervisor

McCann Worldgroup

Client: MICROSOFT

McCann Worldgroup is a leading global marketing firm providing today's marketers with best-in-class strategic and creative services that meet their brand-building needs across all communications channels. McCann's 23,000 employees in more than 120 countries collaborate to integrate advertising, relationship management, promotion/event marketing, design, P.R., health communications, worldwide production, and all forms of digital marketing.

Global Digital Account Supervisor

San Francisco Fashion Week

San Francisco Fashion Week is an annual event that showcases local San Francisco designers alongside global designers and influencers. As the Marketing Director, I led all marketing and corporate partnership initiatives for SF Fashion Week 2007. San Francisco Fashion Week is one of the major fashion weeks in the United States.

Head of Marketing and Strategic Partnerships

“My mission is to help leaders discover their purpose and calling by mobilizing a community of growth minded leaders focused on creating systemic equality in the world.” Lan Phan

Lan Phan is one of the leading global experts on membership and community development, speaking at Fortune 500 companies and renowned venues such as the United Nations and SXSW and consulting with CEOs and C-suite executives. She focuses on how leaders can create communities of "belongingness" and inclusion in organizations and institutions by creating systemic equality. She is an award-winning marketer and strategist with over twenty years of marketing, advertising, membership, and leadership training experience. Lan is a graduate of Stanford University and Harvard Graduate School of Education. She is currently the Founder and CEO of community of SEVEN, an invite-only membership community for leading executives and founders. 

Lan's Myers-Brigg personality type is INFJ.

Yeah, I'm looking at you. You have so much talent and abilities but hide them from the world. Stop hiding behind your fears. Worse, letting others take credit for your hard-earned work and effort. 

This was me for the majority of my career. I was the behind-the-scenes fixer and builder. Though I wouldn't call myself shy, my introversion hindered my progress. I missed opportunities because I stayed in my comfort zone. 

I did the work. But I didn't present my work. Instead, I let others take credit for my efforts. I didn't speak up and advocate for myself when I should have. I didn't network or focus on my personal brand. Instead, I focused on building other people's brands and companies. 

I allowed opportunities to pass me by because I was too afraid to raise my hand. Does this sound familiar? 

Earlier in my career, I was told I wasn't a good writer,
I wasn't leadership material, 
I wasn't a dynamic speaker.  

Today, I'm a professional writer and speaker focused on leadership mindset development, and I do this for a living. 

Don't let those who don't believe in you make you a believer. On the contrary, you should always be your biggest cheerleader. 

It can be difficult to stifle the noise and do what's initially uncomfortable for you. But I promise you that once you do, the world opens up. It gets easier. 

Everything you want is on the other side of the fear you're feeling right now. Take that first step. Then, keep on going. 

Lastly, public speaking was my biggest fear for years. We just released an interview with Denise Yohn on our YouTube channel on How To Become a Public Speaker. Please support and watch it and help us get to 10,000 subscribers—link to the channel in the comments. 

Link to Watch: 
https://lnkd.in/exmZHnJq

Love, 
Lan Phan
community of SEVEN

Lan Phan

This message is for all the givers and empaths navigating spaces and places that do not appreciate and nurture their light. I see you. 

Be careful whom you allow into your space if you are a giver.

Your energy and time are finite. 

Takers will take till you have nothing left to give. 

Having been in corporate America for over two decades, I remember feeling like a line item to the companies I worked for; I was only valuable if I could produce. And sometimes, that wasn’t enough.

It makes me think of the Spencer W Kimball quote, “Love people, not things: Use things, not people.” 

Be careful of the vultures in your personal life and at work. 

Instead, surround yourself with those who are kind, compassionate, and giving. Get rid of the takers and surround yourself with those who want more for you, not from you. 

Let me know if you hear me.

Love,
Lan Phan 
community of SEVEN

Looks about right to me. 

🤔 Maybe, I’d switch the order around. 

People overcomplicate what it takes to succeed in life, but it truly comes down to being kind and putting in the effort.  

You can’t have one without the other. 

And, of course, you can be an a-hole and succeed financially and professionally, but no one will enjoy your presence and actually like you as a person 🤣 . So is that truly being a success in life? I think not. 

Agree or disagree?

Love,
Lan Phan 
community of SEVEN

You're pretty amazing.
Yes, I'm looking at you. 
This doesn't mean it's okay to be arrogant. 
But never forget the value you bring to the world, even if others cannot see it.

👑 Your value does not decrease because your boss doesn't recognize you. 
👑 Your value does not decrease because you haven't found love yet. 
👑 Your value does not decrease because your life isn't where it should be. 

Queens and Kings, straighten your crown. 

If we are made in God's image, we have intrinsic value that cannot diminish. 

Move through the world like you matter and be kind to those around you. And never forget that you were powerfully made. 

Stay humble. Stay kind. 
Lan Phan 
community of SEVEN 

photo credit: Case Kenny

When I was younger, I eagerly anticipated my next vacation or PTO so I could just pause and breathe.

Sound familiar?

If you feel like you have to escape your life each day, you need to revisit the choices you make. 

You shouldn’t be content on just surving when you deserve to thrive. 

Schedule time for your mental and physical health. Prioritize joy and happiness. Surround yourself with people who uplift and encourage you.

Self-care is more than bubblebaths and vacation days. Self-care is the output from the daily decisions we make each day that ultimately shape our future self.

Love,
Lan Phan 
community of SEVEN

Thinking about your fears is like praying for what you don't want.

When we repeatedly replay memories of past pains or anticipate future fears in our heads, it leaves us in a state of anxiety and stress.

Instead, I encourage you to stay in the present moment. Focus on your breathing. Deep breath in. Deep breath out. 

Now, try focusing on what you are grateful for. List them out loud, in a journal, or silently repeat them in your head. Nothing is too small. Be thankful for the little things in your life (food on your table, the kindness of strangers, electricity)  that are big things for others who could not fathom living the life you are living right now. 

In life, we get more of what we focus on. If this is the case, let's focus on what we want, not the opposite. 

Can I get an Amen?

Love,
Lan Phan
community of SEVEN

Do you have analysis paralysis? 

Analysis paralysis is the inability to decide or act because you're too busy overthinking. Sound familiar? 

I'm going to say something controversial. Sorry in advance to my data scientist friends, whom I have many. Sometimes you can have too much data. If you are endlessly ruminating over the pros and cons and not actually "doing," then you might have a problem. 

Don't get me wrong, we must do our due diligence and set ourselves up for success, but at some point, we must get off our arse and act. We need to do, be and become. 

Analysis paralysis is often a symptom of anxiety and imposter syndrome. Here's the irony. We can only lose the fear and start believing in ourselves through ACTION. Consistent action leads to mastery, which in turn births confidence. No one is born confident.  

Here are some tips to overcome analysis paralysis: 
➡ Recognize it. You can't fix it if you don't know you have it. Learn to recognize when you're going through an analysis paralysis loop. Once you can identify it, you can take steps to avoid or fix it. 
➡ Set deadlines to decide with a specific time frame for when the decision has to be made. Stick to that schedule. 
➡ If you're afraid of making big decisions, start small. Practice making small decisions fast. Where to eat? What path to take to work? Work your way up to more significant decisions. 
➡ Narrow your options. Steve Jobs was infamous for wearing the same thing daily to eliminate the number of daily decisions he needed to make. This gave him free time and energy to solve more pressing problems. 
➡ Create systems and frameworks for your decision-making process, a series of steps taken to determine the best option or course of action. There are many different types of methodology. Create one that works best for you. 
➡ Get comfortable with making mistakes. So often, analysis paralysis results from a fear of failure, or its cousin, the need for perfection. When we understand that mistakes and failure are not to be feared but a necessary part of success and problem-solving, we can take on more risk, leading to more action and wins. Success has always been a numbers game. The more reps you put in, the better you get. 

So, stop waiting to have all the answers. The answers will come once you start. 

Stop waiting for perfection. Start and optimize along the way. 

Persistence trumps perfection any day. 

Success doesn't happen overnight. It might take a while. But you know what? If you don't start, it'll never happen. 

Just start. 

Small daily actions, compounded daily and done consistently, will change your life.

What are you waiting for? Stop thinking and start doing. 

Who's starting now? Tell me in the comments. 

Love, 
Lan Phan
community of SEVEN


Boundaries are how we teach people how to treat us. 

Trying to please everyone around you while forsaking your needs is a ticket to burnout and stress.

Put your oxygen mask on first. 

You can’t help anyone if you’re not breathing. 

Honor your needs and remember that “NO” is a complete sentence.

Love,
Lan Phan 
community of SEVEN

Before your reply to that passive aggressive email from a coworker or that snarky comment to your LinkedIn post, remind yourself that your peace and mental health is more important than being right. 

And no, I’m not saying that you shouldn’t advocate for yourself. You should always be your fiercest protector. However, time is limited. As such, choose your battles wisely. 

Sometimes we need to let go of the battles that do not matter in order to focus on what does. 

Just the other day, this guy had the nerve to cut me off while driving and followed up with a middle finger. Instead of getting upset, I smiled and gave him the thumbs up 👍🏽 (which only got him more upset because I didn’t react the way he wanted me to act 😂). I was not going to let him steal my joy — God take the steering wheel! 

So next time you see yourself reacting to someone who does not deserve your time and energy, repeat after me, “my peace is more important.”

Can I get an Amen

Love,
Lan Phan 
community of SEVEN

Rethink productivity.
Resting is doing.
Silence is doing.
Meditation is doing.
Being in nature is doing.
Self-care is doing.

Rethink what you value.
Your time is your most important asset.
Not things.

You wouldn’t write off fueling your car as trivial.
Why do you do so with your health?
You have always been your most important investment.
Never forget this universal truth.

If you don't make time for your health and well-being, get prepared to make time for sickness.

Stress, loneliness, and burnout lead to other long-term health issues that will likely impact your well-being.

When on an airplane, what's the one thing they tell you to do in case of an emergency? Always put your oxygen mask on before you help anyone else.

Why?

You can't help anyone unless you're breathing.

Read that again.

As we start a new work week, what are you doing to invest in yourself today? Let me know down below.

Love,
Lan Phan
community of SEVEN

Where we put our attention grows.

Instead of trying to change what you can’t change, focus on the project of you.

Each day, your decisions and habits are a vote for the you of tomorrow. 

If this is the case, focus on making a better you by creating better routines, healthy habits and surrounding yourself with people who uplift and inspire you. 

Agree or disagree?

Love,
Lan Phan 
community of SEVEN

A few people in the office need to hear this message.
Like this post, so they'll see it! 😜🤪😝

Always choose kindness (unless you're dealing with a toxic co-worker. In that case, snarky is understandable 🤪).

Love,
Lan Phan
community of SEVEN

In a world where you can be anything, be kind.👭♥️

My life changed forever when I read Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl while studying Psychology at Stanford University. 

Frankl survived unspeakable torture during the holocaust and founded Logotherapy, a school of psychology that focuses on finding one's meaning in life as a means to thrive and, in extreme cases like Frankl, to survive. 

Born a refugee from a war-torn country, I grew up with trauma: poverty, gang violence, racism and despair. As a result, I held much anger and resentment in my youth. I often asked why things were happening to me. 

Reading Frankl made me realize that I was not a victim of my circumstance but the arbiter. It was the space between the trauma in my life and my response where my power lay. It was a choice that I owned and controlled. 

Things weren't happening to me. They were happening FOR me.

My response to what life held in store for me was the key to my growth. How I responded was the key to my happiness. And finding my purpose was necessary in answering my why. 

If you're ready to create a meaningful life in which you can flourish by being strengthened by life's challenges, join Sally Wolf and me for our next community of SEVEN Microlearning: Post Traumatic GROWTH. We'll discuss how we can grow and prosper from adversity.

Get your complimentary ticket here:
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Love,
Lan Phan
community of SEVEN

Just a reminder that you matter. 
Your words matter. 
Your well being matters. 
Your mental health matters.
Where you put your energy matters. 
Who you love matter. 
That love includes the love you give yourself.
Talk to yourself as you are beloved.
Treat yourself like you are beloved. 
You are the catch. 
You are a thing of beauty.
Treat yourself as such.
You deserve more.

If we are made in God’s image, we have intrinsic value that cannot be taken. 

When we love ourselves we love our creator. 

Can I get an Amen? 

Love,
Lan Phan 
community of SEVEN 

QC: Brené Brown Brené Brown Education and Research Group

I’ve been taking Kintsugi classes from a master artisan for the past month. 

Kintsugi is a Japanese art form where broken pottery is repaired with gold-powered urushi (tree sap). 

The cracks and broken pieces are not to be hidden or fixed to perfection; instead, the broken pieces are mended together and made stronger with the gold-infused urushi. 

The goal is not to return the pottery to  perfection or its original state but to highlight the cracks with the gold-infused urushi. 

The process is a long and slow one. We could only work for a few minutes each week and would have to let enough time pass for the urushi to set and harden. Notice I didn’t say dry because it takes several years before the urushi can fully dry.

The process is painstakingly slow, but the result is breathtakingly beautiful. As a result, the broken pottery is made stronger and more resilient. 

Kintsugi takes from the Japanese concept of Wabi Sabi — seeing beauty in the flawed and imperfect. 

In a world that discards things after they become old and broken, this is a life lesson we can take with us daily.

We are not broken. 
We can put the broken pieces of our lives together and create something more beautiful and resilient. Our flaws and scars are not imperfections but what makes us beautiful. They prove that we have lived and survived what tried to hurt us. 

But healing takes time. 
It takes intention.
It takes patience. 
It takes self-love.
It means shining a bright light on what used to hurt us. 

Raindrops, pick up your broken pieces and realize you are stronger than ever. 

I’ll leave you with this Rumi quote, “The wound is the place where the light enters you.” 

Love,
Lan Phan 
community of SEVEN 

p.s. The black kintsugi bowl is an example— I’m not that good yet!

Your words shape your life. When you combine them with emotion, they determine your destiny. Choose wisely. 

One exercise I share with leaders in the power of yet. If I catch them saying a nonproductive statement, I ask them to add the word "yet" at the end. 

It shifts them from a fixed mindset to a growth mindset. 

Read the following sentences out loud: 

I'm not good at this...YET
I don't know...YET
I haven't found love...YET
I haven't found a job...YET
I can't figure this out...YET

Do you see how the energy shifts by adding that one word at the end of the sentence?

Raindrops, be intentional with all aspects of your life. You are shaping who you are each day with every decision you make. 

Next time you say something negative or unproductive, add "YET" to the end and see how it shifts your mind frame. 

Love, 
Lan Phan
community of SEVEN 


Just a reminder to walk through the world as if it's already yours. 

Love, 
Lan Phan 
community of SEVEN 

Can I get an Amen?

We're live community of SEVEN Microlearning: Post Traumatic Growth w/ Sally Wolf. How we can turn our hardship into growth and prospering!


Microlearning: Post Traumatic Growth

 Human beings are drawn and driven to thrive amidst life’s challenges and create meaningful lives in which we flourish.

We just need to learn how to open the door to our best selves. How to cultivate our resilience to grow through obstacles to bounce back better. How to be more “in the zone” and present with each moment. How to build our own self-awareness and how to connect deeply with others. How to discover and live with a unique sense of purpose. How to boost our physical vitality to optimize our mental wellbeing.

Join us for our next community of SEVEN Microlearning: Post Traumatic Growth w/Sally Wolf. These tools for true wellbeing, the social and emotional skills we need to thrive, are accessible to all of us. And if the last year has taught us anything, the need for these skills has never been greater. But most of us have never been taught how to fully access them.

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When work is done but you have the nightshift! Just finished a community of SEVEN Microlearning and had some time to spare, went sledding with my daughter.

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